Honestly, I encourage this. Shaved off half of mine and left the other side long and dye it different colors every month. It looks awesome and is so much more comfortable!
Everyone who is considering doing this, please check with your local barber, to see if there's anyone with connections to cancer wig foundations; where you can donate your shed hair.
I bust my head a good number of times. It is very liberating! Especially during the summer when it actually helps keep you nice and cool. But if you go camping with a buzzed head, bring a very very thick beanie to sleep in.
I just ask the barber/hairdresser if they do hair donations before making an appointment. That's how I do it. And I don't think anyone's gonna charge a lot for a buzz cut, right?
It can't. I'm about to donate mine (to "wigs for kids"). Many places will cut it off for free when donating it, and it needs to be at least 12". That first cut would have made hers ineligible, and I don't think her final result was her original plan.
Not all orgs are 12", just fyi. The hair needs to be clean and put into bales, one band at each end, not braided. I'm about to donate my hair for the 3rd and probably last time. Last donation I did was to Wigs for Kids. There's a lot of misinformation out there about hair donation, particularly the idea that hair donation orgs are in it for the money.
You are correct in your thought. As long as it 6" or more it can be donated, male or female. Surprisingly, human hair is also made into absorbent mats for efficient oil spill clean up.
That's another popular misconception. The hair can be dyed for some hair donation purposes, including making wigs for kids. However it cannot have been lightened in any way.
as a dude with long hair, we get far fewer opinions than women on it daily. look at capitalism, the industries of women hair vs man hair is incomparable in size and advertising.
I'm done.. You people just wanna complain. I don't disagree that they deal with more shit. But I don't give a flying fuck what your gender is, if you cut your hair off, please donate it. It's not a fucking contest of who is the most oppressed by hair comments.
Or, hear me out - women can do whatever they want with their hair. Lots of hair donation groups don't keep the donations they get, or charge the patients because they're trying to make a buck.
Or I just thought it would have been nice for a cancer patient to have a wig of her beautiful hair. It is impossible for her to now do it a particular way to gain my approval since it is already done...
It is possible to both support someone, and to provide constructive criticism at the same time. Sure, maybe it could have been worded better, but to attack someone's intent instead of their wording harms both sides here.
boobsweat
Accurate T-shirt
Cruxia13
Honestly, I encourage this. Shaved off half of mine and left the other side long and dye it different colors every month. It looks awesome and is so much more comfortable!
bafflingbookish
A surprising amount of people look very good without hair
vincentleeprice
Still find her cute
wurstkaesescenario
Hair grows back. Do it! Feeling the headskin is amazing.
CynicalLittle
I shaved my head about 6 months ago. Best feeling of my life *had reeeally long hair* highly recommend.
isthisjunkmail
I still remember how different the water sounded in the shower after the first time I shaved my head.
3ES60181487
regardless of how it looks, it is the best night of sleep ever, that first night after a buzzcut.. ok maybe just me..
TheGriffin
She very cute
oldselmersaxguy1
Bald chicks are hot
PyroAvok
Really? I'd think not having all that insulation up there would keep the temp down.
CivilizedUndead
TheLastSpaceman
If you were heading that direction why start with trimming ends?
BlueDsc
Maybe to see how the hair looked at that length first?
dasAchteck
dunno. she rocks it.
engineeringwombocombo
This just in: confidence in oneself found attractive. Tune in next time for special report: "Is Water Wet?" The answer may surprise you!
TheGodEmperorOfChaos
Her shirt is on point.
korndogg83
“It’s been seven hours and fifteen days…”
dasAchteck
nothing compares 2 u, @korndogg83.
DrWhy9
Hope that wasn't in summer, scalp sun burns are a bitch
ayashi
I want that shirt
straycatstrut
She must have undergone big character development
Wowcablesucks
Sometimes you have to let you dark side come out and play so both can coexist.
igneus
She seems happy about it and unstoppable
LiterallyAGoblin
I was expecting the clippers to die at some point
OpossumJesusHasRisen
I've done it 3 or 4 times over the years because my hair is massive & curly. I always look that happy.
MadeYouLookAgain
I thought she was going to do a male pattern baldness. Had a buddy in high school do that and bought us beer.
Subaru007
Maybe her head started to get real hot...
TaylorAutumn
Maybe a psychotic episode
ChaoticGoodTransGirl
good for her, but holy shit i would die to have hair like that. still, her joy after shaving it off is really wonderful to see
reverendbonobo
If you ask nicely, she might let you have it.
fibbertitgibbet
You know how they got dick from Richard!
KilroyLichking
let me help
chaosundivided
it does feel fucking nice tho
Absent
Everyone who is considering doing this, please check with your local barber, to see if there's anyone with connections to cancer wig foundations; where you can donate your shed hair.
Volpe42
Or oil spill cleanup
HeadJamistan
OP, I love your tags. C+H ftw.
Dondarian
I bust my head a good number of times. It is very liberating! Especially during the summer when it actually helps keep you nice and cool. But if you go camping with a buzzed head, bring a very very thick beanie to sleep in.
trigonman3
The care trolling in these comments is exquisite.
Exdeath5000
She had beautiful hair, wish she had went to a professional and donated it for cancer patients etc
kenmore79
It was impulsive and indicative of a need for mental health check, I thought about 1 selling it 2 donating 3 a mental health breakdown smdh
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
How about she can do whatever she wants, jfc.
drduffer
Same. Thanks for being first to say it! ⬆️
HedonistBeard
Might not be an option. Going to a professional costs money, and figuring out how to donate can be more of a hassle than she can deal with.
Cataleast
I just ask the barber/hairdresser if they do hair donations before making an appointment. That's how I do it. And I don't think anyone's gonna charge a lot for a buzz cut, right?
HedonistBeard
Well, you'd be surprised I guess, and even "not a lot" is more than what a lot of people can afford. Especially in times of crisis.
Sulexar
Not sure why you would just assume it can't be donated like this.
Jackoftoys
It can't. I'm about to donate mine (to "wigs for kids"). Many places will cut it off for free when donating it, and it needs to be at least 12". That first cut would have made hers ineligible, and I don't think her final result was her original plan.
kittykat
Not all orgs are 12", just fyi. The hair needs to be clean and put into bales, one band at each end, not braided. I'm about to donate my hair for the 3rd and probably last time. Last donation I did was to Wigs for Kids. There's a lot of misinformation out there about hair donation, particularly the idea that hair donation orgs are in it for the money.
pullingsixty
You are correct in your thought. As long as it 6" or more it can be donated, male or female. Surprisingly, human hair is also made into absorbent mats for efficient oil spill clean up.
Cruxia13
Not if it's dyed.
kittykat
That's another popular misconception. The hair can be dyed for some hair donation purposes, including making wigs for kids. However it cannot have been lightened in any way.
viila
Huh, to TIL (albeit six months too late now) that I theoretically could have donated my covid mullet...
trigonman3
Like some sort of, I don't know, Cherokee Hair Tampons or something.
pullingsixty
Gwyneth Paltrow might be interested.
trigonman3
I will put her in touch with Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
pullingsixty
👍🏻
TooUglyToAltarBoy
got to love a society that tells women what to do with their hair so profusely, even cutting it off comes with instructions
TheNLK
... the same thing is said to dudes when they cut their long hair off. Source? Myself. I was told to do that, and I did.
kittykat
Thank you
TooUglyToAltarBoy
as a dude with long hair, we get far fewer opinions than women on it daily. look at capitalism, the industries of women hair vs man hair is incomparable in size and advertising.
TooUglyToAltarBoy
we are a corner of the grocery store at best. they get an isle. Women deal with so much more hair criticism, comments, insecurities, and instructions.
TooUglyToAltarBoy
thank God she has your man brain. she might have to use hers to make choices (to the coward who muted)
TheNLK
I'm done.. You people just wanna complain. I don't disagree that they deal with more shit. But I don't give a flying fuck what your gender is, if you cut your hair off, please donate it. It's not a fucking contest of who is the most oppressed by hair comments.
IRateYourChristmasSelfies
Or, hear me out - women can do whatever they want with their hair. Lots of hair donation groups don't keep the donations they get, or charge the patients because they're trying to make a buck.
rjohannsen
But..how else will the arm chair quarter back virtue signalers get their fake internet points?
Irimoo
Man people on this site hate being called out 😅 I gave you an updoot my dude
rjohannsen
And here's one for you too! Lol. Cheers!
Exdeath5000
Did anyone say she couldn't do whatever she wants? Wishing for something is not trying to control her
Soggybathroomsock
I wish you would stop trying to control women's bodies. (See how that statement is not innocuous because of the implied action?)
QuickGoogleSearch
It's a passive-aggressive statement that the person should do a particular thing to gain your approval.
Exdeath5000
Or I just thought it would have been nice for a cancer patient to have a wig of her beautiful hair. It is impossible for her to now do it a particular way to gain my approval since it is already done...
HedonistBeard
Someone said they wished she had done something else. When it comes to things like this that can come off as a bit judgemental.
KingKelloggTheWaffleHaggler
If I see a dude throwing out good food I think they should have donated it.
dmorulez
Hell yeah way to come in with the straw man fallacy.
HedonistBeard
There's some difference between food and a bodypart that has strong cultural meaning in most cultures and strong personal meaning to most.
IRateYourChristmasSelfies
You meet people like this IRL, that "I wish you would have ____" statement is just as good as disapproval, that's the catch.
MysterEF8
Stop digging
TheNLK
Welcome to real life. I disapprove of throwing away hair that a little kid could have used to feel better about themselves 1/2
TheNLK
during the lowest point they'll have in their life. Hilarious that Imgur claims to care about kids then says dumb shit like this. 2/2
NairouTryyshokk
It is possible to both support someone, and to provide constructive criticism at the same time. Sure, maybe it could have been worded better, but to attack someone's intent instead of their wording harms both sides here.
relsky
Whoa, whoa, whoa, this is the internet. Keep your nuance to yourself, please! Only outrage and stupidity are permitted here!!
beerformyhorses
You're odd and should have not tainted your post with your comments
IRateYourChristmasSelfies
HollywoodHells
Their post, their points. I, for one, believe in a right to postily autonomy for all.
Lowland
Its called The Britney
Tenookey
ITS BRITNEY WAWTCH
opus68
The full name is “The It’s Brittany, Bitch”
Volpe42
Doesn't that also require the short skirt and giving a basic instinct while getting into a car?
Froggie243
My thighs are way too thick to pull that off without a full sumo squat
Destirinity
That's "the Paris." Totally different breed. Like elephant and elephant seal.
TheBigMcC
Or to those of a mature vintage, The Sinead ….
Over400
NegasonicTeenageWarheadF—k you’reold.gif
Zestykitten
I pulled a Britney in 2021. No regrets either, it was fun being bald and now I rock a pixie
Over400
Some of the most beautiful women out there rock a pixie. Now you’re among them.
Zestykitten
k5user
YOU LEAVE HER ALONE!!!
Lowland
WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING
bolobass
HeeHee!
InspiredForestRaptor
Ooooooh!
trigonman3
Chris Crocker, IIRC
Vungor
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