Cancer patients often experience hair loss due to treatment of radiation or chemotherapy. Needless to say, the feeling of going “bald” brings trauma as well as anxiety in the lives of patients, making them more helpless. Very few cancer sufferers remain in this condition to opt for cancer wigs as they are extremely expensive. National Grand Design Award, Rodolfo Valentin understands the psychological effects of hair loss and took initiative to do something valuable as well as meaningful for such patients.
He has personally experienced that how much traumatic it is for cancer patients to go bald due to their treatments. His mother, Sofia was breast cancer patient and died at the age of 45 years due to this awful disease. He was shattered when he saw that baldness and physical mutilation had made his mother more depressed, frustrated and ill. This particular incident has changed his heart and led to an invention of first customized hair wig made by him for his loving mother. In other words, it can be said that his mother’s illness inspired him to create cancer wig and other prosthetic hairpieces. And not wrong to say, his wig has helped her mother immensely to get well along with her disease. That particular moment Rodolfo realized the wonder done by the wig on a cancer patient.
“Sofia’s for health” is a charitable foundation funded and started by Rodolfo Valentin in his mother’s honour. The foundation aims at creating awareness about his customized cancer wigs among cancer patients. The unanimous motive of the foundation is to help cancer patients so that curtain of sorrows can be lifted from their lives for some time period. Till date, he has improved the quality of life of several cancer patients by distributing customized wigs at a free of cost. And he is determined to continue with his philanthropic service in future also.
The personal service offered by him has been making invaluable contribution in the lives of thousands of sufferers. Anyone ranging from family members, friends or medical caretakers have privilege to nominate any cancer patient who has gone through hair loss.
His vast knowledge and experience act as an input in designing customized wigs for the patients. He notifies that distribution of cancer wigs to sufferers gives him immense satisfaction. Moreover, he feels grateful to get an opportunity to help myriad sufferers with his caring yet professional hair services.
Myriad hair services offered by him is an outcome of application of distinguished hair knowledge in the most required manner. It would not wrong to say that he was pioneer in introducing hair prosthesis technique in the world. And regarding him a leading player of hair industry would definitely not counted as an exaggerated statement.
Of late, he is recognized for offering quality wigs and hair pieces made from hypoallergenic materials but for those males and females as well who are suffering from baldness, alopecia, thinning hair and other hair problems. Other expert solutions offered by him are hair cutting hair coloring, bridal makeup services both for males and females, spa services and many more.
