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m7_kas
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i have posted this in the thread about pro bono offer but thought i would repost so those who do not come across it may be able to give me advice
unfortunately i started experiancing hair loss at the most earliest age 16, i was in school at the time and had someone say to me my hair was falling out, i took no notice of it and carried on with my simple happy school life.
once i reached college and turned 17 things got really bad my hair loss finally kicked in major style causing me to have to cut my hair so it would be less noticable.
loads of people told me shaving it would help so over a number of months i did this and wore a hat inside and out of the house. these days were awful it would be hot inside my college and the hat would cause irritation and be very annoying and ontop of that looking around me all i could see was young guys with amaizing hairstyle.
i carried on my life avoiding people and minimising having friends due to loss of confidence and being depressed.
i had a bold/skinhead hair cut and always wore a hat due to feeling that i looked like an alien and many other things.
this year was very bad for me, i was so depressed i failed college and had no social life, nothing seemed to be going right.
as my parents wanted me to get an education i carried on, i knew i had to do something about my hair before i rejoined my new college so started gathering the money i had saved for my car and by selling other of my personal items.
i happened to come across advance hair studio, it was the only place i checked about hair loss and phoned up and got booked in at leeds. i was very naive and handed over a deposit of £1750 for a procedure called strand by strand.
i thought i was getting my hair back in a similar way to a transplant, were each hair would be replaced how it orginally was - companys word.
on a later date i went back and i had pieces of hair from the back of my head taken and my head measured up, with the guy showing me were my new hair line would be. i was still very excited thinking i was going to finally get my hair back, i was told i would have to wait till two months till my new hair would come back. at this point i thought my hair was going to be replicated and would be re-inserted into my scalp.
during this two month wait i started looking into the procedure a little more and somehow managed to find out that all i had payed for was a wig. at this point i did not know what to do my heart was in my mouth that i was paying thousands for a wig. i rang up and said i didnt want the procedure but was told all i would receive back was a few hundred pounds. so stupidly i carried on and when the day finally came for me to for my procedure.
this day was horrible i had just payed a huge amount of money for something i did not want and never would have. i was 18 at the time, which 18yr old wants to wear a wig???
well i was stuck so went along with it, had this piece placed and glued onto my head. i was even more miserable then before, i had no money and had a stupid wig on my head
as a week went by i had really bad irration on my scalp but was just told to use a brush as it was jus an itch, my scalp felt like it was burning and was really uncomfortable
so i booked myself in and went back, it was painful enough having the thing removed but seing the effects it had caused to my head was even worse. all of my scalp was full of spots and red all around, even the people working there were shocked. i was told it was the bonding solution and that another one was available but i did not want this thing back on my head as i was traumatised by it. so once again i had to have hy hair taken off and i was back to stage onE, expect this time i was broke.
after a month worth of recovery i phoned the company and they offered me a laser option which i am currently doing.
this has nearly come to the end but has not worked either.
i have missed a lot of info out but am trying to keep it breif all i can say is im 18 and some days i wake up not wanting to show my face, i cant enjoy anything in life and cant have a relationship due to lack of confidence and embaressment (i used to be told i was attractive before)
loosing my hair has effected by life very badly and going through treatments which have failed have made things worse.
i blame not having hair for a lot of misfortune in my life e.g not having a job,relationshop, financial issue and being constantly depressed and upset
i have sympathy for all of those who have had bad hair transplants but beleive me to experiance this at this age is something that breakes you down more then anything
i have posted this in the thread about pro bono offer but thought i would repost so those who do not come across it may be able to give me advice
unfortunately i started experiancing hair loss at the most earliest age 16, i was in school at the time and had someone say to me my hair was falling out, i took no notice of it and carried on with my simple happy school life.
once i reached college and turned 17 things got really bad my hair loss finally kicked in major style causing me to have to cut my hair so it would be less noticable.
loads of people told me shaving it would help so over a number of months i did this and wore a hat inside and out of the house. these days were awful it would be hot inside my college and the hat would cause irritation and be very annoying and ontop of that looking around me all i could see was young guys with amaizing hairstyle.
i carried on my life avoiding people and minimising having friends due to loss of confidence and being depressed.
i had a bold/skinhead hair cut and always wore a hat due to feeling that i looked like an alien and many other things.
this year was very bad for me, i was so depressed i failed college and had no social life, nothing seemed to be going right.
as my parents wanted me to get an education i carried on, i knew i had to do something about my hair before i rejoined my new college so started gathering the money i had saved for my car and by selling other of my personal items.
i happened to come across advance hair studio, it was the only place i checked about hair loss and phoned up and got booked in at leeds. i was very naive and handed over a deposit of £1750 for a procedure called strand by strand.
i thought i was getting my hair back in a similar way to a transplant, were each hair would be replaced how it orginally was - companys word.
on a later date i went back and i had pieces of hair from the back of my head taken and my head measured up, with the guy showing me were my new hair line would be. i was still very excited thinking i was going to finally get my hair back, i was told i would have to wait till two months till my new hair would come back. at this point i thought my hair was going to be replicated and would be re-inserted into my scalp.
during this two month wait i started looking into the procedure a little more and somehow managed to find out that all i had payed for was a wig. at this point i did not know what to do my heart was in my mouth that i was paying thousands for a wig. i rang up and said i didnt want the procedure but was told all i would receive back was a few hundred pounds. so stupidly i carried on and when the day finally came for me to for my procedure.
this day was horrible i had just payed a huge amount of money for something i did not want and never would have. i was 18 at the time, which 18yr old wants to wear a wig???
well i was stuck so went along with it, had this piece placed and glued onto my head. i was even more miserable then before, i had no money and had a stupid wig on my head
as a week went by i had really bad irration on my scalp but was just told to use a brush as it was jus an itch, my scalp felt like it was burning and was really uncomfortable
so i booked myself in and went back, it was painful enough having the thing removed but seing the effects it had caused to my head was even worse. all of my scalp was full of spots and red all around, even the people working there were shocked. i was told it was the bonding solution and that another one was available but i did not want this thing back on my head as i was traumatised by it. so once again i had to have hy hair taken off and i was back to stage onE, expect this time i was broke.
after a month worth of recovery i phoned the company and they offered me a laser option which i am currently doing.
this has nearly come to the end but has not worked either.
i have missed a lot of info out but am trying to keep it breif all i can say is im 18 and some days i wake up not wanting to show my face, i cant enjoy anything in life and cant have a relationship due to lack of confidence and embaressment (i used to be told i was attractive before)
loosing my hair has effected by life very badly and going through treatments which have failed have made things worse.
i blame not having hair for a lot of misfortune in my life e.g not having a job,relationshop, financial issue and being constantly depressed and upset
i have sympathy for all of those who have had bad hair transplants but beleive me to experiance this at this age is something that breakes you down more then anything