Atlanta Hairdresser Ramps Up Knowledge To Help Cancer Patients

Katja Ridderbusch

It’s a normal day for Harry Wood, a hairdresser at Van Michael Salon in Buckhead, as he casually discusses his client’s styling routine.

Nothing was normal for Susan Webster 13 years ago, when she sat in the same salon chair and told Wood, her longtime hairdresser and friend, the sad news. She had just been diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer and was about to lose her hair. The two immediately went together to pick out a wig.

A few weeks later, as she stood in front of her bathroom mirror one morning, Webster held a clump of hair in her hands.