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I am the President of 4Women.com and designer of the newly patented BeauBeau^R head scarf, a fashionable scarf specifically designed for women and girls.  The Beaubeau unites the world of fashion with medical hair loss.  4Women.com's mission is to help women and girls cope with the emotional upheaval of medical hair loss with dignity and confidence and to advocate for greater understanding of the emotional impacts of medical hair loss among medical professionals and the public. I lost my hair quite suddenly in 2002 due to the autoimmune disease, Alopecia Universalis.  Like so many women who experience hair loss, I suddenly found myself alienated and excluded from the worlds of feminine fashion and beauty.  I channeled my fear and depression into a positive and proactive goal of ensuring that I and other women and girls with medical hair loss have a fashionable accessory that empowers us to step back out into the world with dignity, feeling confident and beautiful, not sick.  I come from three generations of breast cancer survivors and am a BRCA2 gene carrier.  At extreme risk for developing breast cancer, I made the bold decision to have my ovaries removed and undergo a prophylactic full mastectomy about nine years ago.  A "pre-vivor," I am cancer-free, but very much empathize with women who lose their hair during chemotherapy.  I strive to be a source of strength and hope for women and girls with medical hair loss. 

Please visit my web site www.4women.com and my blog at same address to learn more about me and my mision.