My daughter was in exactly the same place as you 14 months ago. She had come to feel that the cold cap was the worst part of chemo - she felt physically sick at the thought of it. After the third cycle, she had lost probably 80% of her hair and decided she'd had enough. She asked her hairdresser to clip off the remaining hair and developed her own style with a wardrobe of chemo head coverings - she didn't like her wig. Everyone is different, but my daughter felt so much better when she had 'taken control' - and no more cold cap. It's great if it works for you, and I know it does for many, but if you've lost most of your hair anyway ...
Fourteen months on, she's had three surgeries, radiotherapy and is now well into a further year of a different chemo. Her hair is about two inches long, very thick and curly.
I cold capped the first EC, but by the time the second infusion came around, had only about 20% of the hair on the top of my head left. I gave up and got it clippered very short. Most of it came out over the next few weeks. If grew back very well. Whilst I obviously wasn’t happy to lose hair, I couldn’t see the sense in being largely bald on top even if I had some how been able to keep the rest. It was a relief to stop.
I decided to cold cap but stopped after 2 rounds. I hated the feel of it and also the time it added to my treatment. I decided to take control and shaved my head, I think my husband was more upset than me. Only you can make that decision to stop and I'm sure whatever you do will be right for you
