This is why I offer free hair restyles to young girls if they want to donate their hair!
This is Maddie's story, A dear client & friend. Her daughter who I've been lucky enough to know her whole life, she is truly an inspiration, not just to myself but to many children/adults that have suffered their whole life with Alopecia Areata. This is an autoimmune disease. Normally the immune system protects our body against infection & disease, but sadly in Maddie's case with her autoimmune disease, her bodies immune system mistakenly attacks some parts of her own body's. In Alopecia Areata, the immune system attacks all her hair follicles. Before anyone asks, Alopecia isn't curable. There is no cure out there for anyone who suffers. There are no drugs approved to treat it either. Doctors use medicine's approved for other diseases to help hair grow back. However, none of these treatments prevent new patches of hair loss or even guarantee hair growth. Maddie was only 13yrs old when she decided to let me shave the rest of her hair, after 6 long hard months of hiding it with different filling products. This is when her consultant directed her towards "Little Princess Trust". Even with great support of her school, family & friends, remembering Maddie's growing up in a world where people would point/laugh & talk about her was very upsetting. Maddie, wanted to fit in like every child in her class & feel normal. The Little Princess Trust made this happen for her, she's still beaming with confidence & has learnt that she can live her life with or without her wig, which in my eyes is amazing.
We Want your help. The Little Princess Trust Provides real hair wigs free of charge to boys & girls across the UK & Ireland that have sadly lost their own hair due to Cancer treatment or any other illness. In my studio we can help. I Feel it takes a lot for a child to make that decision to do this remarkable thing, therefore we offer this service free of charge to all children. We offer a large discount rate for adults unless they are fund raising at the same time. If this arises then this service will yet again be free of charge.