Chemo Head Scarves

Cotton Pre-tied with Height – Great for Chemo!

By B. Levi

Many women purchase headcoverings to help them deal with hair loss following chemotherepy treatments.

Why does Chemo cause hair loss?

Chemotherapy is currently the main tool used to battle cancer. It is usually a drug which destroys the cancerous cells in the body. Unfortunately it also destroys “good” cells, thereby damaging the hair follicles making hair loss an inevitable side effect of this treatment. There are a great many options available for women in this situation and each women is encouraged to make sure she finds the one that is best for her and makes her feel most comfortable. If a woman chooses to use head scarves or headwraps during chemo there are some important things to keep in mind.

There are two major problems with scarves, one is “slickness” the other is itch. Let’s tackle slickness. Scarves made from satin or silk or any material with a slick texture will usually have a difficult time staying in place on one’s head. Either avoid them completely or use a “wigrip” or cotton undercover – 2 different products that eliminate “slippage”.

The next thing to bear in ming is comfort. Many wool fabrics will itch and unnatural polyesters in in many cases are not “breathable” and will cause excessive uncomfort. In light of these facts, it is usually best for women undergoing chemo to purchase headscarves made from natural fibers such as linen or cotton that will allow the scalp to breathe. If the place you are buying your headscarf from does not list the fabric type, don’t hesitate to call them up and inquire before buying.

In closing, we hope all who purchase headscarves due to hair loss from chemo only have to use them very temporarily and get their hair and healthy bodies back as quick as possible!

(Sources include articlesnatch, american cancer society, and others)

A Great Cause by B.Levi

Join the Cause!

We at MyHeadcoverings.com have always known that our customers include a number of extraordinary people and the following e-mail we recieved buttresses our point.

Kaylee Kampf is a student at Yeshiva University and recently she became engaged to Andy Stahler.

Kaylee is also an Orthodox Jewish Woman who plans on covering her hair after marriage as is traditional among many Jewish Women.

Understandably, the engagement period is a pretty exhillirating time for a young engaged coupl,e and many times the couple tends to become slightly wrapped up in themselves.

Kaylee and Andy decided in their case it would be different.

Kaylee wrote to us that in honor of her begining to cover her hair they felt it appropriate to start a “Hats off for Cancer” campaign. Her and her groom have set about collecting all sorts of new or gently used Hats, Scarves, and Wigs for patients that are undergoing Chemotherapy.

All donations are to be donated to the WINGS Cancer Foundation based in the West Clinic in Kaylee’s Hometown of Memphis, Tennasee.

Of course, we agreed to donate to the cause, and in the spirit of Kaylee and Andy’s dedication we’ve decided to help out by offering a 20% discount on any order purchased for the “Hats off to Cancer” campaign.

Of coure, to be eligible the order must be shipped to the Memphis address below that is the campaign headquarters. (Just place your order on the MyHeadcoverings.com site with the shipping address listed below. Then send us an email at customerservice@myheadcoverings.com and we will refund you 20% of the purchase back to your credit card, paypal, or google accout used)

Best wishes to Kaylee and Andy both with their present campaign and their forthcoming marriage and Best wishes for Good Luck

All Donations can be mailed to:

Kaylee Kampf

450 Jason Drive

Memphis, TN 38120

Winnong The Lotto…for Real by B.Levi

I know that this series is supposed to be a humor series,  but I just came across a story I just had to write about.

You know how every one always dreams abut what they would do if they won the lottery?

Well check this out.

An elderly retired couple in Nova Scotia, Canada won the lottery to the tune of 11.2 million dollars.

Well, what did Allen and Violet Large do with their winnings?

They gave charity, lots of charity.

In fact they gave the entire sum away to charity!

That’s right over 11 million dollars!

In interviews Allen and Violet (who had just completed chemo treatments) stated they had all they wanted and you can’t buy happiness. In fact Violet said that giving all that charity had made her feel better.

As they said, they already had the important things in life….Each other.

Sometimes it’s stories like these that we should keep in mind. So that when the mornings rough or we feel down we remember the important things in life.

I figured this was a great story for the Family Life series.

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