LONDON, UK - No, not just the latest American beauty buzzword but a dramatic alternative to old fashioned, mass produced wigs that have been the only alternative to replacing lost hair, but also the brunt of jokes, for centuries.
You will not have heard of Richard Farrell unless you are one of the millions of hair loss sufferers worldwide researching hair replacement on the Internet (1.7% of the world's population has alopecia) but to his thousands of clients Richard is an award-winning innovator who has changed their lives for the better.
To the uninitiated, Farrell's unique `hair replacement systems' differ from wigs in many ways. From a template of the client's head, each system is individually hand made with the highest quality human hair which is matched to the color, density and texture of the wearer's own hair. One of their main features is a natural and undetectable hairline that can be cut into the latest, shortest styles and allows the wearer to comb the hair away from the face. The wearer sleeps, showers and surfs in the system only removing it for cleaning once a month.
One of the criticisms of hair systems that you will read most is the argument that says: when you wear a hair system, you are just changing one concern about going bald with another concern - being spotted wearing hair. This is certainly true of other companies out there, but you won't hear that from Farrell clients. They know first hand that Farrell hair replacement systems blend art and technology to create the very best nonsurgical and undetectable hair restoration in the world. The techniques incorporated into Farrell hair systems are very labor intensive, and exclusively Farrell.
In this solution-led age with people spending more time and money on grooming, hair loss was, until recently, still an insurmountable problem. Richard saw this whilst working as a top stylist in LA and after years of searching for the perfect lace bases, different types of real hair and artisans to create the pieces, he now offers the perfect solution to a cross section of clients including many in the fashion, business and entertainment communities.
However, for the first time, European hair loss sufferers will no longer have to travel to one of his US salons. Farrell has formed a partnership and will be creating systems for men and women, young and old at their London clinic.