BB Blog — Alopecia

Happy 11th Birthday my beautiful girl. 10 years since your first birthday and my second chemo where we sat and took this photo of us together. 10 years since I started to loose my hair with my chemotherapy treatment for Grade 3 advanced Breast Cancer, which eventually led to me starting to make Bold Beanies for fellow sufferers.  Lotte, I'm so incredibly proud of the wonderful, nice and caring person you have become and I'm proud to be your mummy. I'm so grateful for every singe day and snuggle we get to share together and for the way you tell...

Bold Beanies stock a wide variety of shades of all of your favourite colours to give you the best choice possible... hopefully making a difficult time with hair loss just a little bit more bearable. Match a specific outfit with ease or choose a shade thats really flattering to you.  Our simple plain hats range are made using the finest cotton stretchy material to fit snuggly on the head and not slip around like a scarf and feel so comfortable you will forget you are wearing it... unlike many wigs which can be very uncomfortable to wear.  All our plain...

Luxuriously soft, silky and snug beanie hats for men, women and children with hair loss Manufactured in the UK with minimal seams and no irritating labels on the inside, using the highest quality world renowned Liberty Art Fabrics stretchy natural prints and plain fabrics to fit snuggly (but not tight) on a bald head. Temperature controlling, so not too hot or cold, to keep the scalp at an even comfortable temperature. Beautiful Liberty floral prints for ladies and girls and more graphic prints and custom hats for men and boys. Designed by a breast cancer chemo survivor who just wants...

Summer Special Offers and Sale Section now added to the site A discounted beanie and gift section has been added to highlight different promotions and money off offers on the Bold Beanies site.  No Code Needed! The Bold Beanies Bright Floral cancer cap is for a limited time reduced to £13.99 saving you £2 on each purchase. We will be adding new hair loss headwear styles everyday to the sale. Sign up to our newsletter (no more than one email a month, so we won't bombard you!) to receive details of offers, discount codes and new products on the site.  

With stark and stripped down images that demonstrate the power of portraiture, one Icelandic photographer has captured the beauty of bald women. “Baldvin” is a new series by photographer Sigga Ella, featuring portraits of women of all ages who have alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that results in unpredictable hair loss. In some cases, the disorder can lead to complete hair loss on the scalp and body. The project was done in collaboration with the Baldvin (which means strength) association in Iceland, in effort to spread awareness about alopecia and “open up the discussion and work against these gender stereotypes,” according...