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Chemotherapy is used to fight the cancer cells, but in the process it can also be harmful to other cells in your body that these drugs mistake for cancer cells. The way chemotherapy works is that it targets whatever cells are rapidly dividing. For this reason, the cells in your body that make hair grow so fast get harmed along with the cancer cells. Fortunately, the cells that produce your hair ca eventually go back to normal and your hair growth will resume again.

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