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Chemotherapy and hair loss: What to expect during treatment

After chemotherapy

  • Continue gentle hair care. Your new hair growth will be especially fragile. It may be more easily damaged by styling products and heating devices. Hold off on coloring, relaxing or bleaching your new hair until it grows stronger. Processing could damage your new hair and irritate your sensitive scalp.
  • Try to be patient. It's likely that your hair will come back slowly and that it might not look the same right away. But growth takes time. It also takes time for your body to repair the damage caused by your cancer treatment.