If you are chronically developing infections during your treatments, related to neutropenia, or you are skipping treatments and not staying on your planned protocol because of neutropenia, your oncologist may prescribe a drug called Neupogen. Neupogen is an injectable medication that increases the production of white blood cells. My Doctor tells me I will lose my hair with the chemotherapy I'm taking. Is there any way I can avoid this or decrease the amount I lose. Many chemotherapy agents cause hair loss otherwise known as alopecia.
Chemotherapy affects the growth of rapidly reproducing cells.
The cells that make hair are rapidly reproducing hence, they are affected. Some will cause the hair to thin. Hair loss usually starts to occur within one to three weeks after the initiation of treatment. Since chemotherapy is such a strong agent, there is little you can do to avoid hair loss altogether. They were not very effective mostly due to the discomfort of wearing them throughout the treatment.