What you can do to help! Hair drive 2011!

Back in January I blogged about a hair drive I was putting together for my dear friend with Alopecia (Hair drive blog part 1). I had such a good response from my friends and even some blog readers I have never met!

It is so expensive to buy "real hair" wigs. And it's a little cheaper to send in real hair and then have a wig made. It's still expensive, but a little less in total cost. At least 4 pony tails of hair are necessary for a wig. The length should be longer than 13 inches. Extra hair is great to have for maintenance as well.

So, I started thinking about how I could help. Then I thought... I could grow my hair to donate, and I'm sure there are girls out there that can as well! Why not donate what comes so easy to someone that could really use it?

I put that email address together and started getting lots of responses. I was so excited by the emails I received! How amazing that so many people wanted to help! My girlfriend sent the girls that had an interest in donating a personal email and then planning started!

As of today....

6 people in total donated! And I have 7 total pony tails!

That is just incredible! I was surprised that I actually got 2 pony tails out of my mane of hair! My friend Alexis and I went and chopped off our hair this afternoon! It was such a great feeling knowing that this was going to help a good friend. She is so excited and thankful! I can't wait until she sends the picture of the "final product".

Thank you to all the women that emailed me and participated! You are all incredible and amazing women. I'm thankful to know some of you and excited to get to know the others!

If you are interested in donating, please contact me at donateforwigs@gmail.com. I hope to help donate more wigs for people in need.

If you have already donated, please send pictures so I can attach before and after photos. :)

Hope everyone has an amazing Sunday.

Love,

What you can do to help! Hair drive 2011!

Have you ever thought about donating your hair for a good cause? Are you currently looking to donate hair? Can you grow hair fast and are interested in donating it?

I first donated my hair for locks of love in 2008. I always knew my hair grew fast and I wanted a change... so I thought why not donate it!?

Well, I have a very close girlfriend that has Alopecia (Wikipedia.org - Alopecia). She went from doctor to doctor trying to get answers, took medications, had shots directly to the scalp, etc. Nothing can stop the hair loss. Sometimes the hair grows back, and then other times doesn't. She lost her hair back in 2007, and it started to grow back. Right before her wedding in 2009 it started falling out again. Now, she doesn't have any hair. She wears wigs. She went from having long goregous hair to losing it all. I want to start out by saying how incredibly beautiful she is even without hair! Not only beautiful on the outside, but beautiful on the inside! She is one of the kindest women that I know. While she was going through all of this she has told me how much wigs cost. They are SO very expensive for real hair. I felt so bad for her. Not only losing your hair, but having to spend thousands on wigs. So, I decided that I should help her. I decided to grow my hair again and donate it to her. 

There is a wig company in Newport Beach that makes custom wigs. They need about 3 or 4 people to create an entire wig. The hair length needs to be between 12 and 13 inches. I already have another girlfriend that is also going to donate her hair. Now, we have 2 people... I thought since I have so many wonderful women that follow and many of you maybe interested! If you are interested, please contact me at donateforwigs@gmail.com.

I wanted to post this video. It's Miss Delaware Kayla Martell. She also has alopecia.
Kayla Martell

Hope to hear from you!

Brooke