Why does chemotherapy cause hair loss?

Why does chemotherapy cause hair loss?

The side effects of chemotherapy of best understood, if you remember that chemotherapy is a chemical that kills rapidly dividing cells. So, you think yourself, what are the rapidly dividing cells in my body? Well, the first is cancer, that is the whole point, we won't give the chemotherapy if we won't intending to kill cancer cells. But then, you think of the other cells of your body that after refurnish themselves on the daily bases then you can understand the side effects. The hair of our skull is a rapidly dividing cell. So, many different types of chemotherapy cause people to loss their hair. It's a temporary hair loss and it's not universal for all people. Well, I'll find its better to prepare for and be half away surprised then the girl went through it and just be shocked. So, some of my patients choose to visit their hairdresser or barber to before they even start and take control. Sometimes the hair falls out in combs which can be disconcerting. Sometimes it comes out on your pillow or in hairbrush and usually starts to come out about ten days after starting, most chemotherapies. There are some chemotherapies that do not affect the hair at all.