Woman spends £5,500 on two hair transplants to look like her identical twin
A woman desperate to have the exact same hairline as her twin sister has spent more than £5,500 on hair transplants.
Rebecca Chadwick first noticed the difference when she was 18 and decided to undergo her first procedure in January 2016 to "round off" her hairline, followed by a second procedure in March 2022 to give her a properly formed widow's peak. Rebecca, 29, from Derby said: "There was something about my face I was struggling with."
She went on: "I have an identical twin sister and her line is so symmetrical, but mine looked like it hadn't formed properly. From the research I did, I found that UK clinics made it look more natural. It was a lot to research as they're much more common for men. I would like one more hair transplant because you can't get the fullness.
"I'm not trying to look like my sister, but she's the reflection of me. Over the years it has amounted to quite a bit of money, but now when I look back at photos from when I was younger I can tell I wasn't confident. Now I am, and I attribute that to spending money on my looks."
She added: ''My sister was the same as everyone else at first, and thought it was so minor. But now when I show her my before and after photos, she gets the importance of it." After noticing her receding hairline during her early teens after noticing a difference between herself and her sister, Rebecca started to ''seriously'' look into hair transplant and decided against options abroad.
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The consultant, from Derby, eventually settled on a clinic in Lenton, Nottingham for her surgery. Rebecca sent in photos of her hairline before booking in for a consultation December 2015. "The first one I paid upfront with savings, and the second one I did on finance and paid for on a monthly basis," she explained.
Rebecca just before her hair transplant operation (No credit)
She wanted hair like her twin (No credit)"I'm still paying for it now, I've got two years of payments left. A good surgeon will always tell you the risks, but the main complications were a risk of infection or the body could reject your own hairs, and it doesn't take or grow, but that's very rare. "We talked about my expectations and whether they were realistic. Then, if I was happy to proceed I could book in with a consultant for the procedure."
Rebecca added: "I went on my own just in a taxi there and back both times as it's a less serious procedure. I was ready for it to be done after my research. 'My first procedure was just two hours. With men who are balding on top, they take it from the back of their head, but with women they just take a line from the middle of the head at the back so they don't have to shave the donor area.
"You're not allowed to wash your hair for a few days after because it needs to heal, and around 10 days after the hair will fall out before slowly growing back. When the hair started to grow out after the first one, I did think 'why does this side of my face still not look symmetrical?'
Rebecca after her hair transplant (No credit)
She likes her new look (No credit)"That's when I realised my widow's peak was not formed properly, and needed some filling in. I've just started to notice how fuller and thicker it looks," she said. "You can tell if you've had it done because the hair is thicker at the back rather than the front."
Rebecca, who has been sharing her hair transplant journey on TikTok, said: "Some people react to it and say, 'you don't need it', or, 'there are a lot of other ways you could spend your money'. When I tell them, 'actually I've had one done', they're genuinely inquisitive about it all."
She encourages other women considering a hair transplant to go for it, saying: "If you've done enough research and don't just go for the cheapest option, you can try out different options too on a budget. My confidence has definitely improved, it's enabled me to go for jobs I wouldn't have done in the past. Since I've approved upon my looks, I've found the confidence to be more assertive and stand up for myself too."
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