Program helps cancer patients look, feel better

SITUATION, BUT AS KIM DACEY REPORTS, A PROGRAM THROUGH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IS HELPING TO EASE THAT TRANSITION KIM: THESE WOMEN ARE LEARNING SOME NEW MAKEUP AND STYLING TECHNIQUES

THEY ALSO HAPPEN TO BE CANCER PATIENTS DEALING WITH THE APPEARANCE RELATED SIDE EFFECTS OF THEIR TREATMENT LOSING MY HAIR WAS PROBABLY, FOR ME, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES OF GOING THROUGH CHEMO KIM ENTER THE LOOK GOOD, FEEL : BETTER PROGRAM AT THE UPPER CHESAPEAKE MEDICAL CENTER IN BEL AIR THE CLASS IS ONCE A MONTH AND IS TAUGHT BY A COSMETOLOGIST TO GIVE THEM STYLE TIPS ON WEARING WIGS AND SCARVES AND TEACHES THEM HOW TO APPLY MAKEUP THAT'S SAFE TO USE DURING THEIR TREATMENT WE HELP WHEN WOMEN LOSE THEIR EYEBROWS

I HELP THEM TO PUT EYEBROWS BACK ON ANY KIND OF DEMARCATIONS ON YOUR FACE, THE MAKEUP, AND HAIR-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS WHEN WOMEN LOSE THEIR HAIR, JUST HELPING WITH DIFFERENT WIGS AND SCARVES DIFFERENT THINGS TO HELP THEM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES KIM THE LOOK GOOD, FEEL BETTER : PROGRAM HELPS THEM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE BUT IT ALSO DOES WONDERS FOR THEIR EMOTIONAL WELL BEING IT MAKES ME FEEL MORE NORMAL, ESPECIALLY ON DAYS WHEN I'M FEELING GOOD, AND I'M GOING OUT TO DO SOMETHING FUN WITH MY KIDS I CAN PUT ON MAKEUP I KNOW IS SAFE, AND I CAN PUT ON MY WIG, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE ANOTHER MOM OUT THERE

IT MAKES YOU FEEL MORE COMPLETE NOT THAT YOU WEREN'T COMPLETE BEFORE BUT JUST ONE STEP CLOSER TOWARDS BEING FREE KIM: THE PROGRAM IS FREE TO PATIENTS AND THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS OF NEW,