What is the Baldtourage?

The Baldtourage is a community, a family, a squad of women, girls, mothers with daughters who have hair loss from all over the world. We currently have members in 27 states in the US, England, Canada, Spain, and Australia.

What is the mission?

Our mission at Baldtourage is to redefine bald as bold. We are determined to normalize hair loss, show our younger generation that they can do anything they set their mind to, and to learn how to love and embrace exactly who we are!

What is the history of The Baldtourage?

The Baldtourage was founded by Christie Valdiserri as she was craving a sense of community herself. After 3 years of struggling with alopecia alone, she decided to take matters into her own hands and create a community that she so desperately needed.

A little About Christie:

Christie Valdiserri is a Sports Illustrated Model, Professional Dancer, Fitness Instructor, and the founder of The Baldtourage. Christie grew up in West Chester, PA but currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. Growing up she was in a ballet company and then went on to pursue dance at Penn State University. Christie graduated with a BA in Theatre and took her talents to the Big Apple! Right before moving to NYC, Christie found a tiny bald patch on top of her head. Amidst moving to a new city and pursuing her dance career, Christie was ‘diagnosed’ with alopecia as well. After booking her dream job on a cruise ship, she was fired within 6 weeks because she, “stood out,'“ and was forced to move back to PA. Personally Christie believes she was fired due to her hair loss, but the reason was never disclosed. Christie was at a crossroad. She moved out of her apartment in NYC for this job, no longer had the job, and within 3 weeks, lost ALL of her hair. She knew she could not let Alopecia dictate her life, her happiness, and her career. So she glued on a wig, booked a one way flight to Los Angeles, CA, and never looked back. After hiding under a wig for about a year, she found the courage and strength to share her story. To this day, Christie says, “that was THE BEST decision I’ve ever made!” Christie firmly believes that the best version of herself came out after she shared her story and is determined to help others feel the same way! The Baldtourage was born because Christie was tired of feeling so alone. She has cultivated a very powerful, unique, accepting, empathetic, and of course, fun environment at The Baldtourage. She is at a point in her life where she wants to embrace alopecia rather than trying to ‘fix’ her alopecia. Christie believes that if she can go from blonde, to bald, to bold… YOU CAN TOO!!!!