Hair, Hands & Feet

Rescue remedies for hair

What to do when ‘straw’ hair strikes ? Watching the Middleton sisters with their glossy hair has made me insanely jealous! Each time I get put on another drug, my hair rebels and loses all its sheen. So not only…

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The Aladdin’s cave at the top of Harrods

Anyone who has cancer knows the puffed-up blobby feeling you get as a side effect from drugs. You look in the mirror, and all you can see is a lumpy face and blotchy skin. And if you need a wig,…

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Oil helps sun-dried Hair

New ‘magic oil’ helps cancer-straw hair One gave me the invaluable tip to use Conditioner on my hair – didn’t like to tell him that ordinary commercial products are useless in the fight against what drugs does to our hair….

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Help for Bad Hair Days

Jason to the rescue What is it about the drugs ‘they’ put us on, that gives us straw hair ? I was getting fed up with my thatch (It’s all right for Boris, but not for me thank you). Then…

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New Year – New treatment for winter-worn Hands

We all know about serums for the face but did you know there is now one for Hands ? And it is made by the award-winning company Botanicals I had stupidly gone out without gloves. It was the start of…

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Caring for hair – particularly with cancer

Hair Loss It’s probably our biggest worry : losing hair during treatment. J. another patient, wrote to say “many types of Chemo make your hair fall out, because they reduce the strength of your hair” ; Hormone Therapy can also…

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Care for Hands and Nails after cancer

Drugs play havoc with hands and nails Drugs can make hands rough, red and sore Nails catch in clothing, and getting dressed is painful. When I avoided shaking hands as being too painful – it was time to seek help….

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