In the News – Online Campaign for Bald Barbie

Snippet from the article:

Mattel is being urged to mass produce a bald Barbie in order to make girls suffering from hair loss feel more attractive and to help children cope with hair loss among friends and relatives.

A Facebook campaign designed to encourage Mattel to produce the bald version of the popular doll now has about 6,000 “likes” on its page. The page states that such a Barbie would benefit girls suffering from hair loss due to cancer treatments, alopecia (an autoimmune disease causing hair loss) or trichotillomania (hair loss from pulling or twisting), as well as those who know a female experiencing hair loss.

Read the rest — Campaign for Mattel to produce bald Barbie growing

Mattel did produce a one of a kind bald Barbie for 4 year old going through chemotherapy (see image), but they haven’t announced any intention to do a limited run, let alone a wide production run like these online petitions are asking for.

The article states that there’s also an online petition for a bald GI Joe action figure for boys experiencing hair loss.