Question! Advice needed!
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Topic: Question! Advice needed!
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Subject: Question! Advice needed!
Date Posted: November 28 2004 at 5:09pm
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I figured here would be a good place to post this even though I am a girl. I am soon going to be shaving my head for Locks Of Love and I am scared out of my mind. I have never had short hair but I am going to go all the way since I now so many people with cancer. The part I am petrified about are the clippers I agreed to get my head shaved with clippers with no gaurd and I am petrified that they will hurt or not be pleasent. Can some one please tell me what they feel like? I am a 14 year old girl so really can't I be expected to be terrified?? Please be descriptive or somthing...I need a clear msg that either I am right or I am wrong either way describe the feeling...AHH! -Petrified 
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Posted By: kengibson2001
Date Posted: November 28 2004 at 9:27pm
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If your hair is colored or anything they will probally not use your hair. They only use about 10 percent of the hair for wigs. Look at this site before deciding to shave your hair. http://hairboutique.com/askkaren/askkaren-09-2000.htm - http://hairboutique.com/askkaren/askkaren-09-2000.htm http://members.tripod.com/hairreligion/sick.htm - http://members.tripod.com/hairreligion/sick.htm "Locks of Love only uses about 3% of the hair donated for wigs. The rest is either sold for profit or "disposed of". Grey hair or hair less than 10" is sold by them. Girls under 6 receive synthetic hairpieces. Locks of Love cannot link donors to recipients. Long hair is considered by them to be only for girls because as they put it, "it is socially acceptable for young men to have short, shaved, or even no hair". As a charity bringing in over $250k they are required to make a public accounting for their activity on request but don''t. Much of this info is from their own website. Donating your hair because you were bullied into it is wrong and only shows low self-esteem. This is really becoming an irritation for people with long hair who have to put up with numerous comments from strangers and even people they know telling them that they are selfish (when they are not!) just for wearing their natural hair at the length that they want! Help others with their esteem by lowering yours? What does that accomplish?" As for has head shaving it doesn't really hurt but with a girl's length of hair it might. But nothing to cause any real pain. Unlike longhair once you shave your head you really don''t have to pay attention to your hair for 2 to 3 months. After 3 or 4 months you can then part it. |