One of the most common side effects of chemotherapy is losing your hair, but an experimental treatment might change that. Cold cap therapy, which is currently in trials and not yet approved by the FDA ...

In this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, photo, Dr. Hope Rugo, right, an oncologist and breast cancer specialist, demonstrates the use of the Dignitana DigniCap system on Katherine Serrurier, a research ...

Scalp cooling is a treatment that can help minimize hair loss for people undergoing chemotherapy. Several companies manufacture cold caps, which a person can wear before, during, and after ...

Several news reports this week have highlighted the supposed benefits of placing a cold cap on the scalp to prevent hair loss from chemotherapy. While these reports have emphasized the experimental ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – For many cancer patients, one of the worst parts of the disease stems from the treatment itself: hair loss from chemotherapy. But a San Diego entrepreneur has invented a new ...

The first time Miriam Lipton had breast cancer, her thick locks fell out two weeks after starting chemotherapy. The second time breast cancer struck, Lipton gave her scalp a deep chill and kept much ...

A new process called cold cap therapy is helping more cancer patients keep their hair during chemotherapy. “We have a lot of medication that can help alleviate most of the side effects [of chemo],” ...

Before Deborah Cohan settled into her second round of chemotherapy, she dunked her brown ringlets in water and was fitted with a tight, silicone and neoprene cap that would cool her head to just above ...

Hair loss from chemotherapy can be one of the most distressing side effects of treatment. Now, two new studies show cooling the scalp could stop it.Nearly every week, Chris and Dora Lessard go through ...

Jill Allington was a 35-year-old mother of an almost 2-year-old son when she was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. Nursing her son one night, she had an itch on her chest wall. When she ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: How effective is cold cap therapy in preventing hair loss in people undergoing chemotherapy treatments? Are there any risks? Using a cold cap can significantly reduce hair loss ...

WASHINGTON — Hair loss is one of chemotherapy's most despised side effects, not because of vanity but because it fuels stigma — revealing to the world an illness that many would rather keep private.