Tests and Treatments
Short term impacts on body image
How can having cancer affect your body image?
- Some cancer treatments will not affect the way you look but others can. These changes may be temporary or permanent.
- It is completely normal for you to feel anxious about the physical changes to your body during or after treatment.
- The main thing to remember is that no matter what physical changes your body has gone through, you are still the same person.
Physical changes you may experience after or during treatment
These are changes that you may experience during or after treatment that may or may not be permanent.
These may include:
It is important to remember that although your body may change, it will most likely return to the way it was before, after you have finished treatment.
Some people may experience permanent changes to their physical appearance due to having cancer treatment. For more information visit our long term impacts on body image fact sheet.
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