Paxman Scalp Cooling: The family, the legacy, the innovation | 2025 Butterfly Ball Honorees

Sue Paxman stood out as much for her big personality as her striking, curly hair – a trait she shared with her daughter. For Glenn Paxman, he recalls the first time his wife, Sue, cried during her cancer treatment. It was the morning she woke up with most of her hair left behind on her pillow. He realized that the scalp cooling she’d been offered, a manual and laborious process, simply wasn’t good enough.

Building on decades of family expertise in refrigeration technology, Glenn approached his brother Neil to help create a new device. Today, nearly 900 hospitals across the U.S. offer Paxman’s scalp cooling technology. And for Glenn, what began on a devastating morning more than 30 years ago has grown into a global effort to bring that choice to cancer patients around the world.

Read more about Sue Paxman, the why behind Paxman Scalp Cooling: https://www.lbbc.org/blog/paxman-scal...

Paxman Scalp Cooling is the 2025 recipient of the Andrea and Abraham Morris Impact Award, a recognition honoring those who demonstrate passion, longevity, and an unwavering commitment to improving the lives of those impacted by breast cancer.

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