Made-to-Order Manes from COUTURE FOR CANCER™
August 14, 2007 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
One side effect of chemotherapy is loss of hair. For men, generally no problem because men are often sexier with shaved head or less hair. However, for women, our hair is our crowning glory.
Although I know one person in this world (my best friend) who was quite comfortable wearing a shaved head at one time in her life (not because of chemotherapy, she just decided that shaved is the in thing and got away with it), most women wouldn’t be as comfortable with a shaved head or an almost-shaved head, even as a consequence of cancer treatments.
Some cancer patients though, in time have learned to love having less hair, and some look good with it as well.
But if you are one of those who wouldn’t be caught dead in public without your crowning glory, wearing bandannas or wigs are the only solutions (as opposed to not going out at all!).
Somebody (a reader, I think) pointed me to COUTURE FOR CANCER™ – a non-profit organization that donates custom made non-surgical hair replacement systems completely free of charge, to any person suffering hair loss due to cancer and chemotherapy treatments.
For free! I wonder if there is no hitch?
Anyway, you can check out their website www.coutureforcancer.org if you are interested and then tell us if the manes are really free of charge for cancer patients.
Thanks for the info on this worthy organization. There are tips for selecting wigs for chemo patients with hair loss at this website too: http://www.chemosavvy.com/ Click on “About Wigs”
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