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Mark’s Story
My name is Mark. I am 47 and I have had AT for 32 years and have been wearing wigs all along but have rarely had health insurance to cover them. Last November my insurance at my new job kicked in (I have Aetna) and I was surprised to see that they had the 3 [...]
Norma Jean’s Story
Norma Jean from Dixon, MO. My son Will, now 20 years old is AA. We just found out this summer. When he was in middle school he lost his eyelashes over night one time.
Good Morning America on ABC Discussed Alopecia
On August 18, Good Morning America on ABC did a small segment on alopecia. I was so excited to see this on the air. We are not alone!! There is hope, help, and healing.
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Does Insurance Cover Wigs
Many people ask “will insurance cover wigs?” Although I do not file insurance for my clients I do provide them with steps to take to file for reimburcement. I have on occassion made calls with my clients to their insurance provider to try to “interpret” the insurance policy.
Hair Loss and How to Cope
Finding suggestions on how to cope with hair loss is rather easy. Coping with the hair loss in reality is not at all easy. Personally, I don’t believe “time heals all wounds”, yet it does give us the “space” we may need to move through the grieving process.
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Erma Bombeck’s book “I want hair, I want to grow up, I want to go to Boise, Children Surviving Cancer”
Today I started reading a book written by Erma Bombeck that has a copyright of 1989. The book is an inspiring read. Sometimes when I am allowed to think to long about my hair loss, I will isolate myself into my own little capsule. Sometimes the isolation is a healing place. Sometimes is will pull [...]
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Wigs and Hair Loss
Making a choice to wear a wig is a big choice. I often found myself fighting the “wig thing” for many reasons. I was afraid I was not being myself or that I was fake. I was afraid it would blow off in the wind. I was afraid people would make fun of me. Yet [...]
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Do we grieve our hair loss?
I know there are many reasons for hair loss and alopecia is just one of them. I see clients weekly who are losing their hair due to alopecia (AA, AT, and AU), chemo, radiation, cancer, other dermatological causes, other auto immune deficiencies, and other reasons beyond medical labeling. Some will say they have been told [...]
More than 90 million people in the US have thinning hair
I was reading an old issue (January 2005 issue to be exact) of the Magazine called “DaySpa”. The title of the article was “Gaining On Hair Loss” by J Elaine Spear. This article stated that:”More than 90 million people in the US have thinning hair.” It went further to state that “more than 30 million [...]
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Neice’s Story