Locks of Love?

NcsuPsych · July 2010

Has anyone done this before or done something similar?

I've heard mixed reveiws for Locks of Love and wanted to get opinions. Are there other charities that take hair donations?

My hair is to the point were I'm ready to chop it off and I can't decided it I want to do it this week or wait until after I get back from vacation.

thanks in advance! )

everam01 · July 2010

I donated to Locks of Love in 2001, but due to the controversy surrounding that company (mixed opinions) I decided to donate to Children with Hair Loss instead this time around.

derky17 · July 2010

My co-worker donated hers to the pantene charity for kids with hair loss-related illnesses. Not sure what the name of the specific program was, but that was the general gist of it.

Either way, you are helping folks out-- and that's a really noble thing to do! Thank you for making our world a little nicer.

NcsuPsych · July 2010

Thank you for the responses! I think I'll look into these two charities.

I too am kind of hesitant due to the 'rumors' surrounding locks of love.

Did you guys go to a salon to get your hair cut? Did you have to explain how to do it?

I remember a while back one of my old friends donated her hair and the salon she went to did a cut and style for free for her since it was a donation. Is this usually the case?

thanks!

everam01 · July 2010

I didn't think to ask for a free cut, but I just told my stylist I needed a 10in ponytail and she cut that off first, then did the full haircut after.

NcsuPsych · July 2010

Yeah. Thats what I was thinking I should do.

I'm not good with asking for things and while its for a good cause, I still think I'd feel like a mooch for asking the salon to do it at no charge. Just wanted to check and see what the protocol was )

Jules_NC · July 2010

NcsuPsych:
Thank you for the responses! I think I'll look into these two charities.
I too am kind of hesitant due to the 'rumors' surrounding locks of love.
Did you guys go to a salon to get your hair cut? Did you have to explain how to do it?
I remember a while back one of my old friends donated her hair and the salon she went to did a cut and style for free for her since it was a donation. Is this usually the case?
thanks!

I ended up at Salon Moxie in 2008 to get my hair chopped & donated to Locks of Love. I had originally planned to give my chopped hair to Pantene, but the salon participated in Locks of Love and they did a complimentary cut/style. I'm not sure if they still offer it, but you can check out both Salon Moxie & Samuel Cole.

http://www.samuelcole.com/index2.html

http://salon-moxie.com/

Jenandtonica · July 2010

Locks of Love isn't primarily a charity. It's a business that does some charity. They get a wild surplus of donated hair and sell the extra to companies that make and sell human-hair wigs to the regular retail market. The portion of their work that's charitable isn't enough to qualify them as a charity with the Better Business Bureau.

CurbsideProphet · July 2010

Pantene Beautiful Lengths accepts donated hair.

You can find more info on it here

moogan · July 2010

this is actually not accurate at all...they're most definitely a charity and they don't have a "wild surplus" of hair, they're always in need of donations. In fact, it takes atleast seven 10 inch donations to make just one wig. They sell hair donations that can't be made into wigs for their clients (donations of less than 10 inches, etc) to help offset the costs of making the wigs for their clients.

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