DigniKep - the miracle-device which will keep hair after a chemotherapy
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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When Charlotte Reeves heard the diagnosis of " breast cancer, " she decided at all costs to overcome the disease and try any treatment, because she is only 39 years old and she is the mother of two children. Charlotte was very afraid of never again seeing how her children grow up and grow up.
The next thought in the woman's head was the idea of chemotherapy, and its consequences for the hair. "It may sound stupid in a situation where you are given such a terrible diagnosis, but I was very afraid of losing my hair, because it constantly reminds me of cancer. In addition, in this form, children will see me, and this is not the most pleasant sight, "the woman says.
Cancer was diagnosed in June 2011. It was an invasive tumor in the third stage of development - a rapidly growing type of cancer.
But Charlotte still managed to avoid what she was most afraid of - she kept her hair. Doctors from the hospital in Cromwell, where she underwent treatment with Charlotte, offered her to use a special cap during chemotherapy sessions. It allows you to save about 80% of hair. During chemotherapy, the most active cells suffer, first of all, and the hair follicles in which hair is born, just contain some of the most actively dividing cells in the body. That's why chemotherapy causes intense hair loss.
DigniKep - the cooling headdress directed on preservation of hair during passage of a chemotherapy, is created by the American scientists. It was with the help of this miracle cap that Charlotte managed to save her hair.
The device is made of silicone, which contains neoprene, which isolates the scalp from the negative effects of harmful factors. DigniCap gradually cools the entire head and is equipped with a safety sensor.
Long five months of chemotherapy, and then another four weeks of radiation therapy - a difficult test, from which Charlatta emerged victorious.
"I can not deny that this silicone hat is not the most pleasant headgear. Gradually it gets colder and colder. Each time I had to wear it for three hours, before the session, during and even after the end it was impossible to shoot it for 20 minutes. But I do not regret, only thanks to this device I stayed with my hair. My barber long could not believe in this miracle! "- recalls Charlotte.
Since then, the woman feels great, and there is no sign of a relapse of the disease.