KABC KNBC Telemundo Beauty Bus Pampers Patients and Caregivers Skip to main content Close Select your preferred language English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog Menu Close Call 1-800-CEDARS-1 toggle search form Close Los Angeles, 14 May 2019 16:00 PM America/Los_Angeles KABC KNBC Telemundo Beauty Bus Pampers Patients and Caregivers Patient Lakshmi Subramanian and her husband, Bala Subramanian, enjoy free manicures at Beauty Bus event at Cedars-Sinai The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute. Photo by Cedars-Sinai. Patients undergoing cancer treatments are no strangers to feelings of depression and low self-esteem as they cope with hair loss, fatigue and other symptoms. So when a fleet of Beauty Bus volunteers recently arrived at Cedars-Sinai The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute to provide free manicures, facials, makeup makeovers and haircuts, KABC7, KNBC and Telemundo news crews were on hand to talk to the patients and volunteers and capture the upbeat mood of the event. "This is wonderful for people that don't have the means to go and get a facial or go to a hairdresser or a manicurist-and there are plenty of people who can't do that," Angeles Clinic patient Noreen Stone told reporters as she relaxed into her manicure. "It contributes to your wellbeing, absolutely. We need to pamper ourselves, take care of ourselves." The Santa Monica-based Beauty Bus, which partnered with Cedars-Sinai Cancer for the three-hour event, was founded by Wendy Marantz Levine in 2009 when her sister, Melissa Marantz Nealy, died at 28 from a degenerative neuromuscular disease. When Nealy's illness forced her to stay home, her family arranged for in-home haircuts, manicures and facials, providing an emotional boost and temporary respite from her disease. "Melissa was a girly-girl. She loved to get her hair and nails done," Levine said. "When we had people come to the house to do those services for her, she said it made her feel human again and like herself." Ani Balmanoukian, M.D., head of the Lung Cancer Clinical Program at The Angeles Clinic, said that patients benefit when they "feel like they're important to us as a whole person, not just as a disease." Patients weren't the only ones who benefited from the pampering program. Caregivers, who Levine called "the unsung heroes," enjoyed the experience too. Bala Subramanian beamed as he received a couple's manicure with his wife, Lakshmi Subramanian. "My wife is always upbeat. She was even during her cancer treatments," Bala said. "It's fun doing this together." By the end of the day, nine beauty professionals provided more than 65 services. Beauty Bus also handed out dozens of gift bags stuffed with makeup and grooming products. Participants also got to select one piece of hand-crafted jewelry that was donated for the event. Read more on the Cedars-Sinai Blog: What's It Really Like Going Through Chemotherapy? Related Stories RSS feed - Related Stories (opens in new window) View all headlines - Related Stories Cancer Patient Sails Again September 19, 2022 06:00 AM America/Los_Angeles Jeannea Jordan, who turns 80 in October, is a local sailing pioneer who began racing and cruising her 30-foot sailboat 25 years ago when few women were part of the sport. When a tumor on her spine ran her aground last year and her oncologist at … Read more Study Active Surveillance an Effective Option for Thyroid Cancer September 15, 2022 08:01 AM America/Los_Angeles A novel clinical trial from Cedars-Sinai Cancer shows that active surveillance is an effective treatment for many low-risk thyroid cancer patients. The study, published in JAMA Oncology, also showed for the first time that patients who opted for … Read more Study Patients Prefer Stool Test to Colonoscopy September 12, 2022 10:00 AM America/Los_Angeles Three-quarters of people prefer to do a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) rather than a colonoscopy for their regular colorectal cancer screening, according to a new Cedars-Sinai study.Unlike colonoscopies, FIT doesn’t require lengthy preparation, … Read more Show previous items Show next items Contact the Media Team Email: [email protected] Contact Share this release KABC KNBC Telemundo Beauty Bus Pampers Patients and Caregivers Share on: Twitter Share on: Facebook Share on: LinkedIn Search Our Newsroom Social media Visit our Facebook page (opens in new window) Follow us on Twitter (opens in new window) Visit our Youtube profile (opens in new window) (opens in new window) Latest news 07 Oct 2022 - HealthDay: Black Women Less Likely to Get Laparoscopic Fibroid Surgeries 07 Oct 2022 - Faculty Publications: Sept. 29-Oct. 6 07 Oct 2022 - Fine-Tuning Organ-Chip Technology 06 Oct 2022 - KCRW: Want New Omicron Booster? Wait at Least 2 Months After Last Shot 05 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Schedules Free Flu Vaccine Clinics 04 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Showcases Hispanic and Latinx Art Newsroom Home