Coping with hair loss

This booklet is about hair loss. It is for anyone whose hair may be affected by cancer treatment, or who is coping with changes to their hair. It has information for people with all types of hair. When we use the term Afro hair in this booklet, we mean type 4 coily hair.

This booklet includes information about:

• - how cancer treatment may affect your hair
• - how to prepare for hair loss
• - ways to cope with and manage hair loss
• - what to expect after treatment ends.

We hope it helps you deal with some of the questions or feelings you may have. You can also talk to your doctor or nurse about how cancer treatment may affect you.

Visit our online information about hair loss and watch a video with people discussing hair loss (British Sign Language enabled).

We want everyone affected by cancer to feel our information is written for them. To do this we use plain English and we try to make it accessible and relevant to the widest range of people. Read more about how we produce our information.

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