Service Directory

Looking for helpful Products and Services for those with alopecia?

Our Service Directory may just be what you’re looking for! Use the AUK Service Directory to find a wide range of businesses across the UK offering:

Wigs
Toppers
Hair Systems
Hair Extensions
Headwear
Permanent Make Up
Scalp Micropigmentation
Lash & Brow Products
‘Alternative hair’ care products
Wigs Styling Services
Wig Banks

Use the filter functions to narrow down your searches by region, service type and brands (brands relevant for alternative hair only)

Find the Service Directory here.

Alopecia UK VIP!

If you’re an Alopecia UK VIP you can benefit from discounts offered by AUK Service Directory businesses! You can find out about the discounts offered by participating businesses on their individual Service Directory listing pages.

We will also have exclusive prize draws for AUK VIPs throughout the year with prizes offered by AUK Service Directory businesses. As well as discounts and prize draws, AUK VIPs also receive unlimited amounts of warm, fuzzy feelings from knowing that they have supported the charity’s work by becoming an AUK VIP.

Find out more about how to become an AUK VIP here.

Would you like to join the AUK Service Directory?

If you have a UK business which provides one of the products or services listed above and you would like to help support Alopecia UK’s work to improve the lives of those affected by alopecia, you can find all the information you need to apply to join the AUK Service Directory here.

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