HELP, I'm on day seven of first cycle for breast cancer and it feels like ants are crawling over my scalp, it is very unpleasant. Is that the start of hair loss? I can't find much about pre-hairloss pain or sensitivity. Thanks
Hi Cleo Cat and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
Your side effect sounds very unpleasant and I hope it'll stop soon. As you know the online community is divided up into different support groups so I hope you don't mind me suggesting that you also join and post in the breast cancer group as you'll then connect directly with others who may have had the same treatment as you and therefore experienced these side effects. If this is something that you'd like to do clicking on the link I've created will take you straight there.
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Hi Cleo Cat,
When loosing my hair my scalp was super sensitive, dry and I suffered acne on it as well. I bought Jennifer Young scalp cleanser which has helped massively. The range is specifically designed for people going through cancer treatment and it is supported by cancer research UK
Jen
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