Ella Friend of Barbie Cancer Survivor Chemotherapy Bald With Wigs Alopecia Areata

Ella Friend of Barbie Cancer Survivor Chemotherapy Bald W/ Wigs Alopecia Areata. "The original campaign was headed up by Jane Bingham, co-founder of the "Beautiful and Bald Barbie!

Let's see if we can get it made campaign. Following her efforts, a limited run of bald "friend of Barbie" dolls named Ella were created by Mattel and distributed to children's hospitals and the National Alopecia Areata Foundation in the US.

Each doll comes with a set of accessories which includes a headscarf, a headband and a colourful wig. Now Mattel has announced plans a for a second production run after health care professionals claimed that the dolls were instrumental in helping discuss chemotherapy-related hair loss with young girls. Doctors found that they could show some of the expected side effects of treatment using Ella and that patients were then able to relate better to what was being said. Belgravia Centre Writer Mattel to Make More Bald Barbie Dolls.

This is the second version made of the Ella doll. #2 Ella has Cancer and is undergoing Chemotherapy. She is truly a gem for a collector of rare Barbie items.