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Does chemotherapy change the scent of a person's skin? I am writing a novel and one of my characters is being treated for cancer with chemotherapy and radiation. In one scene her sister is holding her and notices that her skin smells like chemicals. Is this accurate?
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It can yes. Even after Chemo has ended. I didn't notice the change in body order until I had stopped chemo for over 1 year. I have heard of people who while receiving chemo treatments smelled badly. No one stated that I did during this time, I couldn't really tell. I was to sick.
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I say yes, definitely. My boyfriend is currently in chemotherapy. He has always been one of those men that doesn't really have a scent, even when he works out, but now he very much smells like chemicals. I can smell it on myself after we've been holding hands.
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