Cancer, addressing the problems associated: hair loss

Biologist Maira Di Tano, cancer researcher

Hair loss, even if partial and temporary, is one of the most feared side effects of anticancer treatments, and certainly the one with the heaviest psychological implications for the patient. Hair loss is, in fact, experienced above all by the female world as a decrease in beauty and sensuality. Hair, in fact, has also played a very important role in social and sexual communication for millennia. the connections with the oncology world are manifold. Dr. Maira Di Tano, researcher, explains the reasons: "One of the major side effects of chemotherapy therapies is alopecia, hence hair loss" - explains in detail the Biologist Maira Di Tano, cancer researcher.

"These drugs, in fact, by blocking cell multiplication," act beneficially "especially on tumors, but" negatively "on many others, including those of hair bulbs. Although the effect is temporary, alopecia has a strong impact on the patient's psychology, especially on women ". "Several researches aim to find valid solutions to this problem, such as hypothermia, however there are currently no definitive or otherwise valid remedies for all types of chemotherapy and all types of cancer. To date, the best option remains the one. to wear scarves or, of lesser psychological impact, wigs, despite the low cost of these ".

Letizia, hair donation

Inspired by these simple principles, 34-year-old Letizia - Bioginnastica operator at the "Centro Biolab" in Imola -mother of two beautiful children, generously adhere to the invitation proposed by the Smile project. He thus sacrificed his splendid and thick hair "to allow all sick girls who cannot afford it, to have a wig made with real hair. The hair must have a minimum length of 28 cm to be able to guarantee their use" he says with Letizia fervor. L'joining Letizia's initiative - to which she dedicated herself with great enthusiasm, also involving a good part of her friends - is just one of the many hundreds that every year allow many women in cancer treatment to wear a wig made precisely through these simple donations.