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Hair Drive for Locks of Love at Avant
At Avant
Salons and Spa, we make it a regular practice to use our time, talent, and
services to support local and national charitable organizations. Locks of Love
is another wonderful opportunity for us.
“Locks of
Love” is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to
financially disadvantaged children, under age 18, suffering from long-term
medical hair loss from any diagnosis.
Have you ever thought about donating your hair or
do you know someone who would like to donate to help kids in need?
If the
answer is yes, then January is the perfect time to donate your hair because Avant
- top award winning salon in Austin - will shampoo, cut and style
contributors’ hair for FREE on the day of the donation.
Avant will then package the donation and pay all shipping charges.
When:
every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in January 2008 with select stylists
only.
Avant
gateway/northwest – 9901 Capital of TX Hwy, (512) 502-8268
To
participate in this hair drive please call (512) 502-8268 (northwest)
or (512) 472-6357 (downtown)
&
schedule your free haircut for Locks of Love.Who can donate? - Men, women, and children can donate their hair as long as the guidelines listed below are followed. In fact, according to Locks of Love statistics, most hair donors are children. Guidelines for acceptable hair donations
Your hair donations will be turned into natural-looking wigs for kids. Where as synthetic wigs "look fake" like doll hair, donated human hair achieves a realistic, natural appearance.
Through Locks of Love
kids regain assurance in their appearance, feeling brighter about the outlook
for their future. With renewed confidence, these children will go out in
public, without feeling self-conscious. They will look proudly in the mirror,
feeling like themselves again.
What causes
hair loss and how the wigs (known as prosthetics) are made.
The most common cause of
hair loss, according to Locks of Love, is Alopecia Areata, an autoimmune
deficiency disease that affects over 4 million people in the United States,
two million of whom are children. There is no known cause or cure for Alopecia
Areata.
"Basically, your
body develops an allergy to your hair," said Susan Stone, Locks of Love
Executive Director. Others have
suffered severe burns, or endured radiation treatment to the brain stem, in
addition to many other dermatological conditions that result in permanent hair
loss.
Obtaining a wig
generally takes four months. Applicants for wigs receive a plaster-of-paris
mold kit and video by mail. The child makes a skin-to-plaster head mold and
returns it to the manufacturing plant.
Using 140,000 strands of
real hair, wigs are handmade using silicon caps to match each child's skin
tone. The custom-made silicon allows for a perfect fit, making it impossible
to pull off. Kids can go swimming, they can hang upside-down on the monkey
bars, they can lead a normal life.
Children can choose
their desired hair length and color. Such wigs are known as prosthetics and
are worth up to $6,000.
Locks of Love provide
these hairpieces and repairs free of charge or on a sliding scale based on the
financial need of those responsible for the children.
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