Hair Loss Is Not Inevitable For Increasing Numbers Of Chemo Patients

An allocate from breast cancer charity, Walk the Walk, worth approaching £250,000, has seen the delivery and installation of 21 scalp cooling machines into St James's Establish of Oncology, Leeds. These ground breaking machines can reduce or metrical prevent hair loss in patients undergoing chemotherapy. The 21 scalp coolers were on present in Bexley Wing's impressive glass atrium this morning and caused entirely a stir with the staff and visitors. This is the biggest ever offer for scalp coolers by Walk the Walk and the biggest ever delivery by Huddersfield based maker, Paxman Coolers. Undoubtedly, the most distressing side operate of chemotherapy treatment and the most visible sign of cancer is hair disappearance. The stigma of cancer chemotherapy is well documented and patients have been known to deny treatment in fear of losing their hair.

Scalp cooling can slacken up on or prevent hair loss by lowering the temperature of the head and scalp in a minute before, during and after chemotherapy, minimising the damage caused to the trifle follicles. This results in improved self-esteem and importance of life for the patient, which helps in fighting the disease. Favourable attitudes lead to positive outcomes. Walk the Creep has committed to donating £5 million for the provision of Paxman scalp cooling machines in NHS hospitals for everyone the UK. Glenn Paxman, founder of Paxman Coolers Reduced, commented today "It's fantastic for our scalp coolers to be available to patients here at St James's Society of Oncology, one of the largest specialist cancer treatment centres in the UK. We would like to show one's gratitude Walk the Walk for their generosity in supplying this grant-in-aid and enabling us to help improve patient's lives during this critical time."
Scalp Cooling
Scalp cooling is a method inured to to prevent or reduce hair loss for patients receiving chemotherapy. Enquire and studies have shown that scalp cooling can be noticeable across a wide range of chemotherapy drugs such as; Epirubicin, Doxorubicin, Taxol and Taxotere. Top scalp cooling depends on many factors - one very grave factor is how you treat and look after your hair. Reducing the scalp temperature by a few degrees creates a stipulation in the amount of blood reaching the hair follicles thereby protecting them from the effects of the concentrated chemotherapy drugs carried in the blood slip.
Paxman Coolers
Paxman Coolers attired in b be committed to applied this principle using modern technology to stage the Paxman Scalp Cooler. A system that works, is drug friendly, is a cost effective way to reduce the need to supply wigs, and has been accepted by doctors, nursing workforce and patients alike. Previous problems associated with wintry therapy treatments have been eliminated The set-up has received the Millennium Product Award for Innovation and has had much star in many hospitals and specialist cancer treatment centres in the UK and countries entirely Europe and other parts of the World.