I thought the loss of the chest would be worse, but it was worse to lose her hair

The hair loss that chemotherapy brings with you, rains a lot of women. None of her hair is yet a crown of beauty to which she can not engage, and losing her means forcing her own psyche and sending a signal to the surroundings in which she lives.

"When I had my hair I was a conscious woman but now I am suffering and I am embarrassed to look at my son and my fiancee," said Mirka, a member of the Missing Slovakia Project,

Thanks to him, many hair donors have participated in the production of wigs that have made dozens of women back to life and even Mirke has helped her hair with good hair. "

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About 250 to 300 grams of human hair are eaten to produce a wig, about three to four.

The production process can take two to three weeks. It penetrates the hair on your hair, so it's a precision job. That's why a wig of a real hair is quite expensive – it can cost around 1500 to 2000.

Only a few oncological patients could afford such "help", but thanks to the project, Chop from Slovakia, "At the time of the Chop of Slovakia project, we received many phone calls from healthy women asking what they could do to help women who had their hair. We were unhappy not to know what we thought for a long time and when we found the few people we could cooperate with, "says Eva Kováčová, General Manager of the League Against Cancer, who started the project in collaboration with Zdenka Vrbová Hair Studio [19659003] "Every woman who puts on her hair feels very strong, our psychologists give us their opinion, which means recovering the crown of beauty, so we are very happy to see that this project exists. There is still a lot of people who realize that such a form of assistance is needed, adds Kováčová

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Hair loss is a shock

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Among the women who lost their hair them and needed to use a wig, Mrs. Marcel belongs. After breast cancer treatment, she had persistent negative consequences of chemotherapy and did not regain normal hair growth. As part of the ligation project against cancer, she asked for a custom wig

"Of course, doctors tell people to go out and get a wig that will be hairless for three weeks, but it was a The business wigs are trying to adapt, but it's never that, "she says, acknowledging that it was hard to accept the condition when she did not did not grow his hair

"When I went to a hairdresser 's wife, I was a little worried, because the other is to go to the dresser for the dresses and others to set up the wig, "she said." But he has opened my imaginary doors to return to my old world without complex and underestimation. "

She had to get used to Gabika's hair loss. "I thought that the loss of the chest would be worse, but it was worse to lose her hair.I tried to prepare it one way or another, but that did not can not be done at all, "she says.

When her hair started to fall, she circulated all the neighborhood scrolls, but the wigs were big. Once she was d & # 39; mood to stay hairless, his friends had been enrolled in the Chop of Slovakia project. "I went with new hair to Miss Hairdresser Gizka and I still remember that as one of the most beautiful moments of my life, "describes Gabika.

In practice, patients suffering from hair loss are traumatized, Andrea Krizanova, psychologist of the League Against Cancer, also meets:" They feel anxiety, fear, they have depressive moods if their hair starts to fall in. From a psychological point of view, I consider pos It is important that patients also have an interest in treatment during treatment, and help them mentally. "

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. "I have recently struggled to convince the patient incredible progress.The first reaction was – but I will lose Well, some will come by the hand, the leg, the chest, the important organs. "

One of the solutions is just the wigs and their production requires not only good quality donors, unhardened hairs and long, but also financial support.

July 11 to September 18 Campaigns may involve not only brave donors and hair donors, but also anyone who buys a single Pantene product in the 101 Drogerie network. Both brands were involved in the project in the same way that 50% of each purchase given to the wig production for cancer patients

Last year, they managed to collect 8635 euros for the wig.