Medical Related Hair Loss

Natural Hair Style Wig Options For Men/Women of Color Experiencing Hair Loss

I'm Dianne Austin and in 2015, I lost all of my hair due to chemotherapy. I'm very interested in learning more about the experiences of men and women of color who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy or for other reasons. If you have lost your hair through medical reasons or through hair styling choices - or just lost your hair over time, I value your opinion. The data will be used to help provide services for those looking for wig options due to hair loss.

Thank you for helping me to gather data by taking this important hair loss survey. To learn more about me, check out my YouTube channel: A Naturalista's Hair Loss Journey.

Dianne

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* 1. Are you a woman or man of color who wears their hair natural, (afro kinky, curly, braided or dreadlocked) who has lost your hair due to chemotherapy or from alopecia/other reasons?

Yes, I am a woman of color who has lost my hair due to chemotherapy.

Yes, I am a man of color who has lost my hair due to chemotherapy.

Yes, I am a woman of color, but I have lost my hair due to alopecia/other reasons.

Yes, I am a man of color, but I have lost my hair due to alopecia/other reasons.

I am not a man/woman of color but I have lost my hair due to chemotherapy/other reasons.

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* 2. How do you wear your natural hair?

Loose (afro kinky or coily /curls)

Braids

Locs

Other

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* 3. If you have lost your hair due to chemotherapy, medical or other reasons and you decided to purchase a wig, did you find it difficult to find wigs that matched your natural hair type, (specifically afro kinky or highly textured curlier textures, locs or braids) at cancer center/medical wig boutiques or beauty supply stores?

Yes, I found it difficult to find a afro textured wig style at cancer center/medical hair boutiques.

No, I did not have any difficulty finding a afro textured wig style at cancer center/medical hair boutiques.

I found an afro textured wig style at a beauty supply store.

I could not find an afro textured wig style at a beauty supply store.

I was not interested in purchasing a wig despite my hair loss.

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* 4. For women/men suffering from chemotherapy, medical or non-medical hair loss, would you prefer to purchase a wig through one or all of the following sources?

A beauty supply store.

A medical boutique (such as existing cancer center boutiques) that cater to individuals who have lost their hair for medical reasons.

Online

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Many health insurers provide money for a wig prescription, (known as a cranial prosthesis). Is it important that you be able to use your health insurance to pay for your wig purchase?

Yes, using my health insurance to purchase a wig for medical reasons is important to me.

No, using my health insurance to purchase a wig for medical reasons is not important to me.

I don't know if my health insurer provides medically necessary wig prescription coverage.

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* 6. What price range are you willing to pay/have paid for a wig? (Please select all that apply).

$19 - $29

$30 - $49

$50 - $69

$70 - $89

$90 - $120

$120 - $300

$300 and up

Please comment on why you chose the answers above.

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* 7. Do you prefer synthetic or human hair wigs?

I prefer synthetic hair wigs.

I prefer human hair wigs.

I do not have a preference.

Please explain why you prefer either synthetic or human hair wigs.

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* 8. Do you identify as:

Asian//Pacific Islander

Black/African American

Mixed Race

Native American

White

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What is your gender?

Female

Male

Transgender

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* 10. Where do you live?

U.S. North/Northeast

U.S. South/South East

U.S. Midwest

U.S. West/South West

Outside of the U.S. (please specify)