<p>It is such a pain when she was in the XC running season. It creates such a big mess in the house. Despite all sort of orders and complains from us, she keeps her hairs. Until today, a week more than 2 year from last cut, she is having her hairs cut. </p>
<p>She is doing it for a good purpose donating them to those who lose their natural hairs due to diseases. She is organizing an event today with a local hair salon and 4 other girls from her HS will join her. My DW wants her to publicize the event a little but DD refused. I am doing this to help people. Their smiles will be my reward.</p>
<p>My daughter donated her hair to Locks of Love one month ago. She had also been growing it for two years.</p>
<p>It is a wonderful thing to do. I was very proud of her, and I am proud of your daughter too. Some girls with cancer will really appreciate the gift of our daughters’ hair, in the form of a wig.</p>
<p>My D also did locks of love two years ago, when she got her hair cut for the first time in her life. After it was cut, it was still below shoulder length.</p>
<p>When we took the box to the post office to mail (our hairdresser didn’t participate directly), the postal worker was really, really nice to my D about it. Thought it was wonderful.</p>
<p>And my D looks much more grown up with her stylish, shorter layer cut. Hope your D also feels good about it.</p>
<p>my daughter wanted to do that- but then she found out that they want your hair to be * virgin<a href=“she%20dyed%20her%20honey%20blond%20hair%20brown,%20to%20look%20like%20all%20her%20friends”>/i</a></p>
<p>LB - you DO have a wonderful daughter!!! My mom and best friend are a couple of those ladies running around without hair due to illness right now. What your daughter and her friends are doing is appreciated more than you’ll ever know! :)</p>
<p>(Btw…maybe when you start to worry about the SAT, you can remind yourself what a good job you are doing as a parent to have a daughter who would so kindly, and modestly, help others in need. Bigger deal than any old SAT in my book!)</p>
<p>My D was waiting to cut her hair until after prom. Now, prom is over, and she, too, will donate her hair to Locks of Love. My D’s hair is THICK and waist length in the back, so it should be a nice contribution <em>lol</em>.</p>
<p>CONGRATS to your D and her friends for their most generous gift! You’ve got a great gal there, lb!!! :D</p>
<p>That’s great! I wish more people took advantage of Locks of Love!</p>
<p>My personal goal is to get my hair cut short every couple of years and then get the 10 inches cut off to donate. I’ve done it once already and well on my way to the second time!</p>
<p>I really wish I could see the look on the girls (or boys) faces when they get their strawberry blonde do, recycled from my head but I’ll make due with the good feeling deep inside that I helped a child feel more ‘normal’! :D</p>
<p>LB
Your D sounds like she has terrific values. I hope she finds a school that allows her to continue to grow as a person, and not one where she will have to study all the time.</p>
<p>Our best wishes to your daughter on doing a wonderful thing. My daughter has donated 22" so far to Locks for Love. The first time was the hardest because it took her so long to grow it (about 4 years).</p>
<p>My daughter’s roommate and my nieces donated to Locks of Love. Unfortunately, my own daughter’s hair grows very slowly and is on the thin side. It would be almost impossible for her to grow her hair long enough to donate it, if she wants to keep the ends neatly trimmed. She and her friends from high school are really into donating BLOOD fairly often, however.</p>
<p>Kudos to your daughter, LB, and to all the girls donating their hair to Locks of Love!!! MotherOfTwo, it’s really great that your daughter is making regular blood donations!!! Terrific kids - ALL!</p>
<p>And I know of a teenager who gets hair extensions because she wants longer hair than she has one year after losing it to chemotherapy- THANKS on behalf of the beneficiaries.</p>