Dianne Minton suffered 5 years of hair loss or alopecia areata, an autoimmune skin disease resulting in the loss of hair on the scalp and elsewhere on the body.
Sometime a medical trauma triggers a wave of hair loss occurring in patches which can come and go for years before the results of baldness. The loss may be sudden loss of hair in smooth and irreversible. The conditions affects of more than 5 million men, women, and children of all ages and background even without other health issues in the U.S.
Minton said “I first noticed it when I was 27 after a bad case of shingles referred to the viral infection related to chicken pox. I put my hair in a pony tail and my husband noticed there was no hair in spots.”
Minton had tried various treatments for years including a topic creams and injections in her scalp noticeably conditioned worsened five years ago. She said “At that point I was devastated as anyone would be. You don’t expect what will be happen if losing your hair. Then I ordered custom wig, and that was life changing for me.”
Minton ordered her wig from Karen Peterik of Burr Ridge, when she began losing her hair after her son was 19 years ago. In 1997 alopecia areata conference, Peterik ordered a customized vaccum wig to attaches directly to the scalp for a more comfortable fit and secure that can be worn swimming.
Information available at www.newlifehair.com. With the results, she began representing a dealer for the New Zealand based company, New Life Hair has become an advocate for women with the condition. She considered a medical prosthetic wigs for sales tax purposes and by insurance companies.
Peterik said accepting the permanent hair loss was a process and struggle similar with the stage of coping with any loss. She said “You have to find a way to be able to bring it out and discuss the situation and move forward, to take away the things about it that cause fear. It comes down to educating people. This is not a life-threatening disease.”
Peterik sad It takes a certain amount of soul searching and evaluating ego and identity in the process of acceptance and moving on. I tell people there is happiness after hair loss. Transitions of any sort are difficult, and so is the process of losing your hair. It comes down to turning lemons into lemonade.
