Hi.
Was speaking to a Macmillan advisor regarding the lack of support for ethnic minorities when receiving wigs and prostheses on the NHS.
The wig supplier through the NHS service are all European hair wigs. If I wanted something that was braided or afro caribbean style, I would have to use an external supplier and pay for it.
I don't think this is acceptable in 2022. I look at the people who are wearing wigs in my clinic and you know it's a shiny wig. (This is on a European person as well)
In the end I bought my own which wasn't 100s of pounds like the NHS ones. This is the first thing I was told by my clinic nurse that it costs a lot of money. It's a wig, not a hair transplant.
The same issue with breast prosthesis, especially if you're larger than the average BC cups. There is much choice and all there was to have, was a heavy pink prosthesis.
Has anyone else had this problem.
I feel that these areas don't matter if it's not happening to you and that's why there's no proper research or consideration gone into it.
