Product Description
“This “how-to” book provides a much needed text on dealing with emotional and cosmetic aspects of hair loss, whether from alopecia areata or chemotherapy. It details where to find and how to use products for compensating with this loss. It is written in the same bold and bright style that characterizes LeslieAnn’s illustrations.” -Janet Roberts, M.D., Portland OR “This book is helpful, hopeful, funny and fabulous. It’s full of practical advice about wigs, intimate encounters, the inappropriate questions from strangers, and other issues you face when every day is a bad hair day. Women with alopecia, LeslieAnn Butler is your new best friend!” -Margie Boulé, Columnist, The Oregonian “…an essential read, whether you’ve lost hair, or care about someone who has. Leave it to LeslieAnn to bring humor and glamour to a difficult topic. She is a living testament that the lack of flowing locks is no reason not to live your most glamorous and joyful life. Be inspi… More >>
April 9th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
A good encouraging book. I especially appreciated the sources for further information or products.
Rating: 5 / 5
April 9th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Anyone who has AA or loves someone with this condition will benefit from this book! Not only does it have up to date information about the condition, treatments, wigs and concealment strategies, but it is so funny. Sometimes it can be very hard to laugh about this condition; it robs you of part of your identity. This book does it, beautifully!
Not only did this book make me laugh out loud, but it validated many of the feelings I had when first afflicted with this condition. For women especially, this condition can be very isolating. If you have Alopecia, or love someone who does, buy her this book!
Rating: 5 / 5
April 9th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
What’s on one’s head seems to matter a lot to a lot of people in the world. “If Your Hair Falls Out, Keep Dancing” is a guide for sufferers of AA, also known as Alopecia Aretea, to cope with their disorder. The disorder, not well known to the public, causes hair loss all over one’s body – most importantly, the head. With a focus on women sufferers, although men can have it as well and could benefit from the advice within, she tells her story about dealing with it all, including the annoyances of wigs, covering it up, and how to deal with people finding out that you’re a bald woman, a look that hasn’t been accepted in modern society. “If Your Hair Falls Out, Keep Dancing” is a fresh and inspiring look at dealing with a disorder that shouldn’t be anymore than what it is – a mild annoyance.
Rating: 5 / 5
April 10th, 2010 at 1:44 am
The book is wonderful!! It explains things so well yet is not doom and gloom. Emily especially enjoyed the “Don’t you just hate it when…” section. Never before has she laughed so much about alopecia. What a wonderful gift you have given my daughter, helping her see a lighter side to alopecia. I cannot thank you enough for that.
Rating: 5 / 5
April 10th, 2010 at 4:22 am
If ever I become bald, I would make tracks to the book store to purchase Leslie Ann Butler’s book on alopecia. It is funny, smart, instructive and entertaining. Any woman who is hair-challenged, in any way, should read this book as the words Leslie Ann writes will inspire and you might even want to run out and purchase a fabulous hair piece, wig or any other hair enhancer. I am not hair-challenged but I thought her words could apply to many other medical challenges – deal with the cards you are dealt and discover a way not to feel like a victim. Leslie Ann is a living example of what she writes: Love your life and it will love you back.
Rating: 5 / 5