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, humiliation and fear. In Bald As A Bean, a woman diagnosed with alopecia areata totalis universalis (total hair loss over the entire body) learns to cope with her baldness and is eventually able to share her story with calm vision and touches of humor.

For anyone who has lost—or is about to lose hair—from chemotherapy, alopecia or some idiopathic cause, this book is a must read.

For anyone whose life is touched with this issue through a loved one’s experience, this book offers insight and creative ways to offer support.

For anyone who has just wondered what her head looks like under all that hair, this book provides some insight.

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