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. Bundle hair in ponytail or braid.
Hair needs to be clean, dry and placed in a plastic bag.
The group needs hair from men and women, young and old, all colors and all races. Most donated hair comes from children who wish to help other children. Layered hair may be put into more than one ponytail for donation. Here are the contacts. 1640 S. Congress Ave., Suite 104, Palm Springs, FL 33461.