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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Ashley Hildebrand

Ashley Hildebrand

Locks of Love - 0 views

  • Alopecia
  • Alopecia is an auto-immune disorder that causes the hair follicles to shut down.
  • 4.7 million people in the United States alone.
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  • affects both sexes equally
  • no known cause or cure for alopecia.
  • Cancer
  • Alopecia Areata Sisaipho
  • Alopecia Totalis
  • Alopecia Universalis
  • Alopecia Areata Ophiasis
  • Every year approximately 2,200 children
  • Radiation
  • diagnosed with brain tumors.
  • Chemotherapy
  • Ectodermal Dysplasia
  • Loose Anagen Syndrome
  • Trichotillomania
  • Telogen Effluvium
  • Trauma
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    This shows the different reasons why kids could loose there hair and the types of diseases they could have.
Ashley Hildebrand

Locks of Love - 0 views

  • Most wigs sold by retailers
  • fit adult heads
  • too big for children
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  • not age-appropriate
  • burn or irritate the scalp.
  • use of tape or glue to keep them from falling off
  • teased by classmates and/or embarrassed by the attention they receive because of their hair loss.
  • They retail between $3,500 to $6,000.
  • hairpiece forms a vacuum seal,
  • suffer from a loss of self.
  • does not
  • lost more than their hair
  • tape or glue.
  • wearer of the hairpiece may remove it, by breaking the vacuum seal at the temples.
  • withdraw from normal childhood activities
  • swimming, going to the mall or even playing with their friends.
  • not a cure
  • wearing a hairpiece
  • they can be kids again.
  • some of the normalcy
  • recipient may style it to fit their face.
  • rebuild their self-esteem.
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    This says things about how it benefits children and why locks-of-love is needed.
Ashley Hildebrand

Locks of Love - 0 views

  • an operation in 1998, strives to help all financially disadv
  • began operation in 1998
  • custom, vacuum-fitted hairpiece made entirely from donated human hair.
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  • children who have experienced a total loss of scalp hair and does not require the use of tape or glue.
  • at least 10 inches
  • bundled in a pony tail or braid
  • free of bleach.
  • receives in newspapers, magazines and on television programs
  • word of mouth
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    This gives information about locks-of-love and some facts about it.
Ashley Hildebrand

Locks of Love helps disadvantaged children suffering from medical hair loss - 0 views

  • hairpieces to
  • financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21
  • highest quality hair prosthetics
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  • long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.
  • alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure.
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    Lock-Of-Love is another foundation that helps make hairpieces for kids that lost there hair due to medical reasons. They donate only to kids under the age of 21.
Ashley Hildebrand

How to Donate Your Hair - 0 views

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    This site shows you the different charities you could eventually donate your hair too.
Ashley Hildebrand

Ponytail Donation Requirements - 0 views

  • At least 8 inches long
  • Free of permanent color, bleach or other chemical treatments
  • No more than 5% gray
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  • at least six ponytails to make a Pantene Beautiful Lengths wig
  • different person with a different shade of hair.
  • one comes from
  • Gray hair,
  • some chemically-treated
  • permanently-colored hair, does not absorb dye at the same rate as other types of hair.
  • harder to color
  • once colored, fades more quickly.
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    This page says the requirements for your hair length and what color and recommendations they have before you cut your hair.
Ashley Hildebrand

About the Beautiful Lengths Program - 0 views

  • looking and feeling healthy
  • As one breast cancer survivor put it, "It was very hard when my hair started falling out. It was coming out in chunks.
  • wig makes them feel like themselves again.
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  • Pantene has donated 18, 000 free real-hair wigs
  • demand for these wigs is high
  • cancer patients across the country
  • real-hair wigs are expensive,
  • largest donor of real-hair wigs
  • create as many wigs as donations
  • collected over 272,113 ponytails
  • growing every week.
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    This program is part of Locks-Of-Love which makes wigs for cancer patients without hair. Wigs are very expensive and people need to start donating so they have enough wigs for everyone who wants one.
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