| Please note that, prior to treatment, the Client's
hair had been shaved and prepared to accept the bonded unit.
In June 2005 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and began eight courses of
chemotherapy. Everyone assured me that my long, thick curly hair would grow back
as before - perhaps even thicker! Unfortunately, due to the hormonal changes
that happened during my treatment, this was not to be the case. It came back
extremely thin, especially at the crown of my head and temples. I went to a
leading dermatologist at Kings College Hospital in London who told me that it
probably would not revert to its thick state pre-breast cancer. That was what I
had been waiting for and I threw my energy into researching the best possible
option for me to deal with my hair loss.
I came across the idea of bonding online and it didn't take me long to
discover Christine's name and her salon, which kept coming up over and over
again from happy women whose hair looked completely natural in the photographs
they posted. Though there are several leading places who do bonding in London, I
travelled down to Kent to meet Christine and instantly knew that she was the
right technician to do my hair. Her knowledge of hair loss is exhaustive and she
is a complete perfectionist. She was very clear about costs and answered any
questions that I had.
When I had my bonded piece applied Christine explained the process every step
of the way. It was much easier to get used to than I imagined and to say that it
has given me my life back is not an exaggeration. There are many things I like
better about my bonded hairpiece than my old hair pre-breast cancer, as it is
much more predictable than my curly hair which had dozens of cowlicks and
problem spots. I can work out in it, stand on my head during my yoga practice,
wash it in the bath and style it exactly as I did my own hair. No one who
doesn't know what I've been through would ever know... and even with some people
who do know, I usually tell them that I just had extensions put in - they often
don't believe me if i try to tell them I'm wearing a bonded hairpiece!
Meeting Christine has been the final step in ending my breast cancer journey
- I feel that I am truly back to "me" again! |
