For people receiving chemotherapy, scalp cooling can mean:
- Regaining some control when so much is out of their hands
- Keeping their diagnosis private
- Shielding their family and friends
- Retaining their identity, confidence and normality
- Preventing stress and depression
- Positive attitudes to treatment (i.e. not rejecting chemotherapy for fear of hair loss)
- Quicker hair regrowth and prevention of persistent chemotherapy-induced alopecia (PCIA)
- Facilitating a quicker return to work