Photo credit: Thea Chassin

The 2022 #LightitUpBlue4AlopeciaAreata campaign for Alopecia Areata Awareness features landmark illuminations in 47 states.

Illumination Schedule September 16-30, 2022

September 16-18: Legislative Hall: Delaware State Capitol – Dover, Delaware

September 16: Ashley River Memorial Bridge – Charleston, South Carolina

September 17: ARCH Historic 10th Street Bridge – Great Falls, Montana

September 18: JL Tower – Anchorage, Alaska

September 19: Fargo City Hall – Fargo,  North Dakota

September 19: Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge – Poughkeepsie, New York

September 19: RSA Trustmark Building – Mobile, Alabama

September 19: RSA Van Antwerp Building – Mobile, Alabama

September 19: RSA Battle House Tower – Mobile, Alabama

September 19: RSA Tower Building – Montgomery, Alabama

September 19: RSA Dexter Avenue Building – Mobile, Alabama

September 19: The Capital Wheel – National Harbor, Maryland

September 19: Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa and Convention Center – Montgomery, Alabama

September 20: Wells Fargo’s Duke Energy Center – Charlotte, North Carolina

September 20: Bakowski Bridge of Lights – Shreveport, Louisiana

September 21: The Wheel at Icon Park – Orlando, Florida

September 21: Pacifica Honolulu – Honolulu, Hawaii

September 22: Nasdaq Tower Times Square – New York, New York

September 22: Pawtucket River Bridge – Pawtucket, Rhode Island

September 23-25: Concourse Office Park (King and Queen Buildings) – Atlanta, Georgia

September 23: France Avenue Lights – Edina, Minnesota

September 24: Bank of America Plaza – Dallas, Texas

September 24: Elk River Bridge – Charleston, West Virginia

September 25: Museum at Prairiefire – Overland Park, Kansas

September 25: Cleveland Terminal Tower – Cleveland, Ohio

September 26-28: Gilbert Water Tower – Gilbert, Arizona

September 26: City of Moreno Valley “M” – Moreno Valley, California

September 27-30: Blue Bridge – Grand Rapids, Michigan

September 27: Main Street Square Spires – Rapid City, South Dakota

September 28: River Lights in the Rock, Main Street Junction and Clinton Park Bridges – Little Rock, Arkansas

September 28: Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse – Evansville, Indiana

September 28: One Liberty Place – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

September 29: Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge – Omaha, Nebraska

September 30: Kansas City Power and Light Building – Kansas City, Missouri

September 30: Bridge of Lights – Ocean City, New Jersey

September 30: Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center – Virginia Beach, Virginia

View the entire list of monuments and landmarks HERE

• Bald Girls Do Lunch conducted an online survey for adults identifying as female and having any type of alopecia areata.

• 181 completed surveys were received from respondents in the United States and Canada.

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Bald Girls Do Lunch conducted an online survey of self-selected adults identifying as female and having any type of alopecia areata.

Which of the following are feelings or challenges you have encountered at any time in living with alopecia areata? Check all that have ever applied to you.

Bar Color	%	Answer
	72.9	Frustration that there are no treatments to help me
	67.2	Worrying that people are staring at me
	65.0	Worrying that people think I’m wearing a wig
	64.4	Wishing I was normal
	64.4	Fearing that my wig will come off or look fake in windy weather
	63.3	Wishing I was attractive as I used to be
	62.1	Feeling uncomfortable that people assume I am a cancer patient
	52.5	Afraid that my spouse or partner no longer finds me attractive
	49.2	Feeling like a freak
	47.5	Explaining that I am not going through chemotherapy
	44.1	Dealing with friends or family who think they know what treatments I should try
	41.8	Worrying that my hair will fall out again after regrowth
	41.8	Feeling ashamed
	41.2	Feeling that I will not attract a mate
	40.7	No longer doing activities I once enjoyed
	23.6	All other responses

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Eli Lilly is the first pharmaceutical company to receive FDA approval for systemic treatment of severe, adult alopecia areata with JAK Inhibitor molecules. The medication, Olumiant (baricitinib), is taken orally once a day.

Two other pharmaceutical companies, Concert and Pfizer, are not far behind. Both will be seeking FDA approval for their treatments using JAKs at the conclusion of their clinical trials.

Concert’s trial is known as THRIVE AA-2.
Pfizer’s trial is known as ALLEGRO.

The Inside Edition TV show on CBS with Thea Chassin & women with Alopecia Areata.

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In what city will you and your friends be heading out to celebrate over lunch?

Let us know by sending an email to events@BaldGirlsDoLunch.org.

The National Bald Out is your special day.

“If you ever wanted to go out bald with other women, The Bald Out is for you.”
~ Thea Chassin CEO and Founder, Bald Girls Do Lunch

DETAILS:
6:30 pm, Tarrytown Riverwalk, Tarrytown NY
Meetup location: On the Riverwalk just west of 240 West Main St. Park in Lot E

• Meet Thea Chassin, Founder of Bald Girls Do Lunch
• Watch the bridge turn from daylight to blue
• Photo-ops fun: bring a blue LED or wear something blue
• Creative? Make a sign: #LightitUpBlue4AlopeciaAreata

Landmarks and Bridges Are Illuminating Blue for Alopecia Areata Awareness Month

Bridges, buildings and other landmarks across the United States will be illuminated blue in September to raise awareness for this important autoimmune disease.

The current illumination schedule is HERE. Any updates or additions to the schedule will be posted on this website.

If you plan to visit an illumination, we invite you to take a photo and tag your social media postings with the hashtag: #LightItUpBlue4AlopeciaAreata.

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