A place for people with, as well as the families of, people with any form of alopecia (hair loss) based on an immune system deficiency.  These include, in part, alopecia areata, alopecia totalia, and alopecia universalis.  As of the time of this posting, they meet at the Steele Creek YMCA on one Sunday every other month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.  For more information , contact a leader of the group at 704/451-4471 any day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.  Click for overview of Alopecia and related issues resources

This friendly group provides a safe and non-judgmental opportunity to share ideas, strategies, difficulties, and successes.  The group is comprised of those with hairpulling, skin picking, and any other related behavior of all ages, along with their parents, friends, and/or other support people.  The group believes that supporting each other is a vital step towards recovery.  They meet on the third Saturday of the month at the Fort Mill Public Library, 1818 Second Baxter Crossing, Fort Mill, SC.  They encourage you to click here to visit their message board on Yahoo to confirm face-to-face meeting information, as well as to provide loving support to one another in lieu of in-person meetings and to stay up-to-date on events.

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

MedLinePlus

This service of the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health is one of the better one-stop shops for beginning your search on the internet for medical information.  For those of you who live in Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, we recommend that you contact the Health Library for more personal assistance from the experts there in searching for reliable medical information. Click here for their details.

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.