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Have you decided to donate your hair? Do it informed: all the information to choose who to contact and how hair donation works.

Hair donation is not a particularly widespread issue as in other parts of the world, yet even there are associations in favor of this initiative.
Despite this, when a person chooses to donate their hair, they can encounter obstacles, such as choosing who to turn to.

Donating Hair: What We Are Talking About

Very trivially, when we talk about donating hair, we mean cutting 20 cm or more of your hair (it can also be just strands, as long as they are not treated) in order to donate them for the creation of wigs for women with cancer and not only.
There are various problems that can lead to total hair loss and cause considerable emotional distress.
There are cases, in fact, in which it is not possible to simply say “they will grow back” or “it is just hair”, because it is not so.

What is important to understand, before going on with the discussion, is the aspect of the matter that goes beyond the aesthetic discourse and focuses on people’s emotions, on what can be identity or, more simply, feeling good with themselves, especially in a difficult moment such as the one in which you face a difficult and exhausting situation.

Especially for women, hair can really represent the strong, feminine and main part of oneself, the one to cling to, hide behind or shine with.
Having to deprive them by choice is a matter, seeing them fall as you go along with the treatments that save your life, is anything but and for this reason the comparison with those who choose to cut them to change their look and who is forced to do so is incomparable..

Having said that, how do you do it?

What Is the Procedure to Follow?

Each hair donation association in every part of the world has its own specific rules but, broadly speaking, the steps to follow are really simple.

It all starts with a single person who, deciding to cut his hair (by himself or at the hairdresser) after having it tied in a ponytail or rather in a braid, activates a chain of actions that lead sick people to receive something otherwise difficult to have.
A human chain in a certain sense, which, through a small, great gesture, manages to make something beautiful come true.

Information on Hair and Wigs

Hair has a value that varies according to the type of hair, length and nationality of origin (European hair is worth more than Chinese hair, for example because it is thinner and more resistant).
These aspects, together with the high processing costs, make the price of organic wigs very high (approximately between 700 and 7000 euros ) compared to synthetic ones, which are around 100-700 euros.

Why Choose an Organic Wig Over a Synthetic One?

Because the needs of patients can be different and for some, for example, the synthetic ones can cause irritation and other problems even if, thanks to continuous improvements, the differences between the two are smaller and smaller; however, it is necessary to consider that we are talking about something to keep in contact with the skin for a long time.
The positive aspect of inorganic ones is certainly the relative low cost and ease of maintenance (they hold the style without having to use a hairdryer or other gadgets).

To make a wig, the hair of a single person is not enough, but every single donor can contribute to the creation of one of these.
With 800 grams of hair, you can get from 3 to 6 organic wigs.