The Women’s Hair Loss Project

There’s a lot to learn when buying a wig, but one thing that often gets missed is how easily you can spend thousands… and end up with something you can’t even wear. Understanding the fine print of a return policy is critical. Add ons like lace cutting, color, face framing layers may seem helpful, but they often void your return, before you’ve even tried the wig on. Every lace front fits differentl...

Dealing with hair loss can be overwhelming, confusing and scary, but the ability to heal within this is real, it exists. It is easy for hair loss to overtake our lives if we don't make proactive steps towards reclaiming our power within this. This episode shares what that process has looked like for me, even present day. I lived at the mercy of hair loss for years... wanting to hide, unable to fee...

I’ve been living with hair loss for over 26 years. I’ve tried nearly everything, from medication to supplements to procedures. This isn’t medical advice. It’s my lived experience. My own, and that which has been shared with me by countless women over the past 18 years of connecting online with others dealing with this same issue. There are things I wish I knew and understood when I first started l...

If you’ve been living with hair loss and want to try wigs, but something keeps stopping you, this episode is for you. I’m not talking about which wig to buy or the perfect brand. This is about the emotional barriers that can keep us frozen. The fear. The shame. The weight of other people’s opinions, before we’ve even taken the first step. I’ve lived with hair loss for 26 years. I’ve worn wigs sinc...

It’s been over two years since I shaved my head for hair loss, and it was by far the single hardest thing for me to have done in my 26 year journey with it. I shaved my head for sanity and striving to live free from my being under the thumb of hair loss or at the mercy of what it does and has done to me over the years. In this episode, I reflect on the moment I finally did it, what led up to it, a...

I started losing my hair in 1999. I was 21 years old. I’m 47 now. That’s over two decades of living with hair loss, adapting, breaking down at times, and continuing on when no answers existed, and in the absence of validation and understanding. This episode isn’t polished. It’s not a tutorial. It’s a reflection on identity, silence, and what it means to keep showing up when your body no longer fee...

Let’s challenge our thoughts on why we feel shame for something we didn’t do or cause to ourselves. I think shame keeps us from moving forward, it keeps us down, and it’s worth exploring why we feel this way as it pertains to our hair loss.  This was a FB / YouTube Livestream yesterday, to watch the stream visit: https://www.youtube.com/live/UdoHdKPitog Visit Me Online: Website: womenshairlossproj...

I've had hair loss for 25 years, not one type but two. In 2012 I started wearing wigs and had to make a choice for myself on how I would choose the rest of my life, and it was a choice.  In hiding? Or liberate myself and just be open about my situation. While it's not for everyone I found tremendous value and freedom in my openness, in pulling my hair off at will, and not making apologies for some...

In this episode I discuss some personal stories and reflect on how I came to accept and learn to live with hair loss, the path that helped to get me to where I am today. Hair loss is ever-evolving, and my own journey has been just that. I have 25 years of hair loss, since the age of 21, and I got a 2nd type of hair loss (inflammatory alopecia ) in 2022. I shaved my head May 2023 and I have worn wi...

How do we get comfortable in a life with hair loss?  How to we accept the unacceptable ? How do we get comfortable with our hair loss with the choices we make to live with hair loss, including treatment and / or wigs. How do we move forward and let go of what holds us back, which often times is the options of others.  It has taken me a long time to learn to accept this, accept less, accept change,...

I shaved my head May 7, 2023, due to a second hair loss I got last year, an Inflammatory alopecia. I have had female pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia) for 24 years since the age of 21. I began wearing wigs 11 years ago at the age of 34. I never expected to get a second hair loss, I never thought I'd be forced to NEED to make this choice for survival, to be able to continue to live with hair...

This episode focuses on recapping the last year of my life. This is my life and hair loss update, they tie together. I now have a new type of hair loss in addition to the one I’ve had 24 years - female pattern baldness. The events of last year triggered this new hair loss, and so, here we are. I share about discovering I now also have diffuse alopecia areata (Incognita).  I feel like this update i...

This episode focuses on moving forward through hair loss, and what that looked like for me. I know a lot of women are in a place of feeling they will not be able to accept, they will not be able to live with hair loss - but you can, I know you can. I am living proof of that.  I share different parts of my story and journey to let you know it took different things along the way to get me to the pla...

Although I have been doing PRP therapy to treat my hair loss for nearly a decade, earlier this year was the first year I had the treatment locally in Beverly Hills by Dr. Baubac Hayatdavoudi, in addition to the PRP, I also had an Exosomes treatment. After 6 months I want to provide my thoughts and where I am at currently. I also discuss the importance or confronting the reality of our hair loss, w...

This episode is raw and personal.  In this podcast I share with you in more detail the cause of my hair loss, and provide a deeper look into my hair loss story/ journey. Last week I had posted a video on my YouTube Channel  that was meant to really just share the cause of my of my hair loss, and open the dialogue for others to comment on the cause of theirs or if they didn’t know what the cause wa...

An update on my experience with PRP is long overdue, and over the last couple months I have tried to record a segment on this, each time only finding that I was left with a question mark and a position of inaction and indecisiveness as to how to continue forward. I found myself stuck. I was already being confronted with the fact that I was no longer experiencing the same benefit of PRP during the...

Jan 1st of this year Ricki Lake came out to the world revealing her secret battle and struggle with hair loss that she had been dealing with for nearly 30 years. I met Ricki in 2012, she had joined my site, The Women’s Hair Loss Project, in search for help, support and understanding. We connected through hair loss.  I am so honored to be able to be joined by Ricki, from her home in Marina De Rey,...

I am joined again by Joe Tillman, The Hair Transplant Mentor to discuss the validity of Low Level Laser Light Therapy and PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) Therapy for the treatment of hair loss.  I have personally chosen to never try low level laser light therapy for my hair loss and discuss my reason for that, however, over the years I have heard some women say they received some benefit and others say...

In this episode I am joined by Joe Tillman, The Hair Transplant Mentor, to discuss the topic of women and hair transplant surgery. Do women actually make good candidates for this procedure? It is my understanding based on my what I’ve read over the years, and also based on the experience I have with my own type of hair loss - female pattern baldness aka androgenetic alopecia, that women like mysel...

Diane Williamson is a full time voice over talent professional for Fortune 500 companies, phone systems and also broadcast. She is a veteran hair wearer and deals with Alopecia Universalis (total hair loss, from eyebrows, eyelashes, to leg hair).  Diane has been following my Facebook page since 2012, and has been a tremendous support to myself and other women dealing with the incredibly difficult...

The journey to finding the right type of alternative hair for yourself takes time, whether it’s a topper or a wig. Much of this will not only be determined by our level of hair loss, but also our comfort level.  Often times I get asked if I jumped right into wearing Follea (the brand of wigs I wear) or if I tried other methods of alternative hair/ or brands.  I definitely tried several other thing...

In part two of this episode, I continue my conversation with the amazing and talented master wig stylist, Sophie Hafner. In this episode we discuss the following topics: -Coloring Your Wigs Is The Key In Making Them Look More Real -Our Fear of People Noticing Our Wig Transition In The Workplace -How To Deal With People Wanting to Touch “Your Hair” Sophie also answers the following questions asked...

Sophie Hafner is an amazing and talented wig stylist based in Los Angeles, CA. For the last 5 years she has been the only person I entrust with coloring and cutting my wigs. Meeting her transformed my wig wearing, and took it to a whole new level I didn’t know possible. Her passion and calling has always been in helping women with hair loss discover the hair that works best for their specific need...

Ashley from Nashville discusses her journey 5 years into hair loss. I met Ashley though Instagram…After replying to a question of hers via video and posting it to my instagram account @whlpnetwork -  I was pleasantly surprised (and shocked) to find she sent me a private video response back via YouTube sharing more of her story. I connected with her struggle in dealing with hair loss at such a youn...