Bald and Beautiful Barbie: A New Campaign 'Not Just for Girls with Cancers'

Each girls around the world loves Barbie! But what if the world’s most famous doll get bald? The Mattel Inc., who manufactured the Barbie year 1995 was urged by two women named Jane Bingham and Beckie Sypin who was touched by cancer, to create a bald Barbie doll in an attempt to get the word out about the need for a Barbie’s whose locks have been lost due to cancer treatments.

They even made a Facebook Page “Beautiful and Bald Barbie! Let’s see if we can get it made”, campaigning to show girls who’ve lost their hair due to cancer treatments, alopecia or trichotillomania that bald can beautiful, that in a past few days, the page has already garnered nearly 40,000 Likes.

The Facebook page explains: “We would like to see a Beautiful and Bald Barbie made to help young girls who suffer from hair loss due to cancer treatments, Alopecia or Trichotillomania. Also, for young girls who are having trouble coping with their mother’s hair loss from chemo. Many children have some difficulty accepting their mother, sister, aunt, grandparent or friend going from a long haired to a bald.”

The Page has become a community for women with hair loss, and members post photos of themselves, expressing pride in their bald beauty.

Sypin told Mashable they had only hoped for a couple hundred page views and are thrilled by the overwhelming response.

“There’s some stuff on the market, like baby dolls, but there’s nothing like older kids. There’s no fashion doll.” Sypin says, explaining the need for a bald doll.

The Page’s administrators have contacted Mattel with their proposal, and received a form responses that the company does not take unsolicited ideas from outside sources. But Sypin is undaunted, and says the team’s efforts will not stop there.

“Many other companies make similar products, so we’d be happy to see any of them create this doll,” Sypin says.

A bald Barbie could be of significant use for persons who suffers from cancers and also for the family, relatives and friends of cancer fighters. It can be an excellent tool for children to help them understand what is happening to their loved one.

Yahoo! also commented that “there are other conditions that cause hair loss and just as any little girl wants a Barbie that looks like her, a bald little girl deserves the same so she too can be reminded that she is beautiful just as she is — hair or no hair.”

Do you think Mattel will will have the urge to create the Bald Barbie? Would you like to see such one of it? If you do, join their campaign and let’s make a big difference! 🙂