Cancer Society of New Zealand

look Good Feel Better

Looking good, even when cancer is diagnosed, can give patients control at a time in their lives when they need it most.

Look Good Feel Better is a free service offered to women undergoing treatment for cancer. Our aim is to help restore and enhance the appearance of cancer patients both during and after treatment. We offer guidance, information and makeover expertise at special workshops throughout New Zealand.

At a Look Good Feel Better workshop, we help patients face cancer with greater confidence and a renewed sense of self. We work with small, informal groups of female cancer patients to transform not just their look but their outlook as well. A workshop involves a step by step makeover session led by volunteers, and everyone who attends receives a free gift and the skills to perform a new beauty regime at home. Attendees find the atmosphere light, informal, supportive and caring.

The Look Good Feel Better programme is non-medical. It does not interfere with medical treatment, make any medical claims or replace professional medical advice in any way.  The  programme is run by the Look Good Feel Better Trust with the support of the Cancer Society and is proudly assisted by the Cosmetic Toiletry and Fragrance Association of New Zealand (CTFA).

In 2011 the programme will run at the TSB Cancer Support Centre, on the last Friday of every month.  Bookings are essential, and you must first get a referal from your medical specialist.  For more information please contact the Cancer Society on (06) 757 3006 or email: admin@taranakicancersociety.org.nz 

A referal form can be dowloaded here