Look Good Feel Better, a free national community service program that helps to improve the wellbeing and confidence of people undergoing treatment for cancer, will hold a workshop at The Garden Mill Café in Bargara on Monday 15 July.
Run by the Cancer Patients Foundation, the Look Good Feel Better program has been providing free workshops designed to help Australian women, men and teens better manage the appearance-related side-effects caused by cancer treatment since 1990.
The workshops cover skin care techniques to alleviate symptoms including dryness and sallowness; makeup tips to help patients deal with concealing redness and drawing on eyebrows; and advice on headwear including scarf styling and wig selection.
Local volunteers provide information and advice to the participants, with each participant receiving a Confidence Kit full of skincare and make-up products to use as tools for application throughout the workshop.
Participants also benefit from the opportunity to meet others in a similar situation.
Through these workshops, friendships and additional support networks are formed that can help during diagnosis and treatment.
Cancer patients who could benefit from attending are encouraged to contact the Look Good Feel Better National Office to register their details – 1800 650 960 or lgfb.org.au
