Sometimes I have to deal with hair loss pain in a father to father way. Its especially poignant with dads and daughters. Earlier this week I had a 12 year old girl come in with trichotillomania. Okay, she was 13, but I called her 12 so she would still qualify for our Wigs For Kids Program. She had gotten a free postiche over a year ago and was due for...
I got a call from my pal Jie down the street. Jie works with a very, very exclusive clientele. He is a bit (a bit) eccentric but then genius often is. He had a client that had to see me and wanted to set it up so that I took good care of her, so he called me personally. She came to see me with one of Jie’s assistants. You...
From my email in-box. June 14, 2013. Dear Michael, You don’t know me and I’ve never visited your shop on Avenue Road. But on March 12, 2012 my younger sister and I visited your shop at the Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook in search of finding a wig that would allow her some comfort as she continued her journey through her chemotherapy treatments. My sister had been diagnosed with cancer...
Dear Michael & Staff, Thank you for all you have done for me. You not only encouraged and welcomed me to a positive and friendly environment, but gave me the confidence to feel beautiful in a wig. I guess you see it every day, but it is truly amazing when someone who has alopecia gets to walk out of the room with a fullhead of beautiful hair. I like always...
Both men and women go out on special occasions. Both men and women take time and effort to get ready for these occasions. Both enjoy doing that. But there is a difference. With men the getting ready and the occasion are two separate events. For women they are all part of the evening. And for a woman, getting her hair done is definitely part of the event. I think it...
Hi Michael, I would like to share with you a story about wearing a postiche. I received my postiche back in October, just a few days before my family and I left for New York. I was a little nervous wearing my postiche at first because I was afraid it would shift or the wind would blow and people could see it etc. We took a double decker bus tour...
