Stylist Spends 13 Hours With Depressed Teen, Repairing Her Matted Hair For School Photos

Depression can manifest itself in a multitude of ways – and for this 16-year-old high schooler, it was demonstrated in how she could not even bring herself to brush her hair.

So with her school photos due around the corner, the teen approached Kayley Olsson, a young hairdresser from Waterloo, Iowa, and asked if she could shave off all of her matted, tangled hair.

“She got to the point where she felt so down and so worthless, she couldn’t even brush her hair, she told me she only got up to use the restroom,” wrote Olsson. “When she walked in, she told us just cut it all off, I can’t deal with the pain of combing it out, she called herself worthless for it.

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“It honestly broke my heart and we tried everything we could to keep this child’s hair for her!”

Olsson spent thirteen collective hours combing, cutting, and repairing the youth’s hair. Then, by the end of the session, the teen had an incredibly glamorous head of shining locks.

“At the end of the day I want this to be a lesson to people. MENTAL HEALTH is a thing, it affects people all around the world and of all ages! PARENTS take it serious, don’t just push your kids off and tell them to get over something they legitimately can’t. A CHILD should NEVER feel so worthless to not even want to brush their hair.”

“Her last words to me [were]: ‘I will actually smile for my school’s pictures today, you made me feel like me again’.”

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