Planet Berlin: Good hair every day
Eritrean Melion Abraha provides thankful clients with a new head of hair at Cocoon Hairshop in Schöneberg.
The real thing
At the age of 14, Melion Abraha fled the civil war in his homeland and ended up in Berlin, where he has lived for 28 years. In the 1990s, he opened his first hair shop, selling wigs made from real hair that now adorn hundreds of model heads in his two stores. He currently has nine employees and has founded his own real hair brand.
Good reasons
Clients demand wigs for diverse reasons: thinning hair; during cancer therapy; dissatisfaction with hair; or even impatience that one's hair hasn't reached the desired length. Melion Abraha has solutions for every need at the Cocoon Hairshop, which has around 300 different wigs on display.
Total care
Cocoon Hairshop not only specializes in wigs, but also in care products for every hair type. Skin creams, soaps, human hair extensions, heat tongs and eyelashes are also part of the extensive range. Those who can't make it to the stores in person can shop online via the Cocoon Hairshop website.
Building an empire
Near his store in Schöneberg's Hauptstrasse, Melion Abraha opened a second location on Potsdamerstrasse. In the hair emporiums, the founder and his employees not only sell everything related to hair such as the accessories pictured, but also offer an all-round service — including hair extensions that are directly fitted to customers on site.