Little Princess Trust (donate hair to children with hair loss)
You can imagine it’s stressful for an adult to go through alopecia. But for a child it can be devastating, or of course some children lose hair temporarily if going through chemotherapy treatment.
Little Princess Trust is a charity that makes quality wigs for children, from donated ponytails, if people are having long hair cut off. Rather than just be swept away and binned, this hair can be used to make child-specific wigs, so they can feel a bit better and fit in with their friends.
The site has full info on how how to ask your hairdresser to keep the hair, and a few rules. Like no pink or grey hair!
Many salons offer free haircuts if you are donating to the charities (including Supercuts). So it’s a great way to lop your locks off for nothing, and help children at the same time!
You can also donate hair extensions to Little Lady Locks.
How to donate hair to childrenÂ
There are a few rules here, as charities are quite strict on how to donate hair. Obviously you can’t have pink or grey hair to donate!
- Hair must be at least 10 inches (25cm) long, ideally longer than 12 inches, as there is demand for long hair wigs.
- Hair must be clean, healthy and free from split ends.
- All natural colours are accepted except grey.
- Wash your hair thoroughly but rinse out conditioner and styliing products. Ensure hair is dry to avoid mouldy in transit.
- Secure into a ponytail with plastic-free hair ties at both ends, and place another in the middle to keep it secure. Ask your hair stylist to cut above the highest hairband, this keeps the strands aligned.
- Place the dry banded ponytail in a cardboard or heavy paper envelope (no plastic) and print off the necessary forms, then weight at the post office before sending off to your new recipient!
Quality wigs for adults with alopecia
Amber Jean makes ethical (very expensive) wigs from hair that is donated in rituals in Asia (as opposed to some brands that literally chop off the hair of passing women, against their will). Gail Porter is an ambassador for the brand.
