Willie Hendry, international hairstylist to celebrities -- like actresses Liv Tyler and Keira Knightley, supermodel Kate Moss and pop singer Victoria Beckham -- will donate his collection of professionally-styled wigs to cancer patients at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. In addition to donating the wigs, he will be on hand to individually style the wigs for cancer patients. According to the news report, Hendry decided to donate all his wigs after meeting two cancer patients. Hendry's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, so he is sensitive to how devastating chemotherapy-induced hair loss can be during the struggles to survive cancer.
"It isn't the fault of the health service, because a lot of their wigs are absolutely beautiful, but I know that there is a special wig bank that has been set up to help patients and I was very keen to donate all of the wigs I have to them. To get a real human hair wig, you have to pay around £200 and for some people that is an awful lot of money. This will allow them to have a top quality wig for practically nothing," explained Hendry.
This sounds like such a nice gift and gesture -- that he is not only donating wigs but that he will be there to professionally style the wigs for each woman.
1. Willie should be congratulated for his efforts.
Wig manufacturers should rally to support him in his campaign and help woman throughout Scotland who have lost hair as a result of treatment for Cancer.
Posted at 6:01AM on Jul 28th 2006 by Andrew