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Archive for January 2008

January 20th, 2008

A Night With the Samurai

One of my most favorite events in my hometown started over the weekend.  Its The Return of… Samurai! film festival at  Pacific Cinematheque theatre.  You may ask yourself what do samurai’s have to do with baldness.  Well have you ever watched a samurai film?  Other than Toshiro Mifune, and the young romantic lead - none […]

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January 20th, 2008

Bald Muppet Rocket Launch

Bert from Sesame Street technically isn’t bald, but he does not have a lot of hair on his head (unless you count his eyebrows). In fact when I was a kid, I actually thought that Bert wore a toupee. Yes, for a while I thought Bert and Ernie were actual people and not […]

By Laura -- 0 comments

January 13th, 2008

I Can No Longer Eat Kiwi Fruit

Have you ever noticed that a kiwi fruit kind of looks like the head of a bald person. For this reason, I can no longer eat kiwis.
I no, I have issues….I am working on them.
**Picture Source - flickr 
Tags: bald-heads, fruit, kiwis, psychiatric-problemsShare This

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January 13th, 2008

Support Groups - Yay or Nay Poll

Do you belong to a support group for baldness/alopecia?

No- Don’t need to

I would love to-but can’t find one

Yes, I go and support others

Yes- I get great support from them

My support group is my local hat store

Add an Answer

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January 13th, 2008

Germans Love Bald Men

A man, who lives in the south-western part of Germany has been trying to have the costs of his “wigs” covered by his health insurance provider. He believes that his insurance should pay for them because he has had hair-loss problems since childhood.
His claims have been denied. The insurance company states:
The hair’s protective […]

By Laura -- 0 comments

January 13th, 2008

Support Groups - Yay or Nay

Do you find that a support group helps you with your hair loss situation?
Do you find it comforting, to be around people who are dealing with the same issues?
Could you please let me know, or vote in my poll.
Just for curiosity sakes….Thanks.
**Picture source - flickr
Tags: alopecia, baldness, comfort, hair-loss, support-groups, support-groups-for-men, support-groups-for-women, voting-pollShare […]

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January 9th, 2008

The Bald Quote of The Day

Aging Thirty — the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair.~ Unknown

Picture Source - flickr
Tags: age-thirty, baldness, lonliness, no-enthusiasm, single-men, the-bald-quote-of-the-day, thinning-hair, your-30sShare This

By Laura -- 3 comments

January 7th, 2008

What Burns Me Up

I am cleaning my house today….giving everything a real good clean - before the repair people come in a day or two. I have been going through everything, and throwing things out. I just found 3 phone books from 2007 (city directory and yellow pages x 2) and on each one, they have […]

By Laura -- 11 comments

January 6th, 2008

Baldiness - How Did You Find Your Way Here?

OK, I admit it- it’s a slow day in the world of me relating to bald worthy news.  I thought I would fill the time, by showing you how some readers found their way to baldiness - during this first week of 2008.  This is not how everyone found their way, just some random searches […]

By Laura -- 2 comments

January 6th, 2008

Follica Gets $5.5 Million in Funding

Big news people!  Follica, a new company specializing in treating androgenetic alopecia has just secured $5.5M in venture funding from Intrawest Partners and PureTech Ventures.
Follica Inc,  a company based in Boston, plans to use the money to start a proof of concept study.  With this new funding,  they are planning to generate new hair follicles.
An […]

By Laura -- 1 comment

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