Socially responsible hair
May 30th, 2007Have you ever considered donating your hair to women who have lost theirs during chemotherapy? Well, you can. Pantene’s new beautiful lengths program has a downloadable kit with instructions. Cutting off your locks for a cause is the easy part; meeting the requirements to donate hair is a little more tricky. Here are the requirements:
- Donated hair must be a minimum of 8 inches long (measure hair from just above the elastic band of the ponytail to the ends).
- Wavy/curly hair texture is fine (you may straighten hair to measure).
- The hair should be freshly washed and completely dry, without any styling products.
- The hair may be colored with vegetable dyes, rinses and semi-permanent dyes. It cannot be bleached, permanently colored or chemically treated.
- The hair must not be more than five percent gray.
Consider being socially responsible if you are contemplating a shorter style. You have the power to help a woman during the greatest fight of her life.
May 30th, 2007 at 9:46 am
I did this!! In fact, I went for my first haircut (I’m 24 years old!) and cut 12 inches and will donate 9 inches to Pantene. It’s so cool to be able to do this. My mom had to wear a wig during chemotherapy for lymphoma and while she was blessed with a great quality one that was made from manufactured hair..I would love to have my hair to be a blessing to another woman who may have need of it!
Thanks for posting about this, Angie!
May 31st, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Locks of Love is another group that does this. http://www.locksoflove.org/
A lot of salons will cut your hair free or with a discount if you tell them you are donating it.
May 31st, 2007 at 1:04 pm
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June 8th, 2007 at 8:22 am
i want to shave my head and donate my hair, but i’m waiting until next summer so my hair can grow longer. i didn’t know pantene had a campaign for that, but i will definitely consider them now.