Hair loss service for cancer patients
The hair loss service is eligible to anyone who receives chemotherapy or is expected to experience hair loss because of their cancer treatment at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Macmillan Information and Support Centre.
What is the hair loss service?
Cancer treatments may cause changes to your normal hair growth, such as thinning or hair loss. You may want to consider wearing a wig or headscarf, or having other hair loss services, such as scalp micropigmentation (a ‘hair tattoo’) or trichology (includes advice on minimising hair loss and hair regrowth and management).
If you are eligible to access the hair loss service at King’s, you will be offered an NHS voucher to the value of £120 (including VAT) to select the product or service of your choice from the suppliers listed below.
Please note:
- products and services will vary in price, and you will need to cover any cost over the £120 value of the voucher
- you are under no obligation to make a purchase, whether you visit one of our supplier offices or are visited on the ward by a supplier
- if you do not use the full value of the voucher in one go, you can use the remaining value of the voucher for hair loss services at a later date, but cannot redeem as a cash payment.
To access the hair loss service:
- Contact the Macmillan Information and Support Centre to get your NHS voucher.
- Review the list of products and services offered by our suppliers below.
- Contact your preferred supplier to make an appointment.
- Visit your preferred supplier. When you have completed your appointment and received your hair product or service give the supplier your voucher.
- Contact the Macmillan Information and Support Centre to let us know you have received your product or service.
- Complete the patient survey provided.
Our suppliers
Below are the suppliers who accept NHS vouchers from eligible King’s patients. You can find out more information about the services offered on the suppliers’ websites or by contacting them directly.
Please note, a number of the services listed exceed the £120 value of the voucher, and you will need to cover any cost over the voucher value.
Aderans TrendCo
Location: 27-28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH
Tel: 020 7221 2646
Email: [email protected]
Services include:
- free face to face or video call consultation
- wigs and hair pieces
- headwear, turbans and scarves
- styling
- maintenance and regroom
- trichology consultation
- scalp treatment – in salon or home treatment
Browns More Hair Now
Location: Guy’s Cancer Centre, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 3SS
Tel: 01822 610292
Email: [email protected]
Services include:
- the supply and repair of synthetic, human hair and custom-made wigs
- headwear, including headwraps, turbans and scarves
- aftercare advice
Additional support
Cancer Hair Care
Cancer Hair Care is a leading UK hair loss support charity. The charity offers free, expert advice and support on all aspects of hair loss, hair loss prevention (scalp cooling) and hair care, before, during and after cancer treatments.
Tel: 01438 311 322
Email: [email protected]
Headwrappers
HeadWrappers is a registered charity hosting both one-to-one and group online sessions to people who are losing their hair through cancer treatment. They show that there are alternatives to wigs, by demonstrating scarf tying techniques and providing scalp care advice.
Email: [email protected]
Look Good Feel Better
Look Good Feel Better is a UK wide specialist cancer support charity focused on helping people to manage the cosmetic and physical impact of their cancer treatment
Tel: 01372 747 500
Email: [email protected]
Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan Cancer Support offers information about the treatments that can cause hair loss and offer information about wigs, hats, scalp care and more to help you deal with hair loss.
Tel: 0808 8080 00 00 (7 days a week, 8am to 8pm)