Sunday, May 19, 2013

Alopecia Areata Awareness Blog Train

I had never heard of Alopecia Areata prior to joining this blog train. One of the participants has a six year old daughter that suffers from the disease. Can you imagine being six years old and losing your hair? Children can be so cruel! I'm dedicating this mini kit to Jenny's daughter. You can read about her here.

According to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, alopecia areata affects 2% of the population - that is more than five million people just in the U.S.! Alopecia areata is an autoimmune skin disease that causes bald spots on the scalp and other parts of the body, and in extreme cases can result in complete hair loss. I learned a lot about the disease by reading this article from the New England Journal of Medicine.

Here is my contribution to the blog train:

You can download it HERE.

There are so many beautiful creations for this train, have a look at the "master preview" made by Shannon of Shuckclod's Stuff:

Here is a complete list of stops on this blog train!

  • Leterati Artful Scraps
  • Touched By A Butterfly
  • Patty B Scraps
  • Sugarbutt Designs
  • Mandog Scraps
  • Shuckclod’s Stuff
  • Princess Mahi
  • Mama’s Designz
  • ABCreations
  • Yez Designs
  • Jenny’s Designz
  • Cindy’s Tags & Tuts
  • The Maltese Scrapper
  • Queenies Signatures N Kits
  • Dakota Winds Graphics
  • Crazy Tiffs
  • Dillie’s Designs
  • Becky’s Creations
  • Aprilthescrapaholic
  • Misplaced Mermaid
  • EmJay Scraps
  • Callaluna Creations <-----You are here!
  • Kreations By Sparky
  • Crafting With Jack
  • Shirly Ann’s Download
  • If you are new to my blog, please take a minute to look around. Plenty of freebies to be found! Also, please check out my store and my Facebook page (pssssst, more freebies!). Thank you for stopping by!

    14 comments:

    1. Thank you so much! Love the touches of glitter!

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      1. You're welcome! I have a bit of a glitter problem. I've been looking for 12 step programs.... ;)

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    2. Thank you for your part! I, too have a glitter problem.

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    3. I love the idea of raising awareness of a different cause each time this train rolls out! Thank you for your portion this month <3

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      1. Me too! I am already looking forward to next month, which is Fibromyalgia awareness. That's a cause close to me!

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    4. Very pretty kit :) Thank you for sharing it with us. :)

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    5. there are two drug formulations that have received FDA approval specifically for the treatment of androgenic alopecia - minoxidil and finasteride. Other agents, including betamethasone and tretinoin, also have shown promise in treating both androgenic alopecia and alopecia areata .

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