Monday Sep 26, 2022
Argentine Woman’s Affordable Chemo Cap Offers Hope by Preventing Hair Loss
After doctors diagnosed Paula Estrada with breast cancer in 2009, the then 41-year-old Argentine decided she would not only beat the disease, but would do so without losing her long blonde hair to the ravages of chemotherapy.
At her home in Buenos Aires, Estrada, a graphic designer by profession, set about creating a makeshift cooling cap out of ice packs to keep her scalp cold—and ward off hair loss.
READ THE STORY: www.globalheroes.com/cold-helmet-argentine-women-gives-hope/
PHOTO: Former cancer patient Paula Estrada shows a cold helmet she created to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy during an interview with Reuters, in Buenos Aires, Argentina June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Matias Baglietto
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