Imagine within just weeks losing every bit of hair... all over. It's unpredictable and it happens. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune skin disease that can have a devastating affect on self-image, especially women's. Bald Girls Do Lunch is the only nonprofit created specifically to help women cope, gain confidence and feel a sense of community. Learn more...
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Take a look at women like you or like a woman you know, when BGDL starred on the Today Show. Share with friends. We provide online, in-person and web based support women need all year long.
Gotta wonder…if it was last year before the now very public alopecia news about Miss Delaware, would Jennifer Gilbert (Real Housewives of NYC show) have tweeted about her son’s new alopecia diagnosis? Is alopecia crossing the boundary into ordinary conversation these days?
A short and meaningful radio clip from the North Bay Report ( 2008) Click and give a listen (mp3) to Bruce Robinson and Thea Chassin.
Presented below is the concluding paragraph and final sentence in the February, 2010 JAAD (Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology) feature article “Alopecia Areata Update: Part II Treatment”. (Italics and bolding added)
“There has been little progress in the treatment of AA in the past decade, and ILCSs are still the preferred method of treatment for most patients. Newer topical and systemic agents (eg. biologics) have been tried, but the outcomes have been unattractive. We are still in need of developing treatment options for refractory cases and for specific hair-bearing sites ( ie eyelashes) where treatment choices are almost nonexistent. Because of higher psychiatric morbidity in patients with AA, psychosocial support is a valuable tool in any management plan.
Thank you to authors and for the inclusion of this important statement in this prestigious journal.
Did you know we have two versions of our Today Show segment? Click here and enjoy!
While ‘brave’ never comes to mind as a word to describe myself, I want to thank One Brave Chick for such a nice job in positioning the passion and mission behind BGDL in this profile of Featured Brave Chick. Come to think of it, I don’t think I have one word. When it comes to alopecian women, it’s two: Energizer Bunny. Enjoy the feature! -Thea
Watch our Today Show segment here: (Short version for TV)
Watch even more about the lunch experience here: (Un-aired web-only extra)
Pour your coffee or set the tivo.
Our segment’s slotted for the 8 AM hour (eastern) Monday, July 27th. Check your local listings for time and this blog for last minute updates.
Watch the Bald Girls Do Lunch video on WebMD filmed on location in Pennsylvania.
Thumbs up to the BelgraviaCentre.com (UK) for improving a headline before adding it to their blog. Australia’s Sunshine Coast daily printed the dreadful “Distressing Truth about Alopecia” but it was thankfully re-titled by Belgravia into the far less dreadful “Bald Women Reveal What Life with Alopecia is Like” - an informative interview with Pat and Ivonna living beautiful, sucessful lives with alopecia areata.
BGDL caught the attention of the TODAY Show, the nation’s top-rated network morning show. Today’s national correspondent, Amy Robach, sat in for chat and lunch with us on location at Maggiano’s in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Our air date is scheduled (though always subject to change) for the first hour on Monday, June 15, 2009.
Click here for ESPN-AM 1000 radio interview with Thea Chassin. The show “Beyond Sports” featured Thea for a full 45 minutes in the Chicago, Illinois media market ( 11/09/2008)
Do you like the way BGDL public awareness reaches more people than a local walk-run among people who already know each other? Please click here to make a tax-deductible donation of any size no matter how small. Thank you for supporting us so we can do even more to educate the public and help women with Alopecia Areata feel normal, not strange.
“Living a Bald Life” a beautifully produced segment by abc News 10 in San Diego, California with prime time news anchor Hal Clement and one of San Diego’s inspirational BGDL attendees. Attending BGDL a year ago “…was a revelation.”
Feature article in San Diego Union Tribune: BGDL lunch January 3, 2009
Photos from Irvine, CA January 4, 2009
Click here for article and email yourself a copy ….it will rotate off OCRegister.com
Interview in the Del Mar Times. about upcoming southern California lunches, January 3 and 4, 2009. Discussions will be followed by make-up demos and headwear swap of gently worn or unused “mistakes” you’ll gladly trade to someone else. Reserve with RSVP@baldgirlsdolunch.org
WFRV TV Health Report features Bald Girls Do Lunch . Click here to view.
