Cold Caps: Success Stories with Photos here!

Hey girls - First pic is 5 weeks after first chemo treatment. I dyed my hair back to original color before starting chemo. Day 20-30 was my biggest (and scariest) shed ...

Pic below is after 4 rounds of TC treatments (3 months after 1st chemo) ... pic was taken at radiation... hair got thin (and ugly gray roots) but no one would ever know I was going through chemo.

Pic below is a what my hair looks like today (11 months from 1st treatment) ... back to highlighting, color and cut, flat iron, etc. Not a great pic but good to see I still have my hair!!

Penguin caps DO WORK

Here is the back.

Thanks for everyone's support, love and guidance .... couldn't have done it without all of you. ^{HAPPY HOLIDAYS!}

-Kim

Kim,

You look great!!! PCC really did the job for you!

tshire, you look awesome. Can't tell at all you've been through chemo. Congratulations. I've been cold capping as well and have finished 3TX's. I'm 51 days post first chemo treatment. I have 3 more treatments to go. I feel like I mostly shed when I wash my hair twice a week. Everyone says they dont notice any difference. Do you think I'm safe now and can proclaim that this is working. Haha. Just need reassurance from an expert.

I am also using cold caps and am at chemo number 4- with a full head of hair! It works great!

Tshire, CONGRATS on such a phenomenal outcome with the cold caps. Your hair looks amazing, and as you said, you feel like you've lost a lot but no one else would know!! (Was checking back in after your initial diagnosis and saw this post!!)

Positive attitude and keeping the hair has eased your stress level incredibly i'm sure. So wish I had followed my instincts and tried them, but 3 years later I have a full head of hair so no complaints! All the best for your wedding plans!!

SARA!! Five percent, you big showoff. You look maaahvelous. I'm so happy for you guys. We will have to get together for that celebratory cocktail as soon as I'm out and about. Hha. Five percent.

This is my first post in the forum but I've stalked these pages and have received so much useful information that I wanted to share my success story. As of today, I am 9 weeks PFC and just finishing radiation.

My oncologist recommended cold caps and the office has a working relationship with PCC. The infusion unit has a medical freezer and I also used PCC therapists for all of my treatments. I used DermOrganics shampoo/conditioner that I got from Amazon. I also used HairRenew supplements from Amazon. I followed all the PCC instructions exactly except that my hair lived in a pony tail for the 4 months because I was constantly shedding and it was always dirty. C'est la vie!

Cold Caps were a huge pain in the butt but they are so very worth it. Cold caps work!! I am so happy I used them.

My hair pre chemo. I had 6 rounds of TC.

Day of first chemo. Not so happy.

I shed 21 days after chemo #1 and had the most shedding after chemo #2. After that it was a consistent daily shedding. I wondered if I would finish with hair. My shedding was pretty spread out all over my head and I didn't have any "bald spots". Probably due to having a good PCC therapist.

After chemo #4 on a hair washing day.

Getting ready to walk in to my last chemo.

And me today. You can see how much it's grown and I have lots of new growth in my part. I washed and dried it today so it looks thinner because it's straight. Have yet to get it cut or highlighted but I think it's about ready. My brows thinned but are growing back quickly.

Imacaligal-

Thank you so much for sharing! What a wonderful success story, and inspiration to other members!

The Mods

also what's the best way to sleep with hairwhile using cold caps?

I used Giovanni 50/50 shampoo and conditioner. Also, get a good dry shampoo that you can spray in between washes to refresh.

Thanks for all the positive comments on my post. phalia -- my PCC rep recommended DermOrganic so I used that. It doesn't have the bad stuff in it but lathered nicely and got my hair pretty clean. For sleeping, I started out using a 100% silk pillow case but then just switched to my regular one.

Hi Ladies,

I ordered Arctic cold caps today. Starting first taxol chemo on Tuesday. 12 weeks once a week regiment. What do i do about coloring of my hair. I did color them about 8 weeks before now it is already grey showing a bit and it is time to color. But i believe it is too late for it now? Any natural colors i can use. I am terrified of 6 month without coloring, I will be grey:( Any suggestions? Perhaps i can color it today?