Breast Cancer Chemotherapy | Hats for Chemotherapy

One of the side effects of chemotherapy treatment is hair loss. Hair loss can be reduced but can not be avoided totally under chemotherapy treatment. There are different ways to cope with this hair loss. Some of cancer patients may be headscarf. Some other patients may decide to wear hat. Wearing hat is the best decision.

Chemotherapy Hats particularly hand-knitted are needed to help cancer patients during one of the most difficult parts of their treatment. According to American Cancer Society approximately 650,000 Americans receive chemotherapy treatment every year. They are subjected to hair loss during the treatment. Chemotherapy Hats or caps can help them.

Wearing special chemo caps can help suddenly-bald cancer patients feel like themselves again. Hats fend off the cold, as well as unwelcome stares. But, many cancer patients have a hard time finding hats that work. Hats sold at retail stores are often scratchy to bare skin because they are designed to be worn over a full head of hair. Also, standard headgear often fails to cover the entire back of the head, exposing the skin to the cold and making baldness obvious. Worse still: a lot of hats sold at retail stores contain wool, which can be harmful to highly sensitive cancer patients. What these patients need are chemotherapy hats designed just for their situation. Attractive, hand-knitted chemo hats for cancer patients allow them to go out in public feeling less self-conscious or cold.

Chemotherapy hat patterns that will cover a person’s entire head and are attractive enough for every day wear must be chosen. Hand knitted hats made up of soft yarn may be more useful to chemo patients.

A wide variety of fashionable Chemotherapy Hair Loss Hats are available to suit the occasion. There are also wigs available but these can be quite uncomfortable and many hats for cancer patients prefer to wear cancer hair loss hats as they are much easier to wear and are also quite comfortable.

Some Doctors prefer the Cold Cap System. This method is used for patients undergoing chemotherapy who want to have the best possible chance of retaining some of their hair. It works using a cold cap on the head to cool the scalp and prevent blood circulating to the hair follicles, this type of cap does vary between certain hospitals. The cold cap is put on the head at least 15 minutes before the chemotherapy treatment starts, to give it a chance of slowing the blood flow to the scalp. After the treatment has finished the cap is left on for between 1 and 2 hours after the chemotherapy. The cold cap is cold, and not everyone can stand it for that length of time and this is why it has been abandoned in some cases.

Patients lack financial resources to purchase suitable hand knitted headgear during the chemotherapy treatment. Some of the social organizations also provide the much needed hats for the chemo patients. As the patients’ heads are sensitive after chemo treatment, they require light weight soft hats made up of natural yarn. Ideal fabrics for chemo hats are cotton, terry, micro fleece, polar fleece, lightweight chiffon polyester and medium weight knits.