Locks of Love

Locks of Love is a charity we support.

We will post the date of the next drive we have on behalf of this charity here.

This not-for-profit organization utilizes donated hair and resources to provide hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under the age of 18 with medical hair loss. The children receive hair prosthetics free of charge or on a sliding scale based on the family’s finances.

Locks of Love wants to meet the needs of every financially disadvantaged child struggling through medical hair loss. In the US, over 15,000 children develop cancer every year. Chemotherapy treatments cause medical hair loss lasting from 4–6 months. In the future we wish to provide specially designed synthetic hairpieces for the increasing number of children with short-term hair loss.

More volunteers donate their locks.

Alopecia Areata, an auto-immune condition, causes complete loss of scalp hair for 67,500 children. Radiation used to treat brain cancers often damage hair follicles permanently. Skin grafts on the scalp, as a result of severe burns or accidents, cause permanent hair loss. Insurance rarely covers the cost of a hair prosthetic for long-term hair loss. The demand for our services continues to escalate.

We need your help!

Donation Guidelines

We accept 12" minimum hair length, not wigs, falls, or synthetic hair
Please bundle in a ponytail or braid
Hair need to be clean, dry and placed in a plastic bag
We need hair from men and women, young and old, all colors, and all races
Hair may be permed, but not chemically damaged
Hair swept from the floor is not useable
Hair cut years ago is useable as long as it has been stored in a ponytail
Hair that is short, gray of unsuitable for children will be separated from the ponytails and sold at fair market value to help offset manufacturing costs
You may straighten curly hair to measure the minimum 12"
75% of all hair donated comes from children who wish to help other children
We wish to help all children

Visit locksoflove.org for more information or contact us for how to donate at one of our Mentor salons.