Local cancer patients receive beauty treatment

GLANDORF -  When a woman is undergoing treatment for cancer, she may lose her hair and experience other side effects. The impact can be devastating, making a hard time even harder. The American Cancer Society Look Good…Feel Better® program helps women who are currently undergoing cancer treatment learn beauty techniques to cope with the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment from local experts.

On Monday, November 16, 2009, women from Putnam County attended a Look Good…Feel Better session held at St. Rita’s Ambulatory Care in Glandorf. Trained volunteer beauty professional Dianne Dukes led them through practical, hands-on tips about makeup, skin care, nail care, and ways to deal with hair loss, including how to wear wigs, turbans, and scarves. Each woman received a free makeup kit to use during and after the workshop. Most of all, the ladies shared laughter and camaraderie as only women going through the cancer journey can.

“Look Good…Feel Better is as much about improving and maintaining self-image and confidence as it is about appearance,” says Marybeth Torsell, Health Promotions Coordinator for the American Cancer Society. “Patients enjoy the opportunity to spend time in a relaxed class with others in the same situation. The free make-up and instruction from professionals helps them look and feel better.”

American Cancer Society helps cancer patients get well. The Society’s services, including as Look Good…Feel Better programs, are available at no charge thanks to our generous supporters and local Society events including Relay For Life.

Any local residents with cancer and their families can find free information, help, and support anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345.

Look Good…Feel Better also has materials tailored for men and teens. Look Good…Feel Better is a collaboration of the Society, the Personal Care Products Council and the National Cosmetology Association.