“I just felt there was something wrong with me at that point,” she said.
“The stigma that I faced over a long period – it does traumatise you.”
A range of appropriately textured wigs were not available when Ms Cameron needed them after cancer treatment.
But changes to the NHS Wales contract now mean wig suppliers must offer a wider range for different ethnic communities.
This prompted Ms Cameron, a hairdresser and wig maker from Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, to bid for one of the NHS Wales contracts herself, meaning she now ensures cancer patients have the choice she did not.