Travels with an alien

  • Cold Head Blues

    Chemo has so many nasty side effects and yet often the initial worry focuses on hair loss. So why is hair so important?

    It is not just chemotherapy that causes hair loss. There are lots of causes of alopecia from male pattern baldness to skin diseases. Some of these are linked to stress and some cause scarring, permanent hair loss. The result with all of them is huge upset. So much of one’s appearance, one’s self-identity…