NWR: the chop

allforyou

Tomorrow I am getting a haircut! I cannot wait. For the past three years all I have gotten are trims and now my hair is insanely long. I am excited, but scared to have my hair short again (plus my son is very attached to my hair and will probably be heartboken when it is gone). I am donating my hair, so at least that makes me feel better.

Any of you MGs do the post wedding chop? Any regrets?

DMLJ

So many girls do it!  It's funny though cause I'm the opposite.. I really wanna grow my bottom layers long long long!

Reilly626

I want the wedding chop! But I want to donate like you- how many inches do you need to donate?

akmackay

I did it and no regrets! It was nice to have short hair for the summer.

Pantene Beautiful Lengths requires 8 inches to donate. I think that Locks of Love is 10 inches, but for many, many reasons I do not recommend giving to LoL.

ffbride_0813

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_new-jersey_nwr-chop?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:90Discussion:915e7cea-bc59-4854-b7a1-c44d2181cbc2Post:c0d82527-c700-4ca5-bc3d-f3fd93550a68">Re: NWR: the chop</a>:
[QUOTE]So many girls do it!  It's funny though cause I'm the opposite.. I really wanna grow my bottom layers long long long!
Posted by DMLJ[/QUOTE]

I wish I could give you my hair.  I want it gone so badly.  I just cant figure out what to do.  I kind of want a shoulder length inverted bob but I cannot find a picture of it on someone with curly hair.  I am going to set an appointment for October and get it chopped off.  I wanted to give it to beautiful lengths but I fear I may be just under the requirement. 

allforyou

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_new-jersey_nwr-chop?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:90Discussion:915e7cea-bc59-4854-b7a1-c44d2181cbc2Post:2e5482b5-155d-4741-b49e-59540c1a7064">Re: NWR: the chop</a>:
[QUOTE]I did it and no regrets! It was nice to have short hair for the summer. Pantene Beautiful Lengths requires 8 inches to donate. I think that Locks of Love is 10 inches, but for many, many reasons I do not recommend giving to LoL.
Posted by akmackay[/QUOTE]

I have about 16 inches to donate and will be donating to Beautiful lengths. I have heard that you shouldn't donate to Locks of Love (even though I did once before), but I don't know why. What are your reasons for not donating to them?

akmackay

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_new-jersey_nwr-chop?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:90Discussion:915e7cea-bc59-4854-b7a1-c44d2181cbc2Post:bca5277a-a786-4f4c-a23e-90f2ace744a9">Re: NWR: the chop</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: NWR: the chop : I have about 16 inches to donate and will be donating to Beautiful lengths. I have heard that you shouldn't donate to Locks of Love (even though I did once before), but I don't know why. What are your reasons for not donating to them?
Posted by allforyou[/QUOTE]

I gave to LoL a few years ago as well. This time, I did Beautiful Lengths.

<p>LoL charges for their wigs, over $5k, and don't give them to people with cancer. They only give to certain demographics and for most of the hair donated, it is either thrown away or sold. Only (and I forget actual numbers) about 10% of the hair donated ends up into a wig. They receive 2,000 ponytails a week and make less than 200 wigs a year. 

Beautiful Lengths estimates an average of 2,000 wigs a year (this was from a few years ago, so it could be more) which LoL took over 10 years to make just as many- when LoL receives far more donations a year. They also give the wigs for free, unlike LoL.

There are a lot of other organizations out there, and I just hope that people give to those other charities rather than LoL.</p>

justanjgrl

I have an appointment to chop it the day after the wedding.  I'm looking forward to getting my inverted bob/lob back!  My FI is upset though that the long hair is going!