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30 Pics Of People Before And After Cutting Their Long Hair To Donate It To Cancer Patients

If you want to change up your look but you’re hesitating, doing a hair donation knowing that it will bring comfort to somebody else might be the motivation that you need. Here at Bored Panda, we found these great before nad after pictures of people who donated their long hair to charities that make wigs for people (often children and young adults) who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment, alopecia areata, and other medical causes. Getting a wig as a gift can bring some security and normalcy to kids who are struggling with losing their hair, and fortunately, hair is a renewable resource that these people had enough of to share.

Hayley Pritchard, a hairdresser from Liverpool, UK, tells Bored Panda that she thinks increased publicity about hair donation encourages more clients to choose that path. “In recent years, people might have a big haircut transformation but wouldn’t initially think about donating that hair. Now, with advertising and word of mouth, it’s much more popular,” she says.

The hairdresser loves seeing positive changes like these firsthand: “As long as the client is well prepared, so far we have always had a very positive response. A long to short hair change is always shocking for everyone, but a few flicks and ruffles of their new beautiful hair, every client so far has always had the biggest smile on their face. With the added bonus they are helping a great cause.”

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30 Pics Of People Before And After Cutting Their Long Hair To Donate It To Cancer Patients

My Nephew Grew His Hair Out For Two Years To Donate To Kids With Cancer

Today My Six Children And I Donated Over 17 Feet Of Hair To Children With Hair Loss

She Donated 30 Inches Of Her Hair To Make Wigs For Children With Cancer

And Just Like That... Bye-Bye Long Hair

8-Year-Old Was Bullied For 2 Years While Growing His Hair Long To Make Wigs For Kids With Cancer

Here It Is Guys, My 22 Inches Of Hair Ready To Be Donated To The "Little Princess Trust"

Today My 7 Year Old Donated Her Hair To Charity

I’ve Been Growing My Hair Out For 4 Years For Donation. Finally Cut It And Feel Like A New Man

Before And After Cutting Off My "Floof." This Was A Few Years Ago. It Got Donated, And I Never Went Back

I Shaved My Head For Cancer And Donated My Hair For A Wig

My Brother And Father Have Leukemia. I Donate My Hair And Blood Every Chance I Get. Please Donate As Well. Every Whole Blood Donation Can Save 3 Lives

Last Year I Decided To Shave Off And Donate My Waist Length Hair For St. Baldrick's And Raised $1000+ For Pediatric Cancer Research Grants

It’s Been A Month!? It Still Feels Weird Seeing Photos Of Myself With Hair

Been Growing My Hair Out For 5 Years, Today I Had It Cut To Donate

A Year Ago I Cut Off My Hair And Donated It. Here's A Before And After, One Year Difference

This Is My 5th Time Donating My Hair To Make Wigs For Children That Have Lost Their Hair Due To Chemo And Radiation

Maybe Not The Best Idea To Shave My Head In Winter, But 25 Inches Was Donated To "Little Princess Trust" In Aid To Make Wigs For Children. Feeling Great For It

Donating More Than Half Of Hair

Donated All Of My Hair

We Finally Did It! We Decided To Donate To "Hair We Share"

I Donated My Hair A Few Weeks Ago. First Time Doing It

Donated My Hair And Some Of You Gave Money, So Here Is A Before And After. My Head's Cold, But Thank You Guys So Much

So This Happened Today. This Very Brave Lady Is Donating Her Hair To "Little Princess Trust" Charity, What A Lovely Thing To Do

I Donated My Hair To "Wigs For Kids" This Week

Donated My Hair. I Feel Like A Different Person

It Took Me A While, But I Finally Did The One Thing I Wanted To Do For A While Now - Donate My Hair To Use For Cancer Patients

So Long To Long Hair! Donation On Its Way To "Little Princess Trust"

Every 2 Years I Grow My Hair Out So I Can Donate It, Here's A Before And After Photo Of What I Look Like

I Donated My Hair For The 6th Time Today

I Decided To Cut My Hair And Donate It So It Can Be Used To Make A Wig For A Cancer Patient That Has Gone Through Chemo

Back To The Smooth Head. You Can Actually Hear My Hair Coming Off

Finally Made It! Feels So Good To Refresh Yourself At Times, Especially If It Gives You The Chance To Help The Others Feel More Confident As Well

Why Not Give It To Someone Who Needs It More Than I Do. Donated My Hair For Cancer Patients

"Little Princess Trust" - These Locks Are Coming Your Way

I Donated My Hair To "Wigs For Kids" Yesterday

After 2.5 Years Of Growing My Hair Out, I Cut 14" Off To Donate To "Wigs For Kids". Lost About A Pound And A Half Of Hair

I Donated My Hair. Again

Donated My Hair Today

I Found An Organization Called "Children With Hair Loss" And Lopped Off 11 Inches Of My Hair, And Sent Them The Donation Today

Second Time Donating Hair, Decided To Go Even Shorter

Guys, I Did A Thing

My 6-Year-Old Daughter Cut Off Over 13 Inches Of Her Hair To Donate

Before And After, 10 Inches Of Hair Donated

It’s Donation Time Again

Donated My Hair, It Will Be Used To Make A Wig For Children Who Have Lost Their Hair Due To Medical Issues

My Hair Grows Insanely Fast. So Much So, That I’m Able To Donate My Hair Almost Yearly, And I Make Every Effort To Do It

It’s Been 4 Years Since My Dad Passed Away From Stage 4 Cancer. I Grew Out My Hair So I Could Cut And Donate It In Honor Of Him

My Kids Have Done It Again! They Are Donating Their Hair To "The Little Princess Trust" For The Second Time In Just Over 3 Years

I'm Donating My Hair After 14 Long, Arduous Years Of Growing It Out And Plan On Having A Hairwell Party In Its Honor

We Wanted To Give Chloe A Stylish Revamp. And A Bonus Is That She Can Donate Her Old Locks

Donated 20 Inches From My 3 Foot Long Hair To "Wigs For Kids"

Said Goodbye To My Security Blanket And Feel Like A New Person. 11 Inches Donated To Children With Hair Loss

Finally Decided To Do The Big Cut And Donate My Hair To The "Little Princess Trust"

I Donated My Hair To "Wigs For Kids" This Year

For Two Years, He's Been Growing Out His Hair To Donate It, On His 10th Birthday. No Amount Of Teasing Or Being Mistaken As A Girl Changed His Mind

Long vs. Short. I Donated 14 Inches To "Children With Hair Loss"

As Much As I Loved My Long Hair I Love Helping Someone Else In Need

Been Growing Out My Hair For 2 Years And Have Decided To Shave It Off And Donate It

Soo Proud Of My Lovely Lara Who Decided To Get 12 Inches Of Her Beautiful Mermaid Hair Cut Off To Donate

I Also Cut Off And Donated Most Of My Hair

This Past Friday, After Four Years Of Letting It Grow, I Decided To Have My Hair Cut Short! I’m Happy To Say That The Hair Is Going To A Charity

Post-Marathon Life: Chopped 13 Inches Of Hair Off To Donate Today

Donated My Hair Today

Whoever Get’s It, You Better Headbang As Hard As You Can

I Wanted To Do Something Freehearted And It Feels So Gracious To Donate My Hair To Children Who Have Suffered Hair Loss

No Turning Back

After Growing It Out For 2 Years I Finally Donated About A Foot Of Hair To Children With Hair Loss. I Am Happy To Help Out A Good Cause

My 3rd Time Donating My Hair To Those In Need

Goodbye, My Old Friend, I Will Miss You. I Hope You'll Make Another Head Happy

The Hairdresser Managed To Sheer A Whopping 22" Off Me

Today It Was Time: Make The Long Hair Short Within A Few Minutes. Doesn’t Hurt, Costs Me Nothing, But Brings Back Some Quality Of Someone’s Life

It Took 2 Years To Grow It Out, But My Goal Was To Donate It The Day I Decided To Let It Flow

Chop + Donate

Well, Picture 1 Is A Before Shot Of Me With Pelt Still Attached, Picture 2 Is Me After Removing 11” Of Pelt From My Head To Donate To A Charity

Recently Donated My Hair. Here's The Before And After Shot

Mike Lost A Bet When His Favourite Team Lost And Donated His Hair - Luckily He Has A Pretty Good Mug Underneath All That Scruff

My Hair Is Officially Off! I Have Donated Them To Children Patients With Cancer

Today I Went To Cut The Hair Short And Send Them To "Little Princess Trust"

After 6 Years Of Growing Out My Hair, I Finally Donated It All. My Little Brother Was Shocked To Say The Least