The doctor was surprised because the cancer patient did not suffer from hair loss during chemotherapy

Spanish scientists and doctors have discovered hair from some lung cancer patients who underwent chemotherapy from gray to black.

Chemotherapy drugs often cause many side effects and can affect every organ in the body such as digestion, bone marrow, kidney, bladder, and reproduction, most commonly the phenomenon of hair loss.

However, in a test of the effect of Autonomous University's new anticancer drug (Barcelona, ​​Spain), scientists were surprised and confused when it came to discovering some of the cancer patients' hair. those that do not fall but also change color from grizzly to black.

Images before and after cancer treatment with a new drug of one of 14 patients.(Photo: Associated Press Photo).

The results came as scientists investigated the side effects of three new drugs Keytruda, Opdivo and Tecentriq , which were used to treat 52 lung cancer patients under immunotherapy.

Dr. Noelia Rivera, a dermatologist at Autonomous University, said when the patient's hair first changed color, they thought it might be a special case but still required all patients to take pictures. before treatment for comparison.

After that, 13 hair patients turned dark brown or black, a patient appeared black hair with gray and white patches. They all respond to new drugs and the disease progresses better than the rest. Scientists say hair turning black may be a sign that the drug is working.

Dr Rivera said this is a major step forward in cancer treatment as well as finding an anti-hair remedy. Experts are still researching to find the correct explanation for this phenomenon.

However, Dr. Rivera notes that the drugs used in the study have a lot of serious and unsafe side effects for healthy people so they should not be used on their own.