VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Cancer takes so much from people — physically and emotionally. But patients at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital are making appointments for something beyond medical care: they're visiting volunteers who offer hope and healing in an unexpected place.

The "Unique Boutique," as it's called, sits just past the gift shop in the hospital lobby.

Volunteers say the workshop of wigs feels more like your best friend's closet than a medical facility, and that's exactly the point.

"I tell them, don't hold back, we can be here all day," said Kristy Kain, a member of the Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Auxiliary, who first discovered the boutique when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Kain had struggled to find well-made wigs she could try on before her treat

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