The Caring Hair Boutique

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As we know some chemotherapy drugs can cause complete hair loss, hair thinning or no effect to hair at all.

Hair loss tends to refer to complete loss of hair resulting in none or very little hair remaining. In this case you may like to consider ways to cover up such as wigs, headscarves and hats, or you may be comfortable with having a bare scalp.

Hair thinning means that your hair may look thinner then normal and have less volume. This means that some hair may fall out, but that you won’t experience complete hair loss.

A little bit more about hair thinning
You may find that one particular area of you hair feels and looks thinner, or there is just less hair all over. The amount that your hair thins is individual to you and your natural amount of hair. We will look at helpful ways to manage and disguise any hair thinning in other areas of the web site. Remember the hair follicle where the root grows from is not normally damaged, so the hair usually starts to grows back after treatment is complete.

Take a look in Hair and Scalp Care - Thinning Hair for lots of ideas and advice on looking good.