Tokyo girl with rare disease gets 1st ever haircut to donate locks for medical wigs
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230608/p2a/00m/0na/013000c
Tokyo girl with rare disease gets 1st ever haircut to donate locks for medical wigs
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230608/p2a/00m/0na/013000c
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> After the fourth grader finished getting her hair cut, Nami told her daughter, “You look so cute. It suits you,” eliciting a smile from her. While holding her own hair, tied for donation, Marinna said, “There are many people in the world who are suffering from more painful illnesses than I am. I hope my hair can can be used to brighten up their everyday life, even if by a little bit.”
My wife (Japanese in Japan) did this a number of years back. Various orgs have been offering this for a while now.