Julien

“Because I was afraid of being taunted, I have always worn my hair long to cover up my difference (agenesia). But that didn’t prevent me from having complexes (lack of self-confidence, embarrassment, timidity etc.).

At the age of 20, I finally decided to follow my surgeon’s advice and to have an operation and have a prosthesis fitted.

Everything changed for me when I got my prosthesis. I had my hair cut very, very short. My self-confidence grew and I accepted my difference to such a degree that after unfortunately losing my prosthesis, I went for 16 months without wearing anything or trying to camouflage it with a dressing and I didn’t feel different in any way.

I can even joke about it and if I can’t hear something properly, I don’t hesitate to cock my prosthesis in the speaker’s direction!

Obviously people still stare at me if I’m not wearing my prosthesis, but it does not bother me anymore.”