We've gotten an increasing number of questions about using cooling caps to reduce chemotherapy-related hair loss, which is estimated to impact nearly two-thirds of patients.

Although manual cold caps have been around for a while, machine cooling cap systems were only recently approved by the FDA. DigniCap Scalp Cooling System was the first to receive approval in 2015, followed by Paxman Scalp Cooling System in early 2017. However, the approved use of these systems had been limited to breast cancer patients—until now.