When to Get a Wig – Before or After Hair Loss?

Sitting in the Drs Surgery and being told your chemotherapy/radiation treatment will cause hair loss can be emotionally overwhelming, but it’s the time after you leave, that can often be the most confusing. For some, the days roll by and the hair doesn’t look like it’s going to fall out. This can leave many women […]

Turbans & Headwear for Hair Loss in Australia

When first diagnosed with the dreaded ‘’C’’ word, it can be incredibly overwhelming both physically and emotionally. Chemotherapy, radiation, hair loss, eyebrow loss, this treatment, that treatment, the list is endless, with so many things to think about. Many women say they can handle losing a breast but not their hair and when it comes […]

Alopecia – Hiding my condition affected my confidence

Hi, I’m Abby Andrew Shaffer, and I have alopecia. I host a YouTube channel that focuses on topics related to my hair loss and wearing wigs. I began to lose my hair when I was two. For the first few years, I hardly thought about it.  But, as I got older, I became increasingly self-conscious […]

Changing Lives One Wig at a Time

Starkles have been helping women worldwide fighting the courageous battle with cancer for over 15 years. Every week, Starkles facilitates the wig, turban, scarf & headwear section at workshops throughout Brisbane, Ipswich, the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast & northern NSW in conjunction with Look Good Feel Better. ‘’We are honoured to serve as volunteers for the Look Good, Feel Better program. […]