Chemotherapy Hair Loss: Will My Hair Grow Back? | Oncologist Advice

Ikhwan said that cancer cells have the property of growing fast, so chemotherapy is designed to suppress or destroy cells that grow quickly.

“Cancer drugs are drugs that destroy cell growth,” said Ikhwan.

However, chemotherapy drugs not only attack cancer cells but also hair cells.

“Our normal body cells are not actually affected. But our body cells that grow quickly, for example, blood cells, the blood cells replace our skin cells, then the surface cells of our digestive tract, and our hair cells,” he explained.

Hair is a part of the body that grows quickly so it is also affected by chemotherapy. As a result, hair will fall out or even disappear completely. Because of this, many patients choose to shave their hair from the start of treatment.