I was wondering if you could tell me where you can donate human hair for the wigs that are made for cancer patients. I have a client who is wanting to donate her long hair.
Any information is welcome.
You're referring to Locks of Love, a South Florida charity that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under 18 with medical hair loss. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. Alopecia areata is not cancer but a highly unpredictable, auto-immune skin disease resulting in the loss of hair on the scalp and elsewhere on the body. This common and very challenging disease affects about 1.7 percent of the population overall, including more than 4 million people in the United States. The group accepts 10-inch minimum hair length, not wigs, falls or synthetic hair.