So Carrie made a positive decision to remain a smooth woman. “Having semi-permanent make-up has made me feel better about myself. There was a time I couldn’t bear to look in the mirror. No lashes or eyebrows made my face look piggy,” she says. “So I had some drawn on, plus a little pigment on my lips and cheeks. I don’t feel so naked now. It’s made an enormous difference in how I feel when I see my reflection.”
It was a supplement called Nourkin that Miranda thinks helped her hair regrow, albeit straighter and thinner than before. “But I’m not complaining,” she says. “I’m just so relieved it came back at all.”
The two traditional medicines available to treat baldness in men and women are finasteride and minoxidil. Needless to say, nothing seems to work for everyone.
“I wear a wig when I go out to dinner,” says Carrie. “I do it just to stop everyone from staring.”
And indeed, wigs have come a long way. In fact, some are so good and stay bonded to the scalp for so long (up to a month), some rich women shave off their hair just so they can wear one.
“Tell them not to be so stupid,” retorts Carrie when I tell her. “They don’t know how lucky they are.”
