Here I am before going to the hairdresser.
Here is the braid after it was cut off.
Here I am with my new short hair. It stands up from the "shock" of having been cut.
Here I am all shaved and respectable for the holidays.
On Wednesday December 12th I went to a local hairdresser and got a haircut. Lots of people do it all the time. I however had not had my hair cut in just about two years. Why would I do that? For starters I had always wanted it long. However, past a certain point though I would have had a haircut except for one thing. Local newspapers ran stories throughout the past few years about children giving away their hair to other children who no longer have hair as a result of the A,B,C's of hair loss: Alopecia, Burns and Cancer chemotherapy and radiation treatments
Here is where I went to give my hair to a charity... Angel Hair for Kids
Here is the donation form... Donation Form
Here are the guidelines... Guidelines
It is easy to do, and if you plan ahead you don't have to do anything too drastic either. As the guidelines say, you have to put it in a braid and it must be ten inches or longer. What I did was make sure that my ponytail (which I had done by the hairdresser just before she cut it) was longer than that minimum. Might was about thirteen inches to the very tip.
Below are some photos I took...
Here I am before going to the hairdresser.
Here is the braid after it was cut off.
Here I am with my new short hair. It stands up from the "shock" of having been cut.
Here I am all shaved and respectable for the holidays.
Thank you for taking the time to see how easy it is and maybe just maybe I can inspire someone else to lend a hand. It takes several donations just to make one wig for one of these children. Lastly, remember that charity is something you can participate in all year long.
All the best,
Robert G. Male