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Trichotillomania (pronounced 'TRIK-oh-til-oh-MAY-nee-ah'). Any idea what it is? If you don't yet, you will, if Charlene Blacer has anything to say about it – and she has plenty to say about this devastating disorder.
Ms. Blacer, a hair health and growth expert and entrepreneur, founded HelpMe2Stop.org, dedicated to providing recovery assistance for sufferers through beauty. Trichotillomania, known simply as 'Trich', is the official term for a behavioral compulsion in which the affected pull their hair to breakage.
Blacer explains: “I saw how for those who've experienced hair loss through medical treatments like chemotherapy or gastric bypass surgery, insurance coverage is possible to help pay for expenses – including cranial hair prosthesis. But not for Trichotillomania Sufferers.”
A direct observer to the positive life changes that happen through hair augmentation and regrowth, Blacer recognized the opportunity to make a difference with it on a larger scale – by using it to help children in financially disadvantaged situations. This is the segment of trichsters who lose out the most and get stuck attempting recovery sans professional assistance.
The mission of HelpMe2Stop is to raise awareness, act as a liaison, educate, support, empower, encourage, impact and as a result HelpMe2Stop foresees: {click on image for detailed Mission Statement info}
Here are just a few of the photos that inspired the Founder to start non-profit HelpMe2Stop.org
Photo to the right is one of Charlene Blacer's first clients. She was 17 at the time of her Trichotillomania Salon Treatment. Her treatment only lasted six months. Today, after over 4 years, Blacer was informed by the client's mother; "her Trich is gone".
Photo to the left was taken in August 2007 of another client. A 16 year old female before her Trichotillomania Salon Treatment. The bottom phtos show May 2008 the client's all natural hair re-growth. Blacer last heard from her 2008 and she is so thrilled of her life change, that she wants to pursue a career in cosmetology and help other Trichsters.
These are just a few of the remarkable photos, testimonials and success stories and proof that cranial hair prosthesis is a safer solution plus appearance booster for children in helping 2 stop Trich and regrow hair.
Blacer hopes that someday health insurance can see cranial hair prosthesis as a medical device rather than for cosmetic reasons. "If health insurance can cover cranial hair prosthesis for chemotheraphy patients, then so should for Trichotillomania Sufferers".
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