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| Hair loss Useful contacts Hairline International is a self-help society for people with alopecia, founded by Elizabeth Steel. Write to Lyons Court, 1668 High Street, Knowle, West Midlands B93 OLY, UK (Send an A4 sae.) The Hair Loss Cure: How to Treat Alopecia and Thinning Hairby Elizabeth Steel is a practical guide to coping with different types of hair loss. It is published by Harper Collins and is available through bookshops or from Hairline International. Wigs. In the UK, the Department of Health’s leaflet HC11 Help with Health Costs has full details of who can get a wig free. Write to: Department of Health, Publications Orderline, PO Box 777, London SE1 6XH, UK. Tel: 08701 555 455. The leaflet is available at www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/13/89/53/04138953.pdf If you buy your wig privately, you may be able to get it free of VAT, because it is being supplied to someone with a medical condition. You can do this only if the wig supplier has made a special agreement with Customs and Excise, so check before buying. You will have to sign a special form, which the shop will give you at the time of purchase (you cannot claim at a later date). Bald is Beautiful. This site includes reasons to be pleased about being bald, a baldness hall of fame, miscellaneous information (bald animals, bald places, bald quotes, bald literature), details of bald pride organizations and more. The National Alopecia Areata Foundation is an American organization with a helpful website. Write to: NAAF, 14 Mitcvhell Boulevard, San Rafael, CA 94903, USA. Tel: 001 415 472 3780. Regaine. Pharmacia & Upjohn, the manufacturer of Regaine, has a website for consumers that promotes their product, but also has useful information. www.regaine.co.uk European Hair Research Society is an organization for scientists and doctors, but its website has useful links for anyone seeking detailed information. Hairloss Talk is a website packed full of information about baldness and its treatment. ScalpBloc is a thin, non-greasy SPF 20 sunscreen for use on bald scalps. It is not oily, and it forms an invisible film over the skin. It is available from pharmacies. Tel: 0845 399 0022 for stockists. Bonnyton Hats is a small hat company in Scotland that specializes in lovely hats for people who have lost their hair. The hats are made to order, so any design is possible. They are lined with soft fleece or towelling. Their website shows some of the hats they have made. Write to: Bonnyton Hats Ltd, Mill of Bonnyton, Old Rayne, Insch, Aberdeenshire AB52 6SD. Tel: 01464 851012 If you have any suggestions about how to make this site even better please send them to us at info@healthpress.co.uk.
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