I have been providing quality hair replacement for over 50 years. My father was a barber and I have been cutting hair since I was 12 years old. During my twenties I won multiple hair replacement awards including 2 world 5 national and 7 state championships. With my new found fame I traveled around the United States, Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas teaching others my hair cutting secrets. At that point I discovered how little people actually know about hair cutting and styling. Let me tell you, life on the road can be hard. I was married at the time and with me gone constantly my wife was not pleased.
At the same time I worked with barbers from all over Europe including France, Germany, Poland, London, and Italy. The name of the salon was the Continental Barber Salon which was famous in Chicago. With time I became the top men in the shop. I was doing so well that people started calling me at work from all over United States to have me come teach their employees how to cut hair. People wanted to reach me personally. Fed up with all the calls, my boss gave me an ultimatum “either they stop calling when you are working or you can’t work there anymore”. David Hansen opened his first shop in 1965 by the corner of Chicago and Michigan Avenue. That is when he started creating hair pieces.
Now after 50 years I am till in the same business I fell in love with at 12 years old. During this time I perfected my technique and got industry insight. I can truthfully say that I do not know anyone better and who knows more about hair pieces and hair replacement than me.
During spring 2011 I was diagnosed with throat cancer. I am usually the person who makes hairpieces for cancer patience, now i was on the other side. It was devastating. For someone who devoted his life to hair there can't be anything worse than loosing your own hair. I now found out how the customers I have served over the years felt. I decided to make myself the best full scull prosthesis possible. It was a hard journey during the past few months. Day after day I spend in the hospital undergoing both radiation and chemo therapy. I couldn't eat or drink. I felt myself wasting away but I never lost hope and the will to live. Now after my treatments are over and thanks to the feeding tube that was placed in my stomach I am starting to get my strength back. I am now devoted to help other cancer patients the best way I can and that is to provide them with hair pieces and help them get insurance coverage for it.
I hope my story encourage people to keep going, there is a light at the end of the tunnel!
David Hansen
www.davidhansen.com
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