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For many women and girls in Africa, getting their hair is a done is an essential ritual to feel and look good. Many find the hair salon to be one of the few places where they have time for themselves, to chat, laugh, to share good news and sorrows.

But what if seeing your stylist was about something much more than getting your hair done鈥� what if that relationship could help to save your life?

In today鈥檚 Africa Daily Alan Kasujja has been speaking to Marie-Alix de Putter, the founder of the 鈥楬eal by Hair鈥� initiative. She explains why she believes that hairdressers have the under valued skills that could help African women with their mental health challenges and how her hair stylist helped her at the worst moment of her life.