Hair today - gone tomorrow...

[maelgwyn]

later on this year I'm going to cut my hair. All of it. Gone. It's time, we've had a lot of great times together and there is one more Maiden gig to go to but then out come the clippers. Now I am going to give my hair to a charity that makes wigs for kids going through chemo. This is where it gets odd, one of the people at work is pretty much

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[hawkida]

I've had my head shaved and raised/donated the money to charity twice. The first time it was at a convention called "They Came and Shaved Us" so it seemed like a good way to get into the spirit of it and do somebody some good. The second time, my hair was getting a bit long and I thought, well, I can cut it, or I can just go to the extreme again and raise money again.

My personal reasons were twofold - going from lots of hair to no hair, especially as a girl, is striking and gets people's attention. It's something that is often connected with chemo, so it seemed like an obvious link to me. Secondly, I lost a friend to cancer and saw another survive it. I'm keen to see cancer research funded.

So those were my reasons. You shouldn't go ahead and raise money because of pressure because someone else thinks you should, but if the idea doesn't offend you then perhaps it's worth it. It would be nice if people just gave away their money but they don't, they want it to be earned, whether it's a bike ride, a tv comedy night or someone shaking a bucket under their nose and telling them they're about to have their considerably long hair shaved off. You know a lot of people, your hair is quite a stand-out feature at the moment, removing it will have impact. So, if you want to, it's quite easy to capitalise on that impact for the good of others - but you should feel no obligation to do so.