Beauty professionals can sometimes work miracles, especially when it comes to bringing out the full potential of someone with low self-confidence. Last year, a homeless man was left speechless after an extreme makeover that revealed the dandy in him. Today, it is a depressed teenager who had the chance to cross paths (and the expert hands) of Kayley Olsson, a hairdresser from Waterloo in the American state of Iowa. In a Facebook post, the young woman explains how touched she was by meeting a young girl whose fragile mental health has long prevented her from taking care of herself. “A 16-year-old girl walked through the living room door today. She had been suffering from severe depression for a few years now. She got to a point where she felt so bad and so useless that she stopped brushing her hair, she told me she only got up to use the toilet “, can we read.
And indeed, the completely tangled hair of the teenager did not bode well… But that was without counting on the unfailing determination of the professional. "She immediately told us 'Cut everything off, I can't take the pain anymore when I try to comb them'[…] It broke my heart, and we did everything in our power to keep this child's hair “, continues Kayley Olsson. And it was after 12 hours of patience (8 hours the first day and 5 hours the second) that the team managed to give the client a smile:no more knots and uneven lengths, the teenager found her hair thick and even styled with some curls. After smiling several times and confessing to regaining some confidence, she reportedly said, "I'm going to smile in the school pictures today, you guys make me feel like myself again> “, always according to the words of the hairdresser. The latter also took the opportunity to raise awareness among her contacts about mental health disorders:“ They are real and affect people all over the world and of all ages! Dear parents, realize this and do not expect your children to recover from things they cannot overcome. A child should never have to feel so useless that they don't bother combing their hair ". It is said ! Here's a nice lesson...
