Helping Patients
Keep their
Hair Throughout
Cancer Treatment
HairToStay is the first and only national nonprofit dedicated to making scalp cooling treatment affordable.
Our Impact
$5,652,512
Funds Awarded to Date
9,150
Subsidies Awarded To Date
Hairtostay subsidy recipient
"A friend of mine read about the Penguin Cold Caps in “O” magazine. I had been diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer at the end of January, 2012, started Chemo Feb. 20th, and cut all my hair off on March 9th. I found out about the Cold Caps after that. My hair started falling out around March 4th. I started using the Cold Cap machine on Monday March 19th. "
HairToStay Subsidy Recipient
"When I was told that I was going to have to undergo chemo, my first response was “NO”. I did not want to lose my hair, I did not want to lose my femininity. Panic set in. I know it seemed silly to some, but it was monumental to me. Chemo screams the unknown. Nobody could tell me what would happen to me. I wanted to at least look the same. "
Hairtostay subsidy recipient
"I wanted to write and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind subsidy from HairToStay. I was diagnosed at age 31, six months before my wedding. If that wasn’t difficult enough, my doctor recommended four rounds of Taxotere/Cytoxan chemotherapy. She told me I would “certainly lose all of my hair.” This was so devastating to hear as a young bride! "
HairToStay Subsidy Recipient
"I called Patsy and within 2 weeks I had my caps. I am amazed with the results! After 4 treatments of T/C I still have my hair! Going through cancer is hard enough, keeping my hair made it a little bit easier. Thank you Patsy and Penguin Cold Caps for making a difficult time in my life so much better! I will forever be grateful for all that you do!"
Hairtostay subsidy recipient
"It was a powerful experience to look healthy throughout chemotherapy and be treated as a healthy person by others. Those who knew I was undergoing chemotherapy were perplexed at how vibrant I appeared and that influenced how they treated me. That, in turn, influenced how I identified as someone who was healing instead of someone who was sick."
HairToStay Subsidy Recipient
"I was diagnosed with breast cancer 23 years ago. It was not invasive and I only needed a mastectomy with no follow up treatment. In February I was diagnosed with cancer a second time in the other breast. I was informed that treatment would require 6 rounds of chemotherapy because it was a different kind of cancer and then a mastectomy. "
Hairtostay subsidy recipient
"A friend of mine read about the Penguin Cold Caps in “O” magazine. I had been diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer at the end of January, 2012, started Chemo Feb. 20th, and cut all my hair off on March 9th. I found out about the Cold Caps after that. My hair started falling out around March 4th. I started using the Cold Cap machine on Monday March 19th. "
HairToStay Subsidy Recipient
"When I was told that I was going to have to undergo chemo, my first response was “NO”. I did not want to lose my hair, I did not want to lose my femininity. Panic set in. I know it seemed silly to some, but it was monumental to me. Chemo screams the unknown. Nobody could tell me what would happen to me. I wanted to at least look the same. "
Hairtostay subsidy recipient
"I wanted to write and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind subsidy from HairToStay. I was diagnosed at age 31, six months before my wedding. If that wasn’t difficult enough, my doctor recommended four rounds of Taxotere/Cytoxan chemotherapy. She told me I would “certainly lose all of my hair.” This was so devastating to hear as a young bride! "
HairToStay Subsidy Recipient
"I called Patsy and within 2 weeks I had my caps. I am amazed with the results! After 4 treatments of T/C I still have my hair! Going through cancer is hard enough, keeping my hair made it a little bit easier. Thank you Patsy and Penguin Cold Caps for making a difficult time in my life so much better! I will forever be grateful for all that you do!"
Hairtostay subsidy recipient
"It was a powerful experience to look healthy throughout chemotherapy and be treated as a healthy person by others. Those who knew I was undergoing chemotherapy were perplexed at how vibrant I appeared and that influenced how they treated me. That, in turn, influenced how I identified as someone who was healing instead of someone who was sick."
HairToStay Subsidy Recipient
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Create a SaveItForward fundraiser
Did you or someone you know use scalp cooling, and want to help the next patient afford scalp cooling? Our SaveItForward program allows you to fundraise to help low-income cancer patients access scalp cooling to save their hair!
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Our Major Sponsors
"I was diagnosed with breast cancer 23 years ago. It was not invasive and I only needed a mastectomy with no follow up treatment. In February I was diagnosed with cancer a second time in the other breast. I was informed that treatment would require 6 rounds of chemotherapy because it was a different kind of cancer and then a mastectomy. "