New Book Helps Alopecia Sufferers Keep Dancing

LeslieAnn Butler never used to share her alopecia diagnosis with others. Her secret she kept quiet under hairpieces as she worked within the modeling industry for several years.  But after enduring wearing wigs all the time, having her eyebrows tattooed on and finally losing her eyelashes forcing her to resort to applying fake ones every day, she decided she cared more about people seeing who she really was and not so much her hair, or lack there of.  Aimed at giving women with alopecia some helpful survival tips and some much needed attitude, Butler has shed her wigs and written a new book to open the doors toward a more broad understanding of what hair loss really means for women.

LeslieAnn Butler’s new book If Your Hair Falls Out, Keep Dancing! uses humor to help women gain strength and confidence for themselves as they battle the symptoms of alopecia. It includes practical advice and information about alopecia treatments, wigs, lashes, handling human interaction and relationships and helping children with the condition.

"In our culture hair defines women, our femininity, our sexuality,” said Butler in a recent interview with Margie Boule of The Oregonian. “So when you start losing your hair, it's pretty hard." Butler interviewed women across the United States who have alopecia as she researched the book, gathering their stories of embarrassment, survival, and triumph. 

Butler no longer shies away from her disease though she does prefer to wear wigs most of the time.  She is now a spokeswoman for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, speaking to educate other woman as well as family and friends on the condition.

You can read more about LeslieAnn Butler in The Oregonian or on her web site at www.leslieannbutler.npauthors.com/.