Polar Ice Caps - the unofficial survey :)

Billie67 said:

Deb
Funny you should mention this. When I was 22 I got the measles. I was extremely sick and had horribly high fevers that caused major hallucinations and in the long run, hair loss. It was very strange...about a month after I started feeling better my hair started falling out big time! I of course was freaking out trying to figure out why. I lost a little more than 3/4 of my hair before it finally started to stop falling out. I went to my dr and she sent me to a dermatologist who specializes in hair loss. The derm told me that my hair loss was caused from the extreme fevers much like what happens when the chemicals from chemo burn the hair follicles. She showed me my hair under a scope and you could literally see where the roots were singed! Then she showed me magnified pictures of hair that was lost from chemo, they almost looked identical. She then told me that she and a few scientists were working on an ice cap type of thing that people would wear during chemo and high fever illnesses to try and prevent hair loss. I wonder if this is part of that study?? It's been over 20 years but I guess it could be possible.
Would I wear one?? Hey I guess it couldn't hurt and it might help so I'd have to say that I'd give it a try.
Billie

The first thought that crossed my mind was, even if the process was effective, the idea of icing my head, with a burned neck, violently sore throat, compromised swallow, feeding tube, surgical scars and a very high pain level was more than I would be able to handle. 

The question that arises from your comment is, would cooling the scalp work when it isn't excessive heat to the scalp that is causing the burning?

Deb