TAMPA, Fla. — A Bay area cancer survivor is hoping to hit the shelves of stores soon with her new product aimed at helping others dealing with hair loss during treatments like chemo.

It’s an idea that came to Monica Smith out of necessity. She was diagnosed with stage two colon cancer during the pandemic.

What You Need To Know • Monica Smith didn’t have a lot of options for haircare that didn’t contain harmful chemicals • She created her own product, Sober Roots , using essential oils • Smith said she had a chance encounter while driving for Uber, and the idea went from there • Smith sells her products at different pop-ups in the Tampa Bay area, but she says with her fundraising efforts, she is close to opening a storefront of her own

She said that when she started losing her ha

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