I cried all day and then for several days after that...

It was supposed to be a quick shower and shampoo that ended up being one of my worst nightmares...

Hair - for a woman, hair is an intrinsic part of her identity. Her feeling of self-worth and confidence. When your hair is great, you can feel on top of the world. It's a known fact, so much so there is a hair brand called GHD!

Back to that dark day...

Undid my braids, stepped into the shower...nothing seemed untoward. Shampooed and then applied the conditioner and gently started to comb out my curls as I had done a million times before. But this time was to be different. My hair had locked. Don't ask me how... I do not know. What I know is that my hair was coming out in huge clumps. No matter how delicately I tried to detangle, to smooth out the curls, they just kept falling and falling.

I stepped out of the shower over 1 hour later to observe the wet pile of soapy hair left in the tub. It was like carnage. A deep sickening feeling formed in my stomach. I wept.

For most of us our hair will grow back...in time. For some of us, hair loss cannot be reversed. But for all of us the process of loss is a trauma that dents your confidence and causes emotional pain.

I love wigs, but I love my hair more!

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