The affliction came to dominate my life and was all I could think about. For the best part of the following decade, I suffered regular bouts of depression as I began to accept my hair was unlikely ever to grow back. I tried every cosmetic solution available; extensions, weaves, hair pieces, top quality wigs, but nothing I wore looked right as a fringe didn't suit me and this was the only option available. I used to brush my hair back off my face or to the side, and this was the element which frustrated me most – how was I going to get used to a fringe? Besides that, wigs felt hot and uncomfortable.
Then one day, as I was searching the internet looking for answers. The before and after shots looked incredible and best of all, the hairlines were all totally exposed! After I'd had my first fitting I remember the feeling – it was as if a weight had been lifted for the first time in almost 18 years. I could wear my hair back off my face, to the side, up in a ponytail, in fact it was the nearest I could ever imagine to getting my own hair back and I have never looked back!