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What Causes Hair Fall During Maintenance Treatment?
My daughter is in the last months of her maintenance treatment her diagnosis is ALL (leukemia) Through the intensive chemo she lost her hair twice, since being on her maintenance for over a year she has a full head of thick hair. We just noticed last night that her hair is falling out again, can you tell me why this would be, as the medication hasn't changed?
Fri, 27 Jul 2018
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In my opinion, you might be suffering from Anagen effluvium. It is the side effect of your chemotherapy drugs. You can use minoxidil solution and biotin supplements. Hair loss occur together (bunch of anagen hairs fall together so the name anagen effluvium). Take care.
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In my opinion, you might be suffering from Anagen effluvium. It is the side effect of your chemotherapy drugs. You can use minoxidil solution and biotin supplements. Hair loss occur together (bunch of anagen hairs fall together so the name anagen effluvium). Take care.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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