Hair loss is not inevitable for chemo patients

A grant from breast cancer charity, Walk the Walk, has enabled the delivery and installation of twenty one scalp cooling machines into St James’s Institute of Oncology, Leeds.

These ground breaking machines can reduce or even prevent hair loss in patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Scalp cooling can reduce or prevent hair loss by lowering the temperature of the head and scalp immediately before, during and after chemotherapy, minimising the damage caused to the hair follicles.

Walk the Walk has committed to donating £5 million for the provision of Paxman scalp cooling machines in NHS hospitals around the UK.

Glenn Paxman, founder of Paxman Coolers Limited, commented today “It’s fantastic for our scalp coolers to be available to patients here at St James’s Institute of Oncology, one of the largest specialist cancer treatment centres in the UK. We would like to thank Walk the Walk for their generosity in supplying this grant and enabling us to help improve patient’s lives during this difficult time.”