ATLANTA -- Paula Rice looks and feels healthy and she has a full head of hair, yet she is halfway through 12 rounds of chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. Rice says she has saved her hair by ...

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 ...

“Chemotherapy works by targeting fast-growing cancer cells, but unfortunately also impacts other fast-growing cells such as the cells in hair follicles,” says Anne Peled, MD, a breast cancer surgeon ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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 ...

A cancer diagnosis is bad enough. The indignity of losing your hair can make it worse, patients say. “It identifies you as being ill,” said Pamela Laske, 66, who is going through chemotherapy in ...

Abby Pessolano is an attractive young woman with long, brown hair who looks like your average 21-year-old embarking on a carefree adulthood. But she isn't. She recently finished six months of ...

WASHINGTON - 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 ...

A cancer diagnosis is bad enough. The indignity of losing your hair can make it worse, patients say. "It identifies you as being ill," said Pamela Laske, 66, who is going through chemotherapy in ...