SHULLIEH DID A GOOD DEED!!
I feel like I'm bragging when i talk about this, but it made me feel happy that I made someone who really needed reassurance feel better.
Today at work I was helping a stylist do a Japanese hair straightening treatment and one of the other stylist - Paul - came over and asked for my help. When I went to his chair, there was a woman sitting there in tears. I know she wasn't upset with someone Paul had done cause I saw her sit down now 5 minutes ago.
Paul tells me she's going through Chemotherapy and is starting to loose her hair and it's scaring her. She's worried about how bad it'll look and she's scared to wear wigs because she's only seen the bad made wigs that fall off easily and all that.
I told her about how I have Alopecia areata and my hair falls out and I wear wigs. She asked 'but don't they fall off easily?' and I said 'nope! I can shake my head *does so* flip upside down *does so* and it wont fall off' She asked 'isn't it embarrassing for you?' And I said 'well it is what it is for me, you know? I was born like this and it use to bother me a lot, but now... not so much' She asked me how the wig stays on my head and I told her how it's like a cap, or bandanna, but not very tight because it's molded for your head and took my wig off to show her.
When I took it off, I think I surprised her. [By the way if you clicked on that link above and saw the picture there, just know my condition is even worse then the picture] You'd think that if your hair looked like mine you wouldn't want people to see, but I popped the wig off in the middle of the salon and let her hold my wig and see how it was made. I told her how it was only a costume wig and it looked good, so imagine what the really nice ones were like. I told her where she could get them and told her about the cosplay store I get mine from now. She stopped crying when I was talking and looked much more hopeful.
It made me really happy to help her stop being so scared about it.
Today at work I was helping a stylist do a Japanese hair straightening treatment and one of the other stylist - Paul - came over and asked for my help. When I went to his chair, there was a woman sitting there in tears. I know she wasn't upset with someone Paul had done cause I saw her sit down now 5 minutes ago.
Paul tells me she's going through Chemotherapy and is starting to loose her hair and it's scaring her. She's worried about how bad it'll look and she's scared to wear wigs because she's only seen the bad made wigs that fall off easily and all that.
I told her about how I have Alopecia areata and my hair falls out and I wear wigs. She asked 'but don't they fall off easily?' and I said 'nope! I can shake my head *does so* flip upside down *does so* and it wont fall off' She asked 'isn't it embarrassing for you?' And I said 'well it is what it is for me, you know? I was born like this and it use to bother me a lot, but now... not so much' She asked me how the wig stays on my head and I told her how it's like a cap, or bandanna, but not very tight because it's molded for your head and took my wig off to show her.
When I took it off, I think I surprised her. [By the way if you clicked on that link above and saw the picture there, just know my condition is even worse then the picture] You'd think that if your hair looked like mine you wouldn't want people to see, but I popped the wig off in the middle of the salon and let her hold my wig and see how it was made. I told her how it was only a costume wig and it looked good, so imagine what the really nice ones were like. I told her where she could get them and told her about the cosplay store I get mine from now. She stopped crying when I was talking and looked much more hopeful.
It made me really happy to help her stop being so scared about it.