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health articles 445 [11101]Hair Regrowth After Chemo: What Steps Can I Take to Regrow My Hair? Hair is one of the first parts of your body that would be seriously affected by chemotherapy. But this should be no cause for despair because once chemotherapy has successfully eliminated cancer agents in your body or your treatment reaches its end, hair regrowth can take place after a period of time. Chemotherapy and Hair Loss Chemotherapy utilizes powerful agents to kill growing cancer cells in your body. Unfortunately for cancer patients, chemotherapy medications are unable to make the distinction between cancer cells and other growing cells such as those responsible for keeping your hair healthy and making it grow. As such, chemotherapy agents will also work on killing hair cells and this result to hair loss. The type of chemotherapy you are undergoing as well as the dosage and frequency of treatment can affect the nature and severity of hair loss. You can know what exactly to expect from your chemotherapy treatment by consulting with your physician. Reducing the Need for Hair Regrowth after Chemotherapy Although hair regrowth is greatly possible once your chemotherapy treatment ends, there are things you can already do prior or during your treatment to reduce the need for hair regrowth later on. Prevention is still, after all, the best cure. Scalp Hypothermia This is also known as cryotherapy. This method utilizes ice packs and other similar objects and devices and placing them on the scalp areas. These instruments reduce the effects of chemotherapy and consequently the possibility of hair loss as well. Unfortunately, scalp hypothermia is not without flaws. The process itself is uncomfortable. Secondly, reducing the effects of chemotherapy introduces a small risk of recurring cancer cells in the scalp area. Minoxidil: Hair Regrowth after Chemotherapy This is one of the two treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for hair l