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I donated right before senior year of college, after growing it out for three years. I don't have nearly as much hair now as I did then, but hopefully will be able to get a trim soon :)
I went and got my hair cut awhile ago and after cutting the big length off, the hairdresser said "too bad, if you had grown it an inch or two more you could have donated it". I would have if I had known! Good on you for donating your hair. I'm growing my out long again for my wedding, maybe I'll do the same after.
thank you for this link! I am considering donating my hair after the wedding -- it's halfway down my back now and I am looking to get a Rihanna-style pixie cut!
However, I read an article a few months back that Locks of Love throws out a ton of the hair they get and prefers monetary donations. I would love to see if the Pantene program is more successful in terms of actually using the hair.
Go you! I've donated three times to Locks of Love and althought I really love doing it, I hate the process of growing my hair out. The last time I donated was in April, 9 months before the wedding date. If I had it all to do over again I would have waited the nine months and just gotten a trim in April. Growing your hair out for the wedding is a HUGE STRESS! I think it's going to be long enough to do something with come January though. YAY Hair donations! (:
I've donated to Locks for Love twice now. I was under the impression from their website that any hair that can't be used for the children's wigs is sold and the money is returned to funds for the children.
Basically, I grow my hair out, and once I get sick and tired of the length then I cut it. I'm about half way to another chop.
I did it, it felt so awesome to do, I have always wanted to, but I felt compelled after a good friend of mine passed away. He was a stylist I worked with, so I donated in his memory and sent the card they gave me back to his family to show them what I did.
I love this idea, but I get my hair permanently dyed alllll the time. If they ever find a way to use color-killed hair, I'd be first in line :)
I was going to through locks of love- which accepts colored hair (not highlighted). I started growing it out a year or so ago & not long after I got engaged I realized that by the time I would cut my hair, it would be just before the wedding. I want long hair for the wedding. I'll just be waiting until after we're married to do it.
I've done it twice now. It's my way of mustering up the nerve to chop my hair off. I'm tempted to cut it super short right now, but it's almost at the length I want it to be! Thanks for the Pantene link! I might donate my hair to them for the next chop!
I've never done it, but I'm considering it. The longer my hair is the younger I look. So while I was in the working world, I kept it fairly short. But now that I'm unemployed and back to school, it's just easier to deal with. So I've got a few more inches to go.
I got my post-wedding chop two weeks ago and my stylist donated my hair to an organization called Wigs for Kids, which is similar to Locks of Love. The Wigs for Kids website says they require 12", but my stylist said my 8" would be long enough and took care of it for me.
I've done locks of love several times. It required 10 inches of undyed non-grey hair. I got free haircuts out of the deal :)
Yep, I did it for the first time this March. I wish I had waited now though, because I'm in the "growing my hair out boat for the wedding too". haha
I donated to Pantene Beautiful Lengths about a year and a half ago in honor of my grandmother, I plan on doing the post wedding chop and donating in honor of my Aunt. I might donate to Locks of Love this time, but not for any particular reason. I am so happy to see more people doing this! It's a wonderful cause!
I've donated to Locks for Love a few times. I actually cried when my hair was cut (I think from the shock) which is silly...it's just hair! it will grow back
I donated mine to Locks of Love in the beginning of the spring. My hair was getting toooo long so I wanted to chop it off before it started to get warm. I've always wanted to donate, since my hair grows fast. I'm so glad that I did it. It's a great feeling.
Thanks for all of the donations. My mom had her last day of chemotherapy today!
I donated about 12 inches to locks of love my senior year in college, and it never grew back! I've always had long hair and I've never been able to get it go grow to nearly the same length ever again :( It's been stuck at a few inches past my shoulders ever since, and I've been trying for the last 7 years, so be careful.
I have donated to Locks for Love twice now. Once in high school and then a second time after college. My hair grew back just as nicely and long as before. I will probably do it again after my wedding.
I donated to Locks of Love in high school and kept my hair short ever since then until very recently. My hair has grown out quite a bit, and I'm considering donating again after the wedding. I, too, got a free haircut out of my donating experience, and went to a place that packaged and sent the hair in for me, so I didn't have to worry about it (I've known people to take the ponytail to send in and forget about it - to later find ten inches of hair sitting in the bottom of their drawer!)
I've been dying my hair ever since donating it the first time, and I've heard mixed reviews on whether or not the donating places accept dyed hair - I sure hope they do because I would love to donate again and there's no way I'll ever get ten inches of undyed hair grown out without going crazy and dying it again!
I've donated twice. I always use locks of love because that's where I got my wigs when I had leukemia as a toddler. My hair grows like a weed now. If I never would have donated, I would never tried short hair.
When a friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer in high school she asked everyone to donate to Locks of Love, we went to a girls' school and I would say nearly half of our 180 person class donated their hair. I've always been a short hair person, I look terrible in longer hair, and at the time I had a pixie cut, but I really wanted to donate. It took me several years to grow my hair out to the point where a foot could be cut off, but on my 21st birthday I went and had all that hair cut and donated! My friend passed away when we were 19, and it really felt good to finally be able to this thing that had meant a lot to her.
On another note, my MOH has alopecia and has struggled with losing her hair for years. Something she says all the time is that she knows how much not having hair affects her self esteem and she can't imagine how much harder it must be for little kids to be struggling with the same issue. I hope you go for it, hair donation is a great thing!
I've done it three times. I'll do it again in a few weeks, once we're married and back from the honeymoon. The way I figure it, my hair grows regardless of what I do. So I just let it grow. My hair does grow pretty fast, so I actually cut it every 18 months or so.
ive donated my hair to locks of love. Ive found that alot of people dont donate because they think you cant donate dyed hair, thats untrue there website explains it all.
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I grew out my hair for the wedding and now that I'm getting back into the normal routine, I'm extremely tired of long-hair care. So I decided to make a change and donate my hair to a program called Pantene Beautiful Lengths (click here to learn more!!)
I did my research and I feel more compelled to donate to this program since they make wigs for adult women undergoing chemotherapy (The more popular "Locks of Love" restricts their wigs for children only).
I'm going tomorrow and I'll be sure to post pictures! Just curious if anyone else has or is planning to do a "post-wedding chop"! :-)