Sporting synthetic hair of her own, Wiggin Out shop owner Malissia Fuette announced Friday that shaving her head helped her understand customer’s medical dependency on wigs.
“A lady said I didn’t know what it was like to wear wigs because I had to,” said Fuette, “Now I know.”
Some eighty percent of customers of Wiggin Out-Hair Salon are undergoing some type of treatment.
Linda McBride, a cancer patient enduring chemotherapy since June of this year, is becoming a regular of the shop. McBride demonstrated a powerful and positive strength, despite her condition, while browsing through the wigs. When asked about her fight with cancer she said, “It is everyone’s fear and it will hit so many people.” “I’ll never complain about having to do my hair again.”
“There are a lot of regulars,” said Fuette. Among those negatively affected by chemotherapy, the shop also accommodates customers with alopecia, a condition causing rapid hair loss, and trichotillomania.
Trichotillomania is described as a rare hair-pulling disorder.
Walking into the shop, you don’t expect to encounter many horrific stories, but Fuette hopes to shed light to those suffering. “I’m a big empathy person,” Fuette said, “No one goes into cancer with money.” “I want to do service to the people that need it.”
Fuette keeps the prices of the monocrylic hair pieces reasonably low, with a wig at an average cost of $150-200.
Wiggin Out-Hair Salon has been open in Logan for three years, Fuette taking over ownership in July.
“People don’t have to feel segregated to society,” said Fuette, of medical-induced hair-loss. “I don’t know if wearing a wig is vanity as much as it is self-esteem.”
1 comment:
I really like the angle you took on this story with the medical reasons for hair loss, and the self-esteem part. Maybe if you interviewed one of her customers it would add some more perspective. Good first quote. Maybe you could also talk about the wigs..what they are made of, if there are crazy ones.
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