Information is the key to making choices about image, coping, and treatment. During the last 7 years I have written articles and a book on hair loss, led support groups and given seminars. Oddly enough, my hair has started to grow back, though in strange patterns - I've gone from silkhead to stubblehead.
What helped me most was talking to others with the same problem. Listed below are a number of on-line and other resources. I hope you find something that helps you deal with this taboo topic.
| Cancer: | American Cancer Society 1599 Clifton Rd. NE Atlanta, Georgia USA GA 30329 |
Phone: (404) 320-3333 Toll-free: 1-800-ACS-2345 Fax: (404) 325-0230 |
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| Cancer Care 1180 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York USA NY 10036 |
Phone: (212) 221-3300 Fax: (212) 719-0263 |
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| Cancer Control Society 2043 N. Berendo St. Los Angeles, California USA CA 90027 |
Phone: (213) 663-7801 | |
| Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation 7910 Woodmont Ave., Ste. 460 Bethesda, Maryland USA MD 20814 |
Phone: (301) 657-8401 Toll-free: 1-800-366-2223 Fax: (301) 718-2686 |
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| National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations 1180 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd fl. New York, New York USA NY 10036 |
Phone: (212) 719-0154 Fax: (212) 768-8828 |
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| National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship 1010 Wayne Ave., 5th fl. Silver Spring, Maryland USA MD 20910 |
Phone: (301) 650-8868 Fax: (301) 565-9670 |
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| National Women's Health Resource Center 2440 M St. NW, Ste. 325 Washington USA DC 20037 |
Phone: (202) 293-6045 Fax: (202) 293-7256 |
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| Male Pattern Baldness: | Bald Headed Men of America 3819 Bridges St. Morehead City, North Carolina USA NC 28557 |
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| Alopecia Areata: | National Alopecia Areata Foundation Box 150760, San Rafael, California USA CA 94915-0760 |
Phone: (415) 456-4644 WWW Email: naaf@compuserve.com |
| Hairline International 39 St John's Close Knoll, Solihull West Midlands England B93 0NN |
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| Canadian Alopecia Areata Association Box 42084, RPO Millbourne Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6K 4C4 |
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| National Alopecia Network Box 21776 Detroit, Michigan USA MI 48221 |
Phone: (313) 861-0331 | |
| Associazione Mediterranea Alopecia Areata Via Sinni, 26 Matera 75100 Italy |
WWW site Email: amaait@yahoo.it |
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| Alopecia Areata Patientenvereniging Klaverstraat 74 5025 MD Tilburg The Netherlands |
Phone: 013 53 60 320 WWW site Email: info@aapv.nl |
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| Svenska Alopeciaföreningen Box 4070-09 128 05 Bagarmossen Sweden |
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| Female Pattern Baldness: | A Friend Indeed (newsletter "for women in the prime of life") Box 515, Place du Parc Stn Montréal, Québec Canada H2W 2P1 |
Phone: (514) 843-5730 |
Further information/problems? Contact Tom Brosnahan by e-mail at tbros@infoexchange.com
Public, university and medical libraries have articles in medical and psychology journals.
Large public libraries also have databases of newspaper and magazine articles which you can search for the subjects alopecia, baldness, hair or hair loss; they may have copies of the articles on microfiche.