Hello!
Teresa (12) has had this idea for a long time that she wants to donate her hair. It's kind of a cool thing, where you grow out a ponytail and donate it to be made into a wig for cancer patients. She got the idea from her cousin Mandy, who had a new haircut last summer and she had just donated her hair.
It takes quite a few ponytails to make a wig, and it has to be tied together with rubber bands before you cut it, so they won't be all straggly.
Many places require a 10 inch minimum, but we found one with an 8-inch minimum. (Pantene Beautiful Lengths is the program, if you want to click for more info.)
The other part was, she didn't want a REALLY short haircut. So she grew it out a little longer. (She could keep a little more that way.)
You can click on these to enlarge them. Here are the "before" pictures.
Then me cutting the ponytail...
And the "final look" after we went to a friend of ours who cuts hair professionally. 
Teresa donated 9 inches.
Now. Before you think she's "turned over a new leaf" with a BRAND new look or anything...she came home, we took these photos, and she immediately put it up in...what?? -- of course a ponytail, which she wears every day except maybe Sundays, when I can convince her to do something different with it! It's just a shorter ponytail.
Now. Before you think she's "turned over a new leaf" with a BRAND new look or anything...she came home, we took these photos, and she immediately put it up in...what?? -- of course a ponytail, which she wears every day except maybe Sundays, when I can convince her to do something different with it! It's just a shorter ponytail.
Have a great week! Kari
7 comments:
Sheree wore that same pony tail until she was 15 - then hair got more important for some reason? I'm glad she got to donate some hair - go Teresa!
Go Teresa, but in response to my Mom's comment, for the first 11 years of my life my mom MADE me wear my hair in a ponytail, so when I wore it down I thought that it didn't look good. I was never brave enough to cut a lot of my hair off! I'm impressed!
Way to go, Teresa! That's a great service and a much needed one....let's see.....I de-cluttered all my CDs and gave away a bunch to teacher friends, after I downloaded them onto my MP3 player - does that count as a service? Well........it made my friends feel good and had less of a mess in my bedroom!
What a great, kind thing to do!
that's a great thing to do....russ did that when he finally cut his hair...
I have thought about this too. I think it is great thing...hair always grows back. Does the hair have to be one length? I love the new look, so fun and bouncy for summer.
That's so awesome! Way to go Teresa! I'm going to show this to Margarita-her hair is too long for someone who doesn't like to brush it. Maybe I'll do it while she sleeps...
What do you do with the hair after you cut it off? Send it somewhere? Or is there a drop box or something? Just curious.
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