You deserve to feel feminine, confident and comfortable in your own skin. Our goal is to provide you with the advice, tips, resources and tools needed to get you there.
We understand the deep fear and emotional pain that can come with this diagnosis, and know what it can take from you. But it doesn’t have to define or isolate you.
Bald Girl Do Lunch’s highest priority is ensuring that every woman with alopecia areata in America gets the support she needs to restore self-confidence, learn and thrive.
There is a lot of alopecia information to sort through—good and bad, fact and fiction—and also plenty of clinical information that comes across as confusing unless you hold a medical degree. We want to make it easy to understand no matter what phase you’re in.
You want to feel beautiful but it can be hard to accept yourself in a world obsessed with hair. From learning to cover up small bald spots to wearing scarves to applying makeup that stays put, our workshops, resources and advice will give you a new sense of self.
From diagnosis through acceptance, you will undoubtedly have questions along the
way. Especially with a first-time diagnosis, you are likely to find yourself in situations
you never needed to think about before alopecia.
- When or if it makes sense to tell your boss.
- How will you bring it up to family, friends and co-workers?
- How much will you say to your children, their friends and parents?
- What do you need to cover the hair loss and where will you find it?
- What will you say when a stranger starts a conversation about chemo hair loss because it’s top of mind for them?
We will strive to help you think things through and show you options to live well with alopecia.
There’s no such thing as one-size-fits-all in the Bald Girls Do Lunch approach to living with alopecia. Living well with alopecia doesn’t mean going down a checklist of things to do.
Our way forward with this skin disease starts with recognizing how unique each person is. Our goal is to guide women in restoring self-confidence. We believe in reviewing style, color and accessories because it helps our women head out the door with heads held high.
Even the most well-meaning person can say the wrong thing after you’ve been diagnosed with alopecia areata. We provide resources for your friends and family members to help them understand what you’re going through and how they can support you.
You need helpful and accurate information so your questions aren’t left to guesswork and assumptions. As the first non-profit devoting all its resources to the emotional and practical needs of women with alopecia areata, count on us as your go-to resource.
