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In a faraway town where every has long, beautiful hair, Pincess Allopecia, or Alo as everyone calls her, prepares for he leading role in the Rapunzel Festival.Alo has the longest, lovliest and most beautiful hair of everyone.

But one morning, Alo sees a clump of hair on her pillow.Soon she is losing more and more hair.How can she let down her hair at the Rapunzel Festival she wonders?But her teacher, along with her classmates, teach Alo a lesson in friendship and sensitivity she will long remember. ... Read more

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Awesome book
My daughters & I love this book! My 3 year old has lost much of her hair due to alopecia and this is a great book for very young kids & older kids, too.

Nicely enhanced throughout with supportive artwork
Winner of the Gold Triangle Awards 2000 of the American Academy of Dermatology, Princess Alopecia by Yaacov Peterseil is the story of Alopecia, a young woman with long, beautiful hair. Yet when her hair suddenly begins to fall out Alopecia feels horrible about herself, and about losing her chance to play Princess Rapunzel in the school play! Her teacher sees what is happening and calls a class meeting to make Alopecia feel better. A heartwarming story written especially for children ages 6 through 10 who find themselves having to deal with the condition of alopecia, Princess Alopecia is nicely enhanced throughout with the supportive artwork of Avi Katz. ... Read more

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Alopecia areata is an unpredictable disorder that affects more than two and a half million men, women, and children in the United States and Canada. Causing patchy hair loss on the scalp and sometimes elsewhere on the body, this mysterious, noncontagious condition can be treated but it cannot yet be cured. Alopecia Areata: Understanding and Coping with Hair Loss is a sensitive yet straightforward guide to the diagnosis and treatment of this poorly understood disease. With great compassion, the authors explain how hair loss can profoundly affect a person's quality of life. They discuss what it means to be diagnosed with alopecia areata, and provide medically reliable information on the latest research, diagnosis, and treatment options.

Thompson and Shapiro also offer practical strategies for living with alopecia areata, which can go in and out of remission without any apparent reason. They discuss the physical and psychological adjustments to wearing a hairpiece and give pointers on selecting, securing, and maintaining a wig, whether human hair or synthetic, custom or ready-made. Alopecia Areata includes a chapter devoted to the special needs of children with this condition and concludes with an epilogue that tells the story of a day in the life of a woman with alopecia areata, illustrating the various challenges she faces and the strategies she uses to cope with these challenges. ... Read more

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Good overview
A really good overview for those newly diagnosed (or friends, family thereof).Provides sufficient information that an alopecia sufferer is unlikely to pursue quacky, expensive, ineffective treatments.Also includes psychological impacts of the condition.Skip the other books about Alopecia (I've read them all).This is the best there is.

Excellent, easy to read, easy to understand, inspiring
As a person recently diagnosed with Alopecia Universalis (all body), I found this book to be very informative, as well as easy to read and understand.

It helped me to understand that there are other people in theworld with the same problem that I have.

I would strongly recommend thisbook to anyone interested in learning more about alopecia.

I understandthrough my dermatologist that Jerry Shapiro is THE person for North Americawhen it comes to knowing about alopecia.

I hope it helps other people theway it has helped me.

a very thorough "lay person's" textbook for dealing with AA
This is a very informative book dealing with the many physical and psychological aspects of alopecia areata. Treatments are discussed as well as purchasing wigs, hats, etc.Having dealt with AA for almost 3 yrs. now, I found that there wasn't a lot of information that I didn't already know.However, the book has been helpful in helping friends and family learn more about AA. ... Read more

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Sudden hair loss can strike at any age and is on the increase, especially among women.This practical and sympathetic guide to the subject contains everything you need to know if you suffer from alopecia areata or thinning hair. ... Read more

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Mostly geared toward Areata sufferers
This book is mainly geared toward alopecia areata (AA) sufferers, not genetic (androgenic) alopecia sufferers.It contains lots of stories of sufferers, including the author's.The stories are somewhat interesting at first, but get dull rather quickly.There is some information about treatments, however, but it is not as informative as the books by Kobren or as comprehensive as the one by Greenwood-Robinson (if you're a woman).But, if you suffer from AA, then it might be appropriate to read the author's.

The author is English, and so some of her stories include the charm and wit characteristic of the British.She takes the situation somewhat lightheartedly and advises (implicitly) readers to do the same (after all, it is just hair).However, her "cure" which is basically minoxidil, will almost certainly not be a "cure" for those with genetic balding.It is well-known that AA sufferers sometimes regrow spontaneously.The author's case may be due to this and not to minoxodil.She does not mention this possibility (that I recall) in the text.Hence, I believe the title is a bit misleading.

the bold truth
had lot of good information that is beneficial to my problem. ... Read more

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"What You Always Wanted To Know About..." are fully researched, straight-to-the-point, easily understandable and most comprehensive medical guides for everybody.
Whether you are just interested in the topic of the referring book or you are directly affected by it, these books can really help you with the information you need.
Compiled by medical professionals and fully structured, this is your step toward new insights and informations.

The contents of this book:

What Is Alopecia Areata?

What Causes It?

Who Is Most Likely to Get It?

Is My Hair Loss a Symptom of a Serious Disease?

Can I Pass It On to My Children?

Will My Hair Ever Grow Back?

What Can I Expect Next?

How Is It Treated?

How Will Alopecia Areata Affect My Life?

How Can I Cope With the Effects of This Disease?

Is Research Close to Finding Better Treatments or a Cure?

How Can I Take Part in Research?

Where Can People Find More Information About Alopecia Areata?

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Kelly looks back at her years of learning to live with alopecia areata, a disease which causes hair loss. This light-hearted story follows her from diagnosis as a small child, to coping with the social and emotional implications of her condition, to gaining the understanding and acceptance of her peers and teachers. ... Read more

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Best for older kids
This is a very informative book about alopecia areata and presents the worst case scenario. My 3 & 4 year olds like it but I feel it may be better suited to kids above 5.

About what it's like to live with alopecia
The Girl With No Hair by Elizabeth Murphy-Melas is a flat-spined children's picture book about the common condition of alopecia areata, an autoimmune skin disease in which the body's own defenses attack the hair follicles and cause hair loss. People with alopecia are often healthy in every other respect, but children with the disease are often struck with an emotional burden in a phase of life when developing self-esteem is crucial. Bright color pictures by Alex Hernadix enhance the straightforward, understanding text which teaches young readers about what it's like to live with alopecia, and the joy of having a rewarding life with or without hair. ... Read more

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Alopecia is a medical disorder where people lose their hair due to physical or psycholgical reasons. At least 1% of the population suffers. ... Read more

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Offers solid information and practical advice
Alopecia is a medical condition that causes severe hair loss in men and women. The collaboration by psychologists Nigel Hunt and Sue McHale, Coping With Alopecia offers solid information and practical advice about the different types of alopecia, causes and treatments, and how to cope with the social consequences of hair loss, from getting along with peers to the strain that losing one's hair can put on relationships. Personal anecdotes along with medical and psychological wisdom create a balanced guide to living with the effects of and successful recovering from alopecia.
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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading."Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

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This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to alopecia areata. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to alopecia areata.

If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Alopecia," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Alopecia in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Alopecia when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Alopecia, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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The authors have perfected a thick-tissue preparation method for observing hair at various stages of growth, and their findings challenge the currently held three-stage common hair cycle. They have put forward a new hypothesis, the four-stage essential hair cycle, that incorporates their discovery that stem cells are located in the isthmal portion of the sebaceous gland. The essential hair cycle is then used to review the factors contributing to the process of androgenetic alopecia, or premature balding, as it is commonly called. This is followed by an explanation of some general measures for the prevention of androgenetic alopecia and a description of the treatments available. ... Read more

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Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Blends clinical detail with the latest research and theories of pathogenesis. Complex issues are presented with photographs and photomicrographs included. ... Read more

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Alopecia areata, an autoimmune hair disease leading to baldness, can be triggered by stress.Recent research data clearly clarified step-by-step the mechanisms linking stress to dermatological diseases. Autoimmune and inflammatory disorders including alopecia areata, provide even unique opportunities to examine the rich interplay between the immune system and the brain, not to mention the relevance of these interactions to health and illness in a broader field of medicine. Moreover, recent research confirms the mediating role of attachment disorders and enlightens the role of early traumatic life events in patients with various medical conditions. This book describes our research on the role of early life events in patients with alopecia areata, while the link between alopecia areata, childhood traumata and the personality construct "alexithymia" is furtherexplored. The second part describes the authors? unique experience on how to use ?a manualised hypnotic approach? in the treatment of patients with moderate to major forms of alopecia areata aiming not only to tackle the hair loss but especially improving psychological well being and life quality. ... Read more

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In a society that equates youth, health and even sexual attractiveness with luxurious manes of hair, a woman who goes suddenly bald faces a nightmare of emotions: grief, loss, horror, humilation and fear. In Bald As A Bean, the author, diagnosed with alopecia areata totalis universalis (total hair loss over the entire body), learns to cope with her baldness and shares her story with calm vision and touches humor. ... Read more

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A Must Read
Bald as a Bean: The Experience of Sudden Hair Loss is at the top of my must read list. The author, Nancy Parsons, draws the reader into a world turned upside down when she is diagnosed with the disease, alopecia areata totalis universalis. (total hair loss over the entire body)

Nancy shares her intensive and sometimes agonizing physical and spiritual struggle when faced with this disease. From the initial shock of finding large clumps of hair on the shower floor, to the overwhelming diagnosis, Nancy chronicles the medical and holistic treatments, as well as the emotional and physical obstacles that she fights to overcome.

By revealing her most intimate thoughts, Nancy eloquently affirms the statement,
"Although alopecia areata is not life threatening, it is most certainly life altering."
We become aware of how much society values hair, and when one loses it, the emotional loss is as significant as the physical loss.

One notable theme throughout the book is that of our natural world, particularly the change of seasons. Loss and rebirth in nature entwines itself with Nancy's physical and spiritual being, and with that comes inspirational hope.

How others react to Nancy's hair loss shapes her internal struggle. Not only do her present interactions with others affect her, but her childhood experiences with her hair are discussed. Through comical reflections we see how the importance of hair is instilled in all of us at a very young age. Nancy's humor is an important defense against this disease. We see this humor when she talks about her wigs affectionately known as "the girls."

A disturbing statistic about alopecia areata is revealed. One study indicated that "forty eight percent of alopecians had considered suicide."By sharing such a personal struggle, Nancy shows us that through perseverance and self reflection, one can find the strength to live with the disease. The journey of shock, denial, fear, anger, and depression, is a journey worth taking.

Not only do I recommend Bald as a Bean, The Experience of Sudden Hair Loss to those suffering from alopecia or hair loss due to a treatment such as chemotherapy, but as well, to those who enjoy reading true stories about the triumph of the human spirit.

Tracy Roberts, Write Field Services Reviewer
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The Alopecia Areata Medical Guide is a publication which has been designed to better help readers understand Alopecia Areata. This Qontro Medical Guide has been designed with the reader in mind, and is a useful information source for readers at all levels looking to learn more about Alopecia Areata. The Alopecia Areata Medical Guide is highly recommended for those interested in understanding and learning more about Alopecia Areata. ... Read more

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Alopecia areata is considered an autoimmune disease, inwhich the immune system, which is designed to protect thebody from foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria,mistakenly attacks the hair follicles, the tiny cup-shapedstructures from which hairs grow. This can lead to hair losson the scalp and elsewhere.In most cases, hair falls out in small, round patches aboutthe size of a quarter. In many cases, the disease does notextend beyond a few bare patches. In some people, hair lossis more extensive. Although uncommon, the disease canprogress to cause total loss of hair on the head (referred to asalopecia areata totalis) or complete loss of hair on the head,face, and body (alopecia areata universalis). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Traction alopecia is a form of alopecia, or gradual hair loss, caused primarily by pulling force being applied to the hair. This commonly results from the sufferer frequently wearing his/her hair in a particularly tight ponytail, pigtails, or braids. It is also seen occasionally in long-haired toy dogs whose owners use barrettes to keep hair out of the dogs' faces. Traction alopecia is a substantial risk in hair weaves, which can be worn either to conceal hair loss, or purely for cosmetic purposes. The former, such as those sold in the U.S. by Hair Club, involve creating a braid around the head below the existing hairline, to which an extended-wear hairpiece, or wig, is attached. Since the hair of the braid is still growing, it requires frequent maintenance, which involves the hairpiece being removed, the natural hair braided again, and the piece snugly reattached. The tight braiding and snug hairpiece cause tension on the hair that is already at risk for falling out. ... Read more