Every year or so this happens to a client of mine. I am actually surprised that it doesn’t happen a lot more considering we work with virgin hair so much. But when it does happen it can be very traumatic. And all too often clients come to us after the fact when we are in damage control mode. Let’s see if we can change that. Follow the instructions When you...
Dear Diary, Here is a letter from a wonderful mother… Dear Michael: I would like to take a moment to say thank you. My daughter, a young professional at this point, has been experiencing degrees of alopecia for the last 10 years. She has been brave and stoic but as gals we all know our hair says a lot about us at first glance. She has had “lots” of wigs,...
This is a horrible thing in any business, but it does happen. I was recently doing a Look Good Feel Better presentation up at Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre and was half way through my presentation about wigs when a woman asked me to examine hers. I told her that it was machine made, with processed Asian, human hair. She was so upset that she started crying. She had been...
I have found that no matter what our age we really want to look our best. I think young people believe that old(er) people let themselves go but as I am now one of those old(er) people I can say that it is just the effects of being around a long time. We still want to look as good as we can. And hair is a big part of that,...
For the last year of two I have been testing the idea of when a woman will decide to come and see me about their thinning hair. In many cases they will see lots of other people first. They ask advice of their hairstylist, their doctor, then their dermatologist and perhaps a naturopath. Get tested for many things and at the end of the journey they decide to come and...
I don’t play hockey anymore. Well, I can’t since my broken leg is still healing. But I do get invited to the pub by my hockey guys. So last night, after their playoff game, I went to Mayday Malones (don’t ask) and caught up with some of the old dogs. The reason I bring thins up is that several of these guys have wives. Some of them still have wives....
