The loss of hair during chemotherapy is an emotional event
for women battling cancer. Whether we wear it short or long, full or cropped,
our hair is part of our feminine identity. Its loss during cancer treatment is
one more indignity in a list of many that cancer inflicts on the body.
While there is tremendous support for women who are fighting
cancer, many women wish to fight their battle in a more private arena, spared
the well-meant but prying questions of strangers. Hair loss publicizes a
woman’s cancer battle, instantly identifying her as different at a time when
she is struggling to live as normal a life as possible. Wigs for chemotherapy bring a sense of normalcy to life, helping to restore beauty and privacy to
women with cancer. However, the day may come when chemotherapy wigs can be
shelved as archaic artifacts of the cancer wars.
A targeted cancer treatment being developed by Seattle
Genetics treats cancer without hair loss. Diagnosed with serious lymphoma,
WigSalon.com president Joseph Aronesty recently underwent a clinical trial for
the new cancer treatment. “You don’t lose hair, you hardly even feel sick from
it,” Joseph told Virtual-StrategyMagazine.
“It was a remarkable success for me.”
Despite the potential loss of business – Joseph noted,
“About 30% of wig sales are for women that lose hair after chemotherapy for
various cancers and in particular breast cancer.” – Joseph is hopeful that
within 10 years targeted treatment of breast and other cancers may replace
chemotherapy. Until then, WigSalon.com will continue to supply cancer patients
with the highest quality, most comfortable monofilament wigs on the market.
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