I can't believe I forgot to post this sooner.

[conuly]

Somebody whose hair blog I read recently donated her daughter's hair to Locks of Love, and then she posted an update with some concerns about Locks of Love that she wanted to address. She followed up by listing a few other "donate your hair" charities, all of which were about donating hair to make wigs.

If you don't really cut enough hair for that purpose, if you have pets you groom, if you maybe own a salon or barbershop and want someplace for your scraps, or if you just never were attracted to the wigs donating....

Don't forget that you can donate hair to make mats to clean up oil spills!

This does not mean that one cause is worthier than another or anything like that. I'm posting this just to get the information out there.

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[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

Some people also object to Locks of Love because many of their hairpieces go to kids who "just" have alopecia, not cancer. They say they'll help anyone under 18 who has long-term hair loss, and alopecia is more likely to cause long-term hair loss. But a lot of people think of chemotherapy when they imagine sick kids losing their hair, and are upset when they realize they're actually helping kids who have lost their hair but don't seem sick in other ways.