{"id":47980,"date":"2019-10-17T17:38:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T17:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=47980"},"modified":"2019-10-17T17:38:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T17:38:13","slug":"national-charity-is-giving-women-and-men-in-wales-the-confidence-to-face-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2019\/10\/17\/national-charity-is-giving-women-and-men-in-wales-the-confidence-to-face-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"National charity is giving women and men the confidence to face cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maggie\u2019s is partnering with Look Good Feel Better to put on classes to help anyone undergoing treatment deal with the physical side-effects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The recently opened cancer centre in Whitchurch is running make-up classes to help cancer suffers deal with the physical effects of treatment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are available to anyone, whether it be men or women, and are designed to boost self-esteems as they are taught practical make-up skills they can recreate themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look Good Feel Better is a charity dedicated to helping people undergoing treatment regain a feeling of control and normality in their lives, while also trying to give them a psychological confidence boost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attending one of the free monthly classes enables participants the chance to meet others going through similar situations, alongside learning from beauty professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each attendee is given a gift bag full of premium make-up products so they can recreate what is taught to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cerys Drayton, owner of Skin Deep Beauty in Birchgrove, who recently started volunteering at the workshops, said: \u201cI found out about Look Good Feel Better when my cousin was diagnosed with breast cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was so positive; everyone leaves with such a huge smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love every second, I can\u2019t speak highly enough about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lookgoodfeelbetter.co.uk\/about\/about-us\/\">Look Good Feel Better<\/a> published research showing that 97% of respondents felt more confident after attending one of their workshops and this remained at 96% three months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maggie\u2019s Centres provide any type of support people undergoing cancer treatment may require free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work of Maggie\u2019s is particularly important to highlight as this October marks Breast Cancer Awareness month, putting a spotlight on the most common cancer in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women are encouraged to check their breasts regularly to monitor for any early signs and symptoms as the earlier the cancer is diagnosed, the better the chance of successful treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday 5<sup>th<\/sup> November is the next Look Good Feel Better workshop.  To attend you must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maggiescentres.org\/our-centres\/maggies-cardiff\/whats-on\/\">pre-book.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maggie\u2019s is helping put on workshops for anyone undergoing treatment to deal with the physical side-effects<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,6],"tags":[969,6059,6276,860,5403,6652,6265],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-47980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-home","category-active-life","tag-beauty","tag-breast-cancer","tag-breast-cancer-awareness-month","tag-cancer","tag-confidence","tag-look-good-feel-better","tag-makeup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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