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Get ready for possible side effects of chemotherapy

Skin and hair symptoms

Chemotherapy targets rapidly growing cells, including healthy cells in your hair and inside your mouth.

  • Hair loss. This happens most often on the scalp but your eyebrows and eyelashes may thin, too. Fortunately, hair loss is almost always temporary.
  • Mouth sores. Damage to the cells in your mouth can create sores that make it difficult to eat and drink.