Detroit Medical Center in Commerce Township is making cancer treatment a little easier for its patients. It is now offering hair loss prevention technology to people going through chemotherapy.
This technology is making a world of difference for patients like Paula Loch, the first in Michigan to try out the portable device.
“When I was offered an opportunity to do this, I said ‘sure, I’ll do it,'” Loch said.
The cap, which is used to prevent hair loss from chemotherapy, is not new, but the fact that it is now portable is, according to DMC oncologist Stephanie Vandertill.
“It brings the temperature of the scalp down to 65 degrees. We start the cooling 30 minutes before any chemotherapy medication is started and the cooling is happening all during chemotherapy and then for two to three hours after,” Vandertill said.
“We’re all different and if there are other women out there that care if they’re going to lose their hair (like) the way I felt, then they should know that there is something they can do about it,” Loch said.