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A hairdresser's powerful post about cutting the hair of a teenage girl with depression is going viral
Kayley Olsson / Facebook Kayley Olsson / Facebook / Facebook
KAYLEY OLSSON IS a hairdresser based in Waterloo, Iowa.
Last week Olsson went above and beyond for a 16-year-old girl suffering from depression. “I had a 16 year girl come in with who has been dealing with severe depression for a few years now,” she wrote on Facebook.
As a result of her debilitating illness, the girl’s hair was severely knotted and matted.
Kayley Olsson / Facebok Kayley Olsson / Facebok / Facebok
She asked Olsson to “cut it all off” because she couldn’t “deal with the pain of combing it out”.
Olsson, however, was adamant that she wanted to keep the girl’s hair and set about untangling it. After two days, they restored the teenager’s hair to its former glory, much to her delight.
Kayley Olsson / Facebok Kayley Olsson / Facebok / Facebok
Olsson posted the photos on Facebook and urged parents to keep a keen eye on their children’s mental health.
The post has been liked on Facebook over 196,000 times and received nearly 76,000 shares with many praising Olsson for displaying compassion and empathy towards the teenager.
As for the girl in question? She thanked Olsson for making her feel like herself again.
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