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Sheds Hairdressing on Guildhall Street will be offering training to other salons to educate them on how to provide a replacement hair service. 

The Douglas Barr Replacement Hair Academy will also be working with Northern Ireland’s Hairdressers of the Year, Bridgeen King in Castlewellan. 

Sheds owner Dougie Barr said: “We had quite a high profile when the Press ran several stories regarding the NHS taking away Sheds Hairdressing’s wig service because of accessibility to our first floor.

"The ruling was overturned and the service was resumed and since we have been busier than ever. 

“Four years on, we are now established as a salon that provides a good service for clients needing replacement hair. 

“You are really helping people when they can often be in a bad place, so both academies will be schools of learning to overcome that ‘fear factor’.”

Dougie added: “It’s equally important that we educate stylists to deliver caring, sensitive and understanding consultations to clients when they are at their most vulnerable and need a trusted stylist to make them indistinguishable from any other client when they are leaving the salon with their new hair. 

“Seminars can be one-to-one or group education and can be tailored to individual needs. 

“Having a stylist in your team that has been through the academy can make a difference to someone’s life and enhance the feel-good profile of your salon.”