November 9, 2014

Donating my hair!


Hello there! 

I donated my hair.
I've been wanting to cut my hair for a long time. You know, I had really really long hair. At some point in my life I decided to let it grow and I liked my hair a lot to be honest, but lately it's just been annoying me. It was too long. So I talked to different people about where a good hairdresser in Iowa City was, and then Vicky's host mum told me that I should donate it.

Locks of Love & Pantene.
Basically there are two big organizations I've heard about. Locks of Love and Pantene. They both make wigs for children with cancer out of the donated hair. But obviously you can't make a wig out of a few centimeters, so their minimum requirements are 10 and 8 inches. First I only heard about the 10 inches one, which is Locks of Love, so I wasn't sure if I really wanted to do it, but then I also heard of Pantene, which is 8 inches. 8 inches are about 20 centimeters while 10 inches are about 25 centimeters. 20 centimeters is still a lot, but I wanted to cut my hair anyway, and my hair grows pretty fast. And obviously, the cause is just great.





Then it happened real quick.
I talked to my host mum, she arranged an appointment, the hairdresser lady was really nice, and just like that – I saw four pieces of long hair lying in front of me. I am now super proud of myself and it's not even as ugly as I thought it would be! It's a great feeling to do something for such a good cause.

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Find out about donating your hair.

So if you guys got inspired by my social engagement, here are the links to both:



Stay tuned!


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