Today I got a real haircut! A haircut with my own hair. I went into the hair salon to pick up my mum, and when I did, my former hairdresser offered to just trim up my hair and blend it for me! I was so excited. As I sat in the chair, I couldn’t help but think, wow, this is my first hair cut on my hair since last July. Besides, shaving my head of course. It was so wonderful! And as the trimmed hair from the scissors fell to the floor, I smiled at the fact that I had enough hair to even style, and make a bit of a mess on the floor around the chair I was in. And that was when I knew I am going to beat this. Alopecia, will always be a part of me, but it is not and never will be, me. And I love my hair, but I love myself and who I am way more. Also, the other day I went to Toronto to film a movie for Continental Hair about alopecia, and their wigs and how they have helped me. I loved the experience, I felt like a star! I got to try on 4 different wigs, and for the majority of the film I am wearing a red wig. I looked like a Jetson! And if I had had my glasses with me, I would have looked like that red haired girl from Scooby Doo. I actually teared up while they were filming, because Michael asked me what my first experience was like coming to Continental Hair. And I said, “I walked into the salon with my Mum and my brother, and Michael immediately brought us to a private room where he pulled out a photo album. In the photo album there were pictures of people just like me, who had come to Continental Hair to get wigs. And, those people were smiling. I immediately knew I was in the right hands. I showed them pictures of me before the hairloss happened, and they put me at ease by saying they could find the right hair that would match what I had had. And it only took one day to get my wig.” This is the part where I cried a little. I continued to say, “What these people do at Continental is beautiful. They give back our privacy, they make us feel comfortable, a feeling that is a luxury when you are going through such a public and visible change.” Or something along those lines. They had to stop the filming, so I could wipe my eyes, and then we continued. At the end of the shoot, I got to do my “Pantene Moment”. I flipped my hair around (the wig), and smiled, and was just like one of those girls in the hair commercials. Overall, it was such a great moment, to be so confident in front of a camera. I will post the video on my blog as soon as I get a hold of it! Sorry it has been so long since my last entry. I have been a busy bee.
