{"id":2267,"date":"2016-01-12T03:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2016-01-09T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T18:30:31","slug":"cold-cap-aims-to-save-hair-of-chemotherapy-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/12\/cold-cap-aims-to-save-hair-of-chemotherapy-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Cap Aims to Save Hair of Chemotherapy Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1212\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1212\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/MP9004424491-200x133.jpg\" alt=\"Save Your Hair\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/MP9004424491-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/MP9004424491.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preventing Chemo Hair Loss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hair loss frequently affects women undergoing chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, making them self-conscious at a time when their emotional state is already fragile. That may change with use of the cold cap, a device approved last December by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use at <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\">cancer treatment facilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The science behind the cold cap<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While various forms of cold caps have been sold around the world, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/2015\/12\/08\/fda-clears-cold-cap-to-save-hair-during-breast-cancer-chemo.html\">DigniCap<\/a> is the first one officially cleared by the FDA for use in the United States. The cap is made by Dignitana AB, a medical technology company in Sweden whose slogan is, &#8220;Preserving Dignity of Life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cold caps work on the principle of scalp cooling, which has been around for decades. The concept involves applying near-freezing temperatures to a patient&#8217;s scalp, temporarily reducing blood flow and cell metabolism in the area. This makes it difficult for the cancer-fighting drugs to reach and damage hair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bringing the DigniCap to the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The DigniCap was tested at the University of California at San Francisco and four other medical centers. Out of 122 women tested while undergoing standard chemotherapy for early-stage <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/01\/researchers-predict-a-rise-in-breast-cancer\/\">breast cancer<\/a>, more than two-thirds of the participants retained more than half of their hair. Dignitana AB plans to lease the DigniCap to cancer treatment centers for use by chemotherapy participants, who would pay a fee for each round.<\/p>\n<p>Treatment at our Issels\u00ae immuno-oncology center focuses on your mental and emotional well-being as well as your physical health. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/newissels\/treatment-summary\/\">Visit our website<\/a> to learn more about our personalized non-toxic protocols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hair loss frequently affects women undergoing chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer, making them self-conscious at a time when their emotional state is already fragile. That may change with use of the cold cap, a device approved last December by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use at cancer treatment facilities. The science behind the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/12\/cold-cap-aims-to-save-hair-of-chemotherapy-patients\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cold Cap Aims to Save Hair of Chemotherapy Patients<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,201,203,2],"tags":[489,488],"class_list":["post-2267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-care-tips","category-cancer-research","category-news","tag-chemotherapy-patients","tag-saving-hair"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2268,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267\/revisions\/2268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}