Hair loss and hair treatment. Any advise?

MarinaMM

Hello! My name is Marina. My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer about a year and a half ago. She had a breast conserving surgery and went trough a radiotherapy(finished 10 months ago). Now she's taking tamoxifen.

After the therapy or maybe because of tamoxifen , she started losing her hair. Not totally but I can see much more hair on the the brush than a year ago. So now I'm trying to find the information what she can do to prevent hair loss or even make her hair grow back. Is it possible for her to use special shampoos or other hair loss treatment? Is it dangerous to stimulate hair grow after the breast cancer? Can the hair grow stimulation cause cancer "stimulation"?

Any opinion or advise?

Thank you and apologies for my mistakes, as English is not my first language. Unfortunately I can’t find much information on the topic in my country.

Moderators

Hi Marina, and welcome to Breastcancer.org,

We're so sorry for the reasons that bring you here, but we're really glad you've found us. You and your mom are sure to find our Community an incredibly helpful and supportive place with lots of information and advice from our members.

To start, you may want to check out this thread called Hair, Hair, Hair, where members share their experiences with hair loss and regrowth.

In addition, you may find it helpful to check out the main Breastcancer.org site's section on Hair, Skin, and Nails for lots of info on hair loss and hair solutions.

We hope this helps and that you get some helpful responses soon! Welcome, again!

--The Mods