Son cut his hair...Lots of Locks of Love.

[FireDancer]

I mis-spoke earlier. It wasn't LoL that came to the relay event, it was Wigs for Kids. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[inkedupmomma]

omg, he looks gorgeous! and what a nice thing he did!

 

[samshane]

Though I had posted here... maybe I didn't!

Great thing to do - I have a DD10 who was AU (totally hairless) for about 3 or so years... she was diagnosed with AA at age 3 1/2, but the time she was 4 she didn't have one bit of body hair. We were able to take a mold of her head at age 5 and she got a LOL wig. The LOL wigs are gorgeous - but they are a suction-type cap molded to the child's head. And in FL - that means they are HOT (I loved being in a store at the mall when DD decided it was too hot and pulled the wig off - that was a shocker for some of the other customers!) As some stated - about 85% of the LOL wig recipients are alopecia patients (I actually e-mailed them once to ask and that is the statistic I was given).

Today she has some hair on her head - and to get a LOL wig she would have to shave it to do the mold - and she refuses to do that (I can't even get her to go get a haircut). Can't blame her, she is fearful it might not come back... and we went for years with no hope of ever seeing it again. Will it stay? It's already thinning - but we have hope And she is seeing a very positive dermatologist and using a great medication that we are really seeing results from.

So - from a LOL wig recipient for her child - THANK YOU!