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Can Hair Loss Caused By Chemotherapy For Breast Cancer Be Treated?
hello doc...myself doctor rajesh....my question is --is there any treatment for hair loss due to chemotherapy taken for treatment for breast cancer?? actually my aunty had undergone operation,radio and chemotherapy for breast cancer about 1.5 years ago...since then she became bald and there is no hair growth even though 1.5 years have passed....her age is about 45 years. where shall i advice her to go?? does she need any trichologist opinion??? but i am not able to find them so easily....please help me!!!!!!
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Mon, 26 May 2014
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I would keep a possibility of Anagen Effluvium, which is due to arrest of the hair growth cycle due to chemotherapy drugs, followed by hair shedding.
Chemotherapy for a malignancy, is the most common cause for anagen effluvium because the rapidly dividing hair follicle cells in the Anagen phase(growth phase) are the most susceptible to chemotherapy. This manifests as sudden arrest of the growth phase and hair shedding.
This type of hair loss is reversible. Whenever she completes her chemotherapy cycles the hair follicle would re-enter the growth phase cycle (Anagen).
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I would keep a possibility of Anagen Effluvium, which is due to arrest of the hair growth cycle due to chemotherapy drugs, followed by hair shedding.
Chemotherapy for a malignancy, is the most common cause for anagen effluvium because the rapidly dividing hair follicle cells in the Anagen phase(growth phase) are the most susceptible to chemotherapy. This manifests as sudden arrest of the growth phase and hair shedding.
This type of hair loss is reversible. Whenever she completes her chemotherapy cycles the hair follicle would re-enter the growth phase cycle (Anagen).
regards
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