INTERVIEWS

While doing our project, we went to a few hair center and interviewed the hair specialist there.We learned a great deal of experienced there from Miss Leonica Kei who just got a degree in tricologist and Mr. Ang Siew Hong who had set up the center for about 10 years already.Mr. Ang center is at Chinatown called Emelda while Miss Leonica owns a newly set up center named Phillip kingsley at Takashimaya.These are some of the question we ask the specialists. All these questions have help us a lot in our project.

QUESTIONSHow long have you set up the center ?                 

Ang : 27 years .

Leonica : 2 years .

What makes you set up the centre ?

Ang : Just to make a living loh !

Leonica : There is a great demand in people going for hair treatment so I thought it would be good business to set up to help people with hair problem.

Who are the ones usually coming for treatment ?

Ang : Middle age group .

Leonica : Those younger people . For races – 60% is Chinese , 20% is Caucasian , 15% is Indian and 5% is Malay.

What are their ages ?

Ang : Mostly are those that are between 30+ to 40+ . There are also people that are 10+ , 20+ and 50+.

Leonica : 80% of the patients are above 30 years old , 10% are between 20 to 30 years old and 10% are children.

What are the usually causes of hairloss for your patients ?

Ang : Stress , drink excessive alcohol , eat wrong medicine , imbalance of hormones and too much exposure to sunlight .

Leonica : Lifestyle like their diet – crash diet , not eating breakfast and eating too much salty food .

What kind of treatment do you offer ?

Ang : Herbal treatment – this treatment is for normal hairloss .

Leonica : Cleaning and massaging the scalp . I’m not using any herbs .\

How long does each treatment last ?

Ang : Each treatment lasts for 2 h . For normal hairloss , the whole procedure lasts for 2 to 3 months , for severe cases , it can last for 1 year .

Leonica : Normally is between 3 to 6 months .

How often must a patient come back for treatment ?

Ang : Normally is 3 days / week .

Leonica : Depends .

Do the treatment usually work ?

Ang : Some cases are totally incurable but most of the cases worked . Sometimes some cases only some parts of the scalp can grow back hair .

Leonica : Yes , 90% worked .

How much do these treatments cost ?

Ang : $ 200 - $ 300 .

Leonica : $ 80 per session .

What is your advice to prevent hairloss ?

Ang : Don’t get stress up , don’t drink too much alcohol , use shampoo and conditioner suitable for your hair like for shampoo – 4 to 5.5pH and for conditioner – 3 to 4 pH and eat less salty food and etc.

Leonica : Eat healthily and vitamin supplement .

What are the reasons that cause hair to grow back ?

Mr. X of a stall holder in our school is doing this interview

What is your age ?

X : I’m 62 years old .

Since when do you start loosing hair ?

X : When I was around 50 + .

What do you spent most of your lifetime working as ?

X : A construction worker .

Do you often feel stress ?

X : Yes of course !

Do you smoke or drink ?

X : Nope .

Do you like to eat salty food ?

X : Nope .

Do you often eat outside ?

X : Yes , nearly everyday .

Is your hairloss hereditary ?

X : Nope .

What kind of treatment are you having ?

X : I’m not having any treatment as I am not interested in my look now.

How do you feel when your hair starts losing ?

      X : I felt embarrassed at first of course. I had a head of beautiful hair before I started loosing hair and when I found that my hair starts dropping more and more , I got worried and was ashamed to let others see my hair . Later after a few months , I got over it and starts to live back my normal life .