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Hair loss - debilitating, depressing and isolating
Yesterday I saw a client in Sydney who is struggling with the loss of her hair as a result of trauma she experienced several months ago. She still has some hair left but not much. As the months have passed she has become more and more depressed about her appearance. She started working from home and leaving her camera off in meetings. She has now stopped going out with friends and is having her husband take the kids to their activities. She has also stopped organising their regular date night. When she looks in the mirror she cries. Her husband consoles her and reassures her that she is still beautiful. That is helpful but only for a moment because when she looks back into the mirror she sees a very different person to the one she has known for 42 years. She looks sick, yet she isn't, she looks masculine yet she isn't, she doesn't feel attractive at all, she doesn't dress up anymore - cause what's the point. Her husband, so concerned at her deterioration, brought her in yesterday for me to help her and I am so pleased that he did because I know from my own experience what wearing a wig is going to do for her - literally, it will change her life.
After 50 years with no hair, I still feel similar to my client - I don't feel like myself when I see myself with no hair and yet that is how I have been since I was 3 years old. It is very strange that I see me when I have hair on. That is why I wear a wig most of the time;
to feel 'normal',
to feel confident and not self conscious,
to have hair like everyone else,
to feel feminine,
to participate 'normally' in life,
to go about my day anonymous to my hair loss.
These depressing, debilitating and socially isolating feelings can be eased and managed by wearing high quality and realistic wigs and hair pieces, believe me, I know. #bewhatyoucansee
Tammy x
Tammy’s Top Ten Tips for Wearing Wigs Well
Wearing wigs is not always as easy as just putting them on and going out. Receiving the correct information is key to this unwanted experience being as seamless as possible. As a wearer of wigs for 46 years now as well as a highly regarded industry specialist - here are my Top 10 Tips to Wear Wigs Well.
Tammy x
Receding Hairline?
Do you have a receding hairline that is getting higher and higher? Is the skin below your hairline pale and shiny and often has red dots?
This could be Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia.
Hair Thinning
Most of the time, STRESS is responsible and the rest of the time, it’s genetics.
Since Covid19 began, we have seen a significant increase in presentations of unexplained hairloss.
What Causes Alopecia? by Tammy Lobato
Ever heard Autoimmune Diseases described as the result of our immune system attacking itself? The reality is that because our immune systems are so highly clever and complex they are actively fighting to protect us. There are a few schools of thought about what causes alopecia although stress is almost always a trigger, as is a compromised immune system. There are five key contributors to the creation of autoimmune diseases and in this blog I give you a brief insight into each.
Alopecia & The Importance Of Connection
We have just finished our first Alopecia Friendship Group get together and I feel somewhat elated.
Hair Toppers for hair thinning ... life changing
‘Karen’, not her real name, has provided me with permission to tell her experience of hair thinning and requested anonymity. Karen recently attended a consultation with me looking for solutions for her loss of hair. Her decision to see me was not an easy one, contemplating the visit on and off for around six months.
Married at First Sight Australia 2018
Having Alopecia myself since age 3, I’m going to be even more captivated watching this season of Married at First Sight which features Gabrielle who lost all her hair like me when she was 11.
Loss of hair needn’t result in a loss of adventure
As a kid and as a teenager I tried not to let wearing a wig stop me from doing most that my peers did. In fact, I used to swim competitively which presented challenges but surprisingly I didn’t let it worry me very much.
Buying a wig? What you need to know
On Christmas eve I was contacted by a woman who had lost her hair as a result of chemotherapy and was desperate for a wig. It wasn’t because she had left it too late or that her hair had fallen out too rapidly or unexpectedly. It was because she had been fooled by online wig stores and had been sent what she described as ‘clown wigs’.
The loss of one’s hair – sharing the lived experience of alopecia
I am inspired by a book created by Deeann Callis Graham that researches the world of Alopecia through the experiences of women, men and children with Alopecia who bare their souls and reveal their fears, sadness, encounters of bullying and torment and eventually, their reluctant but necessary acceptance of the disease that took away their hair.
Wigs for Women – Increasing participation, productivity and confidence in the workplace and everyday life
There are so many considerations for women diagnosed with Cancer or for those with Alopecia, an Auto-Immune Disease – scans, biopsies, appointments with the GP, Dermatologists, Oncologists, the significant emotional turmoil being experienced by the now patient and their family.