It Wasn’t Easy
Not only was this a difficult task for the two hairdressers, but the girl also had to sit through 13 whole hours of having her hair pulled and combed. Olsson and Wegner did their best to distract her while they detangled.
“It took a lot of encouraging words, reassurance, and just plain conversation to take her mind off of the pain involved in removing the matting and to boost her self esteem and confidence,” Olsson told BBC News. They worked and worked until they finally decided that they had done everything they could.