Look Good…Feel Better is a non-medical, brand-neutral public service program that teaches beauty techniques to cancer patients to help them manage the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. It is open to all women with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy, radiation or other forms of treatment.
We feel that programs such as Look Good…Feel Better, or any aesthetic training resources, would greatly benefit patients with autoimmune diseases, especially lupus. Our lupus patients need our support too, and what better way than to provide them with aesthetic skills and resources to face their daily challenges with greater confidence? Is that too much to hope for?
Let me tell you about lupus now, since you may not know about it. It is an autoimmune disease. What do I mean by that? Usually our immune system mounts a fight for a valid reason, e.g. infection or when it sees something that does not belong to the body. Once this intrusion is over, our immune system declares peace. However, in people with autoimmune diseases like lupus, the immune system mounts a war for not a very valid reason. It begins to fight cells of our own body that are very much destined to be within our body. This may lead to inflammation within various organs in the body, and damage to the organs if not controlled. Any organ may be affected. Continue reading