Pick Me Up!

Lovely locks

Running the comb through my little girl’s hair, I was being extra gentle.

‘You OK?’ I asked Shilah, now 10.

‘Yes, Mummy,’ she replied, staying super still.

Unfortunately, when my husband Mike, 45, or I take a comb to her head, we have to be so careful.

With Uncombable Hair Syndrome, she has extra fine tresses which break easily, and

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