Device that cools the scalp may help cancer patients save their hair

Wigs may seem like fancy accessories but for those undergoing chemotherapy, it may be a necessity.

As a baby, Kim Nyalka’s now seven-year-old daughter would twist her fingers through her mother’s hair as she fell asleep, and playing with her mother’s hair is still a treasured habit.

So, when Nyalka found out that she’d have to have chemotherapy for breast cancer, she started first looking into wigs, and then into scalp cooling – a treatment that uses cold caps on the head to prevent hair loss during chemo – to make the process less traumatic for her family.