Company makes hair wigs gift for cancer patients in Nyeri

Nyeri, Kenya: About 50 women who are cancer survivors in Nyeri county has a reason to smile after a donation wisher high quality for wigs after losing her hair to chemotherapy.

MICORE International Company donated 42 hair wigs for chemotherapy patients in a campaign to support breast cancer survivors in the area.

Speaking at the ceremony held in the premises of Nyeri Hospice, founder Wangari hair MICORE International Company Maryanne said wigs were given in an effort to give women hope in the fight against cancer.

"We are a hair and beauty products based in Nairobi and we intend to visit cancer centers and provide wigs in our campaign to show their support in the fight against cancer," said Wangari.

Breast Cancer Survivor Elizabeth Njeri said that for women struggling against cancer, hair loss and breast is one of the most traumatic experiences of their treatment. "The hair of a woman is her crown and beauty and for most cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, hair loss is a blow to their self-esteem and many of us are forced to hiding his head under scarves and hats, "said Njeri.

Njeri, who is also the coordinator of the support group for breast cancer survivors, said the stigma compounds hair loss in patients with cancer. "Many women face rejection by family and hair loss is even worse for women who now feel ashamed because they feel more beautiful and feminine," said Njeri.

Nyeri referral hospital nurse in charge of the palliative care unit, Lydiah Warui County explained that the chemotherapy drugs used to treat and kill cancer cells, and high toxicity and, unfortunately, this leads to different side effects .

"As part of our assessment, we often say that women 90 percent of patients lose their hair and some women refused to undergo treatment because of this side effect," said Warui.

She said it is not easy for many women to accept any changes in physical appearance, sometimes so radical that the loss of her breasts for surgery. "Many women assume they have hair but for patients with cancer is not an option, baldness is a fact that has to bear, some of them have the hair grows back after cancer," said Ms. warui.