FORMER SOAP STAR MAKES FEMALE HAIR LOSS MANAGEABLE.Byline: - Nicole Sunkes Amy Gibson was 13 years old and acting on the soap opera soap opera Broadcast serial drama, characterized by a permanent cast of actors, a continuing story, tangled interpersonal situations, and a melodramatic or sentimental style. ``Love of Life'' when she discovered a bald bald adj. Lacking hair on the head. bald 1. loss of hair, see alopecia. 2. in cattle and horses used to describe an animal with a white face. Called also baldy. spot on her scalp the size of her palm. ``At that time, I flipped Flipped (2002) is a young adult novel by Wendelin Van Draanen. It is a stand-alone teen romance in a he-said she-said style with the two protagonists alternately presenting their perspective on a shared set of events. out, like a nut,'' said Gibson, now 39, who was eventually diagnosed with alopecia areata alopecia ar·e·a·ta n. Hair loss in circumscribed, noninflamed areas of the scalp, eyebrows and beard. Also called alopecia circumscripta. , an autoimmune autoimmune /au·to·im·mune/ (-i-mun´) directed against the body's own tissue; see under disease and response. au·to·im·mune adj. skin disease that leads to hair loss. Depending on its severity, the condition can cause the hair on the head and other parts of the body to fall out. A former star on ``Young and the Restless'' and ``General Hospital,'' Gibson now designs a line of head and intimate wigs, and is introducing a line of customized artificial eyebrows. In August, she started a weekly talk show, ``Heads Up! With Amy Gibson,'' on KRLA-870 AM about women's hair-loss issues. She's also written a book, ``Your Crowning Glory,'' due out next summer. ``People who are dealing with this on any level, at any age, don't have to feel like a freak,'' said Gibson, who lives in Westwood. The radio show is 11 a.m. to noon Sundays. For more information about Gibson's line of wigs, call (310) 888-8689 or visit www.crownandgloryenterprises.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: GIBSON |
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