Something I Did Back In March

I unfortunately don't have a photo that I can use from when I first got my hair cut but the photo above of me with shorter hair was a month or so after.

I wasn’t planning on ever writing this post but today I thought it could help and raise awareness that this is actually possible.

Last year on a random day I came across a video online introducing a little girl receiving a wig from a charity. Something inside me clicked… I’m aware that that sounds clique but honestly it did. I went on to research and discovered this charity, the Little Princess Trust. They ask for hair donations that are made into wigs, which are then given to children who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment or other illnesses.

Unfortunately they receive few hair donations and a wig costs £350 to make. They also ask for donations of money though you don’t have to send money with the donation of your hair, but it is suggested.

One day I remembered that there’s at least one person right now who doesn’t have hair in the world and who really needs a wig. I could help that happen so I decided to book the hairdressing appointment to get my hair cut last March. Consequently 20cm of my long hair, which I had had for four years straight, was cut off and placed inside a bag to be sent to the charity.

At the end of the day it was just hair. My hair meant a lot to me but it will grow back. My hair probably meant a lot more to someone else. It was such a small thing for me to do. But it could be such a big thing for someone else who receives a wig made of real hair because of it.

The idea of losing all my own is unconceivable so I couldn’t have even grasped what many children, who have lost their hair as a result of cancer treatment or other illnesses, would be experiencing as well as having to deal with the illness they are having to endure.

I really wanted to help someone feel more like how they used to feel before they received the illness. Many lose their confidence when they lose their hair, understandably so. Hopefully my hair went towards helping someone and it’s not bad having short hair for a while.

As well as cutting my own hair off, I wanted to raise as much money as I could towards the making of the wig. I never thought I would raise more than £100 and amazingly I was able to send £543.60 (£623.60, including gift aid) to the charity. It’s really an eye open to see how many generous people there are out in the world. So if anyone who donated is reading this thank you, it meant a lot to me as well as the people who benefitted from the money.

I made the decision to upload this as I was never aware that anyone could donate their own hair to be made out of a wig for someone, who had lost their own hair, so hopefully at least one more person in the world now knows because I’m guessing if I didn’t know someone else doesn’t. And maybe at least one more person is able to donate their own hair or tell a friend.