The Controversy behind Ice Scalp Hair Loss Treatment
If you are undergoing chemotherapy you may suddenly find that there is temporary hair loss as a consequence of the medication. This can have very distressing side effects that can cause a person to become depressed. A new method of treating this problem is through the use of ice scalp hair loss treatment, which is the subject of much debate and is a controversy bound topic that many doctors and other health care professionals are still not clear about. A lack of sufficient knowledge about ice scalp hair loss treatment is not helping matters either.
Many Studies Are Being Conducted
There are many studies being conducted on the efficacy of the ice scalp hair loss treatment as well as on its side effects, disadvantages as well as the controversies surrounding this topic. In the end, it seems that ice scalp hair loss treatment is a very effective means of treating and preventing hair loss, more so when anthracyclines or taxanes are also used.
The exact nature of the effectiveness of ice scalp hair loss treatment has been somewhat hampered by the small size of the studies conducted. The research was also often not very well designed and which has made it difficult to actually make valid comparisons. It has been found that ice scalp hair loss treatment should not be performed during chemotherapy that is meant as a curative treatment and is used with harmatogenic metastases. However, most patients that use ice scalp hair loss treatment will tolerate its cooling effects very well.
Ice scalp hair loss treatment is effective in itself though it may not be so in the case of all chemotherapy patients. Thus there is a need for more psychological as well as clinical and biophysical research to be conducted so as to find out exact indications for cooling as well as to better the effects of treatment. There is also scope for improvement regarding tolerance, side effects as well as the proper cooling procedure that must be used in the ice scalp hair loss treatment.
Most often, ice scalp hair loss treatment is used during chemotherapy when an ice pack or similar device is placed on the head so as to slow the flow of blood to the scalp. This in turn will result in chemotherapy drugs being less likely to affect the scalp. This method of treating hair loss has been found to be 50 to 80 per cent effective though it is not absolutely certain that cancer will not recur.
