Hair Loss
This section will help you to find out more about why your hair may become thinner or completely fall out during cancer treatment. It provides some useful tips for looking after your hair and coping with complete hair loss if you need to.
Link:Coping with hair loss
Produced by:Macmillan Cancer Support
This section gives information and advice to help you to look after your hair if it becomes thinner or is in bad condition during cancer treatment. It also gives information on how to cope emotionally if your hair is lost completely and how to get, pay for and look after a wig. The alternatives to wearing a wig, such as hats, headscarves, and turbans are also discussed.
Link:Hair loss during treatment
Produced by:The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
An overview of scalp cooling and advice on coping with hair loss and hair care during treatment
Link:Hair loss, hair thinning and cancer drugs
Produced by:CancerHelp UK
This page is about hair loss or thinning caused by cancer drugs and how to cope with it. There is information on: hair loss or thinning from cancer drugs,drugs that cause hair loss or thinning,when your hair grows back,what you can do,covering up,reducing hair loss from chemotherapy (cold caps),Patient stories and tips.
Link:Little princesses Trust
Produced by:Little Princess trust
The Little Princess provides real hair wigs to children suffering hair loss due to cancer treatment.
Link:My New Hair
Produced by:My New Hair
My new hair is a charity founded by and inspired by Trevor Sorbie MBE to advise and support a national network of independent salons and professionals who provide a wig styling service for people suffering from cancer and medical hair loss. There is information about coping with hair loss, wig care and styling and also about hair care after treatment.
Link:Hair loss or alopecia
Produced by:Cancer.Net
Overview of the causes and management of hair loss during cancer treatment.
Page last edited: 24 October 2011
