Grace Shaw was just five-years-old when an horrific accident left her with life-changing burns.
Grace was playing in the kitchen with her younger sister at the time when she fell and pulled the boiling hot contents of a deep fat fryer all over her head.
She was left with burns on 38% of her body and almost died when she went into shock from the unrelenting pain.
Warning: Distressing images below
It was the fast acting action from her parents, mum Toni Grundy-Jones and dad Gary Shaw, along with the amazing care and medical intervention from the Royal Glamorgan Hospital's A&E department, that saved Grace's life.
Mum Toni believes that if it wasn't for the help of the department, Grace wouldn't be here now.
Grace, now 10-years-old, lost most of her hair in the accident, and while mum Toni said she has remained confident and joyful since, over the past few months she noticed a change in her daughter as she approaches her teenage years.
"About seven months or so, she has started to become more self conscious,"
"There was a time where she preferred to not wear a wig. She would put it on and it would be off in five minutes.
"But when we walk around Tesco or any shopping centres her hood comes up. Even in class her teacher said I have seen a massive change in her, wanting to sit at the back of the class. She has had quite a bit of name calling."
After reading about Grace's story on WalesOnline, the salon owner at Bonds and Co in Tonypandy reached out to Toni and asked if there was anything they could do to help.
The salon specialises in hair loss treatments, and after a first consultation they reached out to Hailey Murtagh from CRLab, which is based in Liverpool, to see if she could help Grace.
"We as a company decided we don't want children or their parents to carry the burden of this cost," said Hailey.
Now the company are fundraising to ensure they can give more children the gift, which costs roughly £5,000-£6,000, if you would like to make a donation please donate here.
Hailey has a number of centres all over the UK and she specialises in a hair restoration system that uses 3D printing technology, custom prosthetic, clinical precision and handcrafted materials to make real human hair pieces.
She decided to gift the hairpiece to Grace for free, as she believes children who have suffered hair loss and their parents should not have to burden the cost of the life-changing happiness it brings.
After roughly three months of waiting, Grace finally had her hair piece fitted on Saturday, and her response to it was incredible.
In the touching moment where Hailey flung back Grace's hair off her face, the now 10-year-old's eyes lit up and everyone in the salon couldn't help but cry.
"It was really emotional, her eyes just boomed. To see her now, with her hair like her own hair, its incredible," said mum Toni.
In the videos, Grace can be heard saying: "I told you not to put all that makeup on because you would end up crying."
"She didn't sleep the night before, she was super excited. She was a bit nervous going in, she didn't know what she was expecting but she didn't stop talking when we were in there. It is like she just grew up.
"Her confidence grew straight away. She is so vain already," Toni joked.
Talking about her new hair, Grace said: "I felt really happy and excited because normally in school I would sit at the back of the class because otherwise I thought everyone would be staring at me, so I would put my hood up.
"It makes a big difference to my life because normally when we would go out somewhere I would just put my hood up or I would just try and look down and ignore everyone because I would be stared at and it is quite uncomfortable.
"It was quite emotional because normally I would look in the mirror and I would see a tiny bit of hair but when I looked in the mirror it was very emotional because I actually had hair.
"My mum's reaction was very emotional, she cried, my nan cried, almost everyone in the shop cried.
"My friends thought it was amazing and in class they couldn't stop touching my hair and they asked if they could play with it and all of my teachers said it was amazing and I looked beautiful."
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"She hasn't took her face out of a mirror or camera, she looked in every car mirror on the way to school. She said 'all the boys are going to have a crush on me now'," added Toni.
The hairpiece acts as a second scalp and is made of a bio-medical polymer base. This means that it does not irritate the scalp like a wig could and can be glued onto damage skin.
The hairpiece should last for anything from 18 months to two years, due to Grace's age she will need a new one, but for now she can wear it swimming and it can be styled and washed like normal hair.
