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Q: Hair Loss After Radiatioin Treatment

asked by: marinero on June 4th, 2004

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Hi everyone,
six years ago I was diagnosed two tumors in the cerebellum. One was excised the other was treated with chemio and radiation therapy.
When the treatment ended I was completely bold and I was told I had a 20% chance of staying that way.
My hair has grown back but just partially and I am following a recovery treatment which consists in a lotion of 2% minoxidil and I am taking pills containing keratin and cystein.
My question is if there's anything else I can do to improve hair growth and go back to normal (i am a woman).
Thanks very much for your help

marinera

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friendindeed

replied on May 26th, 2009

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Hair loss with chemo.

My friend has had 3 sessions of chemo for Leukemia. She is only 16 years old. I was wondering when will her hair start to fall off? Or will she be lucky and have no hair loss. Is that a possibility?

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