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Hairdresser with one arm in Ho Chi Minh City<\/h2>\n
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If a good voice is a singer’s lifeline and strong legs differentiate a dancer from the rest, hands are a vital part of a hairdresser’s career. Since hairdressing normally requires good styling techniques by a pair of steady and deft hands, working on your customers’ hair with only one hand is unimaginable for many.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But not for Le Thi Kim Tram<\/strong>, a 42-year-old hairdresser in Saigon who lost her left arm in a traffic accident, according to <\/span>Tuoi Tre<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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She continued pursuing her dreams against all odds<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nTram using a trimmer to trim her customer\u2019s hair with her right hand<\/em>
\nImage credit: <\/span>Tuoi Tre<\/a><\/span><\/em>
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\nAfter a traffic accident that turned her life upside down led to her losing her left arm, Tram faced another emotional breakdown as her husband with whom she shared 2 kids abandoned her. Despite this, Tram quickly picked herself up and returned to work after only 1 month since her discharge from the hospital.\u00a0<\/span>
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Coming from a family whose love for hairdressing spans 3 generations, Tram was determined to continue pursuing her career as a hairdresser. The life of any hairdresser or barber is hard, and for a hairdresser with only one hand, doubly so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nTram cleaning a customer\u2019s earlobe<\/em>
\nImage credit: <\/span>Tuoi Tre<\/a><\/span><\/em>
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\nSo Tram had to find new ways to do hairdressing, such as how to hold both a comb and a pair of scissors at the same time.\u00a0<\/span>
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“Hair trimming used to take up only 5 minutes of my time in the past, but after the accident, this simple task took me up to an hour,” Tram said to Tuoi Tre<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She spent countless hours practising simple hairdressing techniques with only one hand until she mastered them and gained enough confidence to reopen her hair salon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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She impressed customers with her hairdressing skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\"hairdresserImage credit: Tuoi Tre<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In Tram\u2019s hair salon, you\u2019ll find a broad range of common hairdressing and facial services commonly found in many other hair salons. From hair trimming to shampooing to ear cleaning, Tram can provide these services smoothly. Her hairdressing skills impress many customers, including those who were cynical at first.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nguyen Van Tri, a customer working in an office building nearby, told <\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/a><\/em> he had once been reluctant to let her work on his hair. He had previously had hairdressers working with both hands messing up his hair due to a lack of skills, and wasn\u2019t confident with the skills of a hairdresser with only one hand. However, he was proven wrong by Tram.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“I was very satisfied with my first haircut here, it looked very nice. That’s why I keep coming back to her salon,” he told <\/span>Reuters<\/em>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tram has overcome tremendous obstacles to have a normal life again, but she still dreams of having a robotic arm in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

“As long as you practice hard enough, you can do anything with just one hand. But if you have two hands, you can do so much better,” Tram explained to Reuters<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Saigon hairdresser continued working with just one hand<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Resilient and independent, Tram has set a shining example of what you can achieve if you refuse to give up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Surviving an accident that cost her an arm and a divorce right after that, Tram could have succumbed to her circumstances and given up on her life, but she didn’t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, she fearlessly adjusted to her new life, relearned everything from scratch, and pushed past anything that held her back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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