What type of cancer doesn't lose hair?!


Question: What type of cancer doesn't lose hair!?
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Cancer as it is does not cause hair lose!. Hair loss in Cancer patients is called ALOPECIA!.

Alopecia, also called hair loss, baldness, and epilation, is a common side effect of chemotherapy and radiation therapy!. Most patients undergoing chemotherapy, especially those who are being treated with more than one drug, will suffer from hair loss!. Radiation therapy causes hair loss only in the area of skin being treated!.

Although most often associated with head hair, alopecia can occur on any part of the body!. Cancer treatments can also cause hair on the face (including the eyelashes and eyebrows), genitals, underarms, and body to fall out!.

Alopecia usually occurs between two and three weeks after the first treatment!. Most often, hair loss is gradual and occurs over a three-to-four week period!. However, the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel can cause all the hair of the body to fall out within a 24-hour period!. Loss of head hair usually begins on the top (crown) and sides of the head, presumably due to friction caused by pillows, bed linens, and hats!.

Alopecia caused by chemotherapy is usually temporary!. Hair loss caused by radiation therapy may be permanent!. Hair typically regrows in about three to five months!. Regrown hair may be a different color or type than before treatment!.

Although alopecia is a harmless, painless condition, it can significantly affect body image, self esteem, and sexuality!. As a result, alopecia may cause the patient to limit social activities!. Hair loss can also cause depression!.-
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It's not the cancer itself that makes you loose your hair, rather the type of treatment that you have!.
You can loose your hair with Chemotherapy (where they put certain chemicals into your body to kill the cancer, unfortunately it kills other stuff as well, like your hair follicles)!.
You don't loose your hair from Radiotherapy (radiation treatment to shrink the cancer)!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

You ask which cancer doesn't lose hair, the answer is ALL OF THEM - cancer doesn't have hair!.

However, hair loss in cancer patients could be due to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, weight loss, stress, a need to shave one's head for surgery etc etc

These are secondary to the cancer itself!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

cancer doesnt cause hair loose!. it is the radiation in chemotherapy that causes hair loose!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

the first poster gave you the right answerWww@Answer-Health@Com





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