Designing Confidence:
Women’s Hair Solutions athy Pope is a selfdescribed “lifer” from Dunmore. She attended Dunmore High School and continues to live in Dunmore with her husband to whom she has been married for 41 years.
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Kathy began doing hair when she was 17 years old. She continued to educate herself in the field as she worked as a hairdresser. For the past 40 years, she has been in business for herself at Kathy Pope’s Hair Fashions. Her business changed about 20 years ago or so when she decided to advertise. She found that a lot of the new clients that came in were women with problem hair, so she began researching what she could
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do to help them. With limited options available at that time, she made a connection with another woman in her field from Chicago who proved to be a helpful resource for problem hair solutions. Kathy found that as she looked to find other solutions for women with problem hair, the venture “blossomed into helping women with hair loss.” Pope traveled to conferences each year to learn more, and she’s helped everyone with her skills, from women with alopecia to cancer patients. Kathy Pope’s Hair Fashions now offers custom wigs, hair pieces, and extensions in addition to Laser Hair Therapy. “I learned that there are many different kinds of wigs and all wigs are not made the same. There are many different fibers and caps to HappeningsPA.com
choose from. Some wigs are more comfortable and more natural looking than others. Private consultations can be
Favorite Quote: Self esteem is priceless! Chemotherapy is the most common treatment that can cause hair loss. The degree of hair loss depends on how the treatment goes. Many lose their hair entirely. Others have hair thinning or shortening. Some don't lose it at all. 47 percent of breast cancer patients say hair loss is the most traumatic part of treatment.
scheduled to meet with Kathy to go over the right look. She says that there are often hugs and smiles and sometimes joyful tears. “Helping women, seeing smiles on their faces when they walk out, knowing I made them feel happy is the most rewarding part of my work.” Kathypopeshairfashions. com H
October 2019