Links for Locks Golf Tournament For Hair Loss Treatment
NASHVILLE, Tenn./EWORLDWIRE/Aug. 22, 2005 --- There is hair loss and then there is Alopecia Areata. When a Nashville couple first noticed that their two-year old daughter Hannah began to lose small patches of hair, the parents suspected ringworm. Hair growth initially returned after injections. However, over the next few weeks, the small patches turned to massive amounts of devastating hair loss. Hannah was diagnosed with Alopecia Areata. The disease continued to take its course, leaving her without eyelashes, eyebrows and body hair.Hannah is not alone. Alopecia Areata is an often hereditary, autoimmune hair loss disorder affecting over four million people in the United States. People often lose their hair in patches, a process that troubles patients and families alike. Being a parent of a child with alopecia can be overwhelming and challenging at times, especially in a society that puts a tremendous amount of value on physical appearance. Though there is no cure, the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF) works to support those with Alopecia Areata and their families, raise national awareness, increase research funding, and run conferences for patients and their families.
The NAAF-Nashville Support Group today announced that it is hosting its first annual Links for Locks Golf Tournament, benefiting the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. The tournament will be held September 12, 2005 at the Ravenwood Country Club in Hermitage, Tenn. The golf tournament is a way to bring attention to Nashville as a place where folks can get support and to give golfers a chance to play for a purpose. Tee off will begin at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start, complimentary breakfast and lunch, and a variety of prizes. Golfers who make a hole-in-one on the second hole will win a Fish and Ski Boat.
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