Hair loss

Hi Lizzy48

I had my shoulder length hair cut into a much shorter style before I started shedding.  Despite using the cold cap it didn't take long before I had a friar tuck look.

Hats and scarves have been my go to, plenty of cheap options on Amazon, I also used Hats4Heads online. Time to experiment, I was lucky as it was cold so woolly hats were normal attire during the early stages.

Good luck xxx

Like Harvestmoon, I'm currently going through chemo and lost hair even with the cold cap, but as I still had some, didn't want to go down the wig route and still undecided whether to cut it all off or not.

I purchased a few turban type things in advance to try on to see what suited me as I'd never really been a hat person before and was conscious of summer heat (well, hopefully )

The best ones I've found are wired 1950s style ones in loads of colours and patterns from www.dothetwist.co.uk (they do full head wraps and different thicknesses of hair band type ones) and knitted scarves than can be used as turbans from the maker Wrapdinlove on Etsy.

Good luck! xx

Daughter had her cut to a chin length bob before starting chemo with cold cap. She hated cold cap from the start, found it the worst part of each cycle. Lost a lot of hair in cycle 2 and had a very short 'pixie cut'. Had lost 80% of hair by cycle 3 and gave up the hated cold cap. Hairdresser got rid of the last wispy bits - think this is much better than shaving head yourself. She felt better having 'taken control' and bought quite a wardrobe of chemo beanies, mainly from Etsy.

Two years on and after 22 chemo cycles, 3 surgeries and 15 sessions of radiotherapy, her hair is as thick as ever. It's slow growing, now an almost chin length shaggy bob. She has just had her first highlights .

Best of luck with you treatment and don't worry, your hair will grow back. xxx