A little background. I got a call from the mother of an 11 year old girl that has trichotillomania. They wanted to come in the same afternoon if possible. I saw them at 4:00. The little girl was very charming and mature and confident. Her mother explained what they had been going through in trying to find something suitable. The area that had been picked out was a 3 inch...
My name is Dawn Blainey. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2011…. During my journey, I had the pleasure to deal with Michael Suba at Continental Hair in Toronto. I am happy to say I received a clean bill of health and on to a new chapter of my life. Help me in raising $100,000 for the new CIBC Breast Cancer Assessment Centre at our gala that will...
I have had to deal with a certain ‘hair myth’ more often recently. It is a false assertion that even some hair stylists adhere to, but it is totally wrong. It is the idea that shaving your hair makes it grow back thicker. This is simply wrong. Hair is not like a plant. Hair grows under the skin, not from the tip. The hair that is cut is actually dead...
I took my wife out to dinner a couple of weeks ago. We do not get out often because of the usual suspects but since a couple of them are of babysitting age now it has recently become easier. I took her someplace new downtown. It was very modern and stylish, but the food was excellent in spite of that. About half way through the meal a woman in her...
Another Guest Post is here…. I want to send a huge THANKS to Michael and his team at Continental Hair. As a result of cancer treatment I started significantly losing my hair in the summer of 2011. Over the course of three months I went from having a full head of hair to being almost bald. Alopecia was not a common side effect of the drug that I was on,...
And look at that. A guest post arrives even before I can get the Guest Post part of the blog set up. So I will set it up here. First I will give you some background. Karen has alopecia, and so does her 9 year old daughter. She was kind enough to model for me on Marilyn Denis’ show on alopecia earlier this month. This is her blog post:: Michael,...
