True beauty is found in your heart, not on your head. That’s the message in Hairloss.com’s new video PSA on chemo hair loss.  There are two other videos in the series, one on…See More

You know for a fact you’ve gained 15 lbs this year, but according to your friends, they don’t see your wardrobe tightening around you (yeah right!).  Or your hair is thinning to the point you see your scalp gleaming through in the mirror.  Maybe you have bald spots so large or so numerous that you can feel the sun and wind…See More

Mothers Day 2011 has come and gone.  Mother’s Day calendars are traditionally filled with breast cancer awareness and advocacy events  and has always been a day on which I join my sisters and other women in running for a breast cancer free future.  This year I spent my day dining in town with Mom.  I learned that Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year for…See More

(Following is a guest blog written by Elyn Jacobs, breast cancer survivor and cancer coach. You can read more from Elyn on her blog, “It is the Weak Tree That Comes Down in a Hurricane“.)I talk a lot about cancer prevention.  The other day, I was asked for a few simple suggestions for avoiding  cancer.  My answer is that diet and…See More

Pencil skirts or skinny jeans?  Colored or patterned tights?  Over-the-knee boots or peep-toed heels?  Button-up sweater or pea coat style jacket?  Turtle neck or tunic?  Brunette or bald???  I’m Alex, and I have been totally bald for all of my fabulous 20 years alive.First and foremost, I cannot wear wigs.  They are hot and honestly, I would probably whip it off half-way through the day out of total…See More

Who would’ve believed that the curvaceous and sultry celebrity likes of Jennifer Lopez could make ME feel more comfortable, more normal, more beautiful in my own hairless skin (and headscarf)?Oodles of women who suffer from hair loss and who dream of a means by which they can maintain a sense of fashion, beauty and normalcy, breathe a collective sigh of relief each time some…See More

Look at me, I’m bald!With 10 years of life as a bald woman behind me, I’ve experienced my share of head turns, inquiring comments, unwanted stares, and assumptions that my hair loss is chemotherapy related.  The attention used to stress me out big time.  Alopecia is sudden so requires instant adjustments.  As…See More

Ten years ago, I made a decision to follow up my mastectomies with silicone breast implants.  I was making my decision “back in the day” when insurance companies would pay for several opinions and more than one consultation.  I remember meeting with my plastic surgeon THREE times regarding my implant choice.  I went with…See More

As my Mom continues to suffer the side effects of a fluoroquinolone drug,  I am more convinced than ever of the importance of patient advocates, especially for the elderly.  Mom has Lymphoma, the bad kind,  but her symptoms today - confusion, anxiety, and disorientation are not related to her underlying disease or her age.  I know the symptoms all to well, the nasty side…See More

 What do 3 Alopecian women talk about when they get together for lunch? Normal chit-chat, catching up, but inevitably the conversation turns to lack-of-hair issues.   It’s not that any of us are obsessed with our dormant-to-dead hair follicles.  One of my friends has had alopecia for 50 years and the other for 30 years.  I’m the newbie in the group as I’m “celebrating”…See More

 I admit it.  Being called “fashionable” does not strike me as a compliment.  Bizarre woman I am in this culture, I know.Since age 15, when I realized I was tired of the superficial teenage relationships that were supposed to pass for friendship, I’ve rejected “fashionable,” realizing it was my Jordache jeans, not my…See More

My poor mom!  She has a cold.  She has Lymphoma.  And if that isn’t enough, her doctors “floxed” her.A week ago, she was running a low-grade fever, so I placed a weekend call to her oncologist.  Unbeknownst to me at the time, he immediately prescribed her…See More

Confession of a bald man - I had no idea how important hair is to women.I was still living with my parents when my barber told me she noticed I had male pattern baldness.  My mom, who had a full head of hair at the time, took me to doctor after doctor to look into possible treatments for male pattern baldness.  Once on Propecia and…See More

Though women are so often stereotyped (by men) to be fashion-crazed, I’ve noticed that not every woman has this sixth sense.  I’m not saying that some women don’t know how to dress, although that is true too, but that some women just seem conflicted.  They may want to be fashionable, but that natural Fashion sense does not always come naturally.I have always enjoyed watching fashion shows, reading fashion magazines, and shopping.  As a teen, I couldn’t wait for weekends so that I could pick out…See More

Think teenager.  Stereotype flash!  Techno-addicts, outrageous dress, face piercings, casual disrespectful comments, defiant, drama queens.  Now think again.  Think caring, think loving, think socially responsible, think bald, think Georgia Barlow.Upon seeing her debate coach/Year 8 teacher wearing a Beaubeau scarf where her hair once flowed, this Australian teenager was…See More