AC-T Latest advice?
hi all,
Am starting AC-T and wanted to know if there is any up to date advice or tips to consider? I have heard cold cap isn’t good with it but will use it anyway. Anyone used Paxman with AC-T?
Welcome any tips to keep me sane!
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Hey @ava55! Until other members share their tips and personal experiences, here are a couple of articles from our main site that you might find helpful:
Scalp Cooling Reduces Hair Loss by Lessening Chemotherapy Absorbed by Hair Follicles
Which Chemotherapy Regimens Are Likely to Cause Hospitalization?
Hope this helps. Let us know how you're doing!
The Mods
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It doesn't look like anyone responded but wondering if you have any advise for me? Starting same regiment in 2 weeks!!
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I had done cold-capping with dose-dense AC/T (8 rounds) - my center used Digicap. I had been told that cold-capping might not work with AC, given that it's a really hard regimen, but I was able to keep maybe 50% of my hair… it thinned out significantly on my crown, but I was still able to put together a thinned-out ponytail, and I just hid my thin crown spots with a cap. The worst of my hair-thinning was at my 6th infusion. I had debated whether or not to just give up on the cold capping, but stuck with it, and within 5 weeks of my last Taxol treatment, my bald spots filled in quickly - hello, 80s style mullet! I will say that the nurses at the cancer center were amazed at how much hair I'd retained. A friend went through 6 TC with the Penguin cold cap, and she looked like she'd never lost any hair at all. If you're concerned about hairloss, I definitely recommend coldcapping, although it's very expensive, and not always covered by insurance.
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