Hairdresser Trevor Sorbie has said his work was like medicine (Myung Jung Kim/PA) Celebrity hairdresser Trevor Sorbie has said he continued to work through his terminal cancer treatment as it was his “medicine”. The 75-year-old, who gained fame with the creation of the wedge cut, has revealed he has weeks to live after his bowel cancer has spread to his liver. Appearing on ITV’s This Morning on Wednesday, with his wife Carole, they revealed he was told in June that he had “maybe six” months to live.
A post shared by Trevor Sorbie (@trevorsorbie) She said: “So, both (of us) were in a bit of denial at that point. And then you had the last scan, which was September, and that’s when you realise no treatment is going to work.” Sorbie, who has a popular eponymous haircare brand, revealed that he got his initial diagnosis of bowel cancer after going to the hospital when he lost a lot of blood one night.
He said he and Carole were left “speechless” at the news and it prompted him to have a “little panic attack” in his office at the time. The award-winning Scottish stylist explained the cancer has now spread to his liver and he has undergone six-and-a-half hour operations long to remove sections of it, but that his surgeon will no longer operate as it’s too close to a major blood vessel. Despite the terminal diagnosis, he is remaining positive and hopes to make it to Christmas.
“I never wake up thinking, ‘Oh, poor me. I’ve got cancer I feel sorry for my.
