Alopecia Online Support Groups
When people are first diagnosed with alopecia their often faced with little or no information due to the fact that alopecia (the hair loss disease) is not life threatening and little is known about the disease and why it occurs. However just because alopecia is not life threatening does not mean it can’t effect individuals on a number of levels. It is particularly hard for young people, self esteem and self worth are often skin deep during teen years. For years people have had to deal with the condition, feeling isolated and alone. As support groups are not available, it’s easy to feel that you’re the only person going through it.
However the web is a wonderful place and community, people can gather and share the information they have learned over the years and generally just offer moral support to those going through and rough period in their lives.
Some Alopecia Support Groups Online
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January 29th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Hi,
Can you please add our support group to your list.
Montreal Support Group http://www.qaaf.ca
Thanks,
Cheryl
www.qaaf.ca
www.alopeciaandlove.com
January 29th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Also I wanted to mention that you can get an international list of support groups across the world from:
National Alopecia Areata Foundation
http://www.naaf.org/support/support-network.asp \
Thanks,
Cheryl
www.alopeciaandlove.com