Can you donate highlighted hair to Locks of Love?

Can you donate highlighted hair to Locks of Love?

Hair We Share and Children with Hair Loss both accept colored or grey but not highlighted hair over 8 inches. Locks of Love and Pink Heart Funds both take hair colored or grey but not over-processed or bleached hair over 10 inches. Wigs for Kids will take grey, but not dyed, hair that is at least 12 inches long.

What is wrong with Locks of Love?

Locks of Love is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity that provides custom-made hair prosthetics to disadvantaged children up to the age of 21 who have suffered hair loss as a result of medical conditions, such as alopecia, burn trauma, and cancer treatment….Locks of Love.

Tax ID no.	65-0755522
Legal status	Nonprofit organization

Why can’t you donate highlighted hair?

A: We cannot accept hair that has been chemically processed – perms, color treated or highlights. Highlights that wash out are acceptable. Hair that has been chemically processed will not withstand the chemical processing to sanitize the hair.

Can I donate highlighted hair?

Can I donate dyed hair? If the dyed or faded ends are cut off and the length of the donated hair is around 35cms long, then it can be used. It cannot be used if the faded processed hair is throughout the ponytail.

Can you donate your hair if you have highlights?

Adults and children can donate hair. You may need to find out if an organization will or will not take hair that’s been colored, permed, highlighted, bleached, or dreadlocked. Also, some organizations accept gray hair or hair with a certain percentage of gray in it, while others don’t accept it at all.

Can you donate highlighted hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths?

Hair cannot be gray, permed, color treated, highlighted or otherwise chemically processed; “temporary coloring or highlights that wash out are acceptable, but must be completely washed out before cutting.

What causes hair loss in locks of Love?

Locks of Love does not discriminate as to the cause of hair loss. We list the following information in an attempt to explain types of hair loss and specific needs of individual recipients. Alopecia. The majority of our recipients live with alopecia, an auto-immune disorder that causes the hair follicles to shut down.

How many ponytails did locks of Love Get?

In 2002, Locks of Love received enough donated hair to make 10,000 hair pieces. (At 10 ponytails per hair piece, that adds up to at least 100,000 donations that, in theory, were acceptable for wig making.) In that same year, the charity provided only 174 hair pieces.

What happens if you donate your hair to locks of Love?

So ok, we’ve established with information from the Locks of Love website that if you donate or have donated your hair, it might go to provide a hair piece for a kid with alopecia at a reduced cost. Still not so bad. But I keep using that word, “might.” And that’s where the bubble usually gets burst.

How long does hair have to be for locks of Love?

And that’s where the bubble usually gets burst. In order for hair to be made into a high-quality wig or prosthesis, it must be a minimum length (Locks of Love asks for 10 inches or longer) and have minimal damage.