Breaking the Silence on Women's Hair Loss (Paperback)

by Candace Hoffmann (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Woodland Publishing; 1 edition (March 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158054469X
• ISBN-13: 978-1580544696
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #840,270 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BE CAREFUL!!! There is some dangerous information for women provided in this book!!!, October 2, 2007

By	StaciX (Florida) - See all my reviews

I give this book one star for the shocking information I found in the surgical hair restoration section. Candance recommends Bosley as a resource??? That is the worst hair transplant practice to tell women to go to and more importantly she does not stress enough that most women are not candidates for hair transplant surgery, a few lines added as an after thought isn't sufficent when the majority of the chapter talks about hair restoration as a real option for women. My sister unfortunately got taken by one of these hair transplant groups that should NEVER have performed surgery on her and she is severly scarred. Women with diffuse thinning are not candidates because they don't have that DHT resistent donor hair that men have. Hello??? YOU Should have done more research and made more of an effort to point that out to women instead of pointing them along the way to BOSLEY. Why not just feed us to the wolves? What other harmful information was put in this book that women are going to read. Ladies, Make sure to do your OWN research, A lot of the information I found to just be recycled from resources I've already read. I was very diasappointed with this book!!!!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT! Well written, well researched, TOP NOTCH IN EVERY WAY!, May 14, 2007

By	Sherry Baker - See all my reviews

Remember when menopause was something everyone knew happened but no one actually wanted to talk about it -- or admit they were going through that phase of life or even admit they had questions about it? Well, hair loss in women, as author Candace Hoffmann makes clear, is a subject still in that "taboo" zone much like menopause was twenty years ago. One difference, though, is that few women KNOW that hair loss is common; it isn't some rare thing that happens to a few women. It afflicts about half of all women in some degree -- for many females it can be an absolutely soul wrenching experience beyond mere vanity when they lose any or all of their " crowing glory".

Hoffmann has fought her own battle with female hair loss for decades and she not only brings this personal experience to her book but also her expertise as a long time, widely published health and science journalist ( I remember first seeing her by-line when she wrote for WEB MD). This is a thoroughly researched book -- scientific and thorough yet easy to read and interesting, even if you don't have a hair loss problem but are interested in hair and health in general. I'm a bit of a snob about health and science journalism (because that's my profession, too) so I don't make recommendations lightly . But I absolutely give this book my unqualified recommendation and I am convinced it can help tens of thousands of women.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Book, August 23, 2008

By	Diana - See all my reviews

I really like this book, because it has so much information gathered in one place. I have been researching hair loss, and you have to do so much searching to find anything. It is an excellent resource book. I think it is especially good to read before you go to your dermatologist about hair loss, as it has an overview of treatments and information you need to know to make more informed decisions. One of my favorite things about the book, is it's sensitivity to the emotional issues of hair loss, which are not widely understood even by professionals.