Struggling with cancer involves many heartaches and painful indignities, and among the worst is the loss of hair due to chemotherapy treatments. There are alternatives, though — and local entrepreneur Cheryl Cuprys wants to bring one to the public through her Coldilocks Chemo-Hairapy. Coldilocks is an attempt to introduce the area to cold cap therapy, practiced for decades, but still not well known. As the name implies, the therapy uses specially designed caps to freeze the scalp during treatment, preventing the chemotherapy medication from reaching hair follicles and damaging them. Cuprys knew from her own personal experience of two battles with cancer that the therapy could be useful, and she founded Coldilocks to make it available. Coldilocks rents the caps and equipment directly to patients, and a staffer personally delivers them and assists with the treatment. At at time when patients feel diminished by illness, it’s a valuable way to preserve a part of their identity.
For more info, contact 1-855-HAIRAPY, or visit www.coldilockscoldcaps.com. —MD
Struggling with cancer involves many heartaches and painful indignities, and among the worst is the loss of hair due to chemotherapy treatments. There are alternatives, though — and local entrepreneur Cheryl Cuprys wants to bring one to the public through her Coldilocks Chemo-Hairapy. Coldilocks is an attempt to introduce the area to cold cap therapy, practiced for decades, but still not well known. As the name implies, the therapy uses specially designed caps to freeze the scalp during treatment, preventing the chemotherapy medication from reaching hair follicles and damaging them. Cuprys knew from her own personal experience of two battles with cancer that the therapy could be useful, and she founded Coldilocks to make it available. Coldilocks rents the caps and equipment directly to patients, and a staffer personally delivers them and assists with the treatment. At at time when patients feel diminished by illness, it’s a valuable way to preserve a part of their identity.
For more info, contact 1-855-HAIRAPY, or visit www.coldilockscoldcaps.com. —MD
