How quickly will my hair fall out?

How quickly will my hair fall out?

Trevor Sorbie (Director) gives expert video advice on: How quickly will my hair fall out?; Will my hair grow back?; Will I lose my eyebrows and eyelashes during chemotherapy? and more...

There are different types of chemotherapy to my understanding and a doctor or surgeon will know which chemotherapy he is giving you. Not all chemotherapy has hair loss attached to it, but with the ones that do, it happens quite aggressively and it's usually after the second or third dose that the hair will fall out. When I say fall out, I do mean that you can take literally handfuls of hair in your hand, or when you shampoo your hair, you will see masses of hair coming out. It's a very disturbing part of the whole treatment - probably the most disturbing part. From my experience dealing with women with this disease, the hair loss is probably the most devastating part - sometimes even worse than the actual cancer itself, believe or not, for the people that I've known.