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National Donate Your Hair Day

I'm excited to share with you that today is National Donate Your Hair Day and the start of Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths #8or8 Challenge and as I've already mentioned previously, I'm partnering up with Pantene to encourage people to either give $8 or donate 8 inches of hair to help create free, real-hair wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment.

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The Beautiful Lengths Challenge

Working in the healthcare field, and especially this month since I'm currently rotating at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, it is all too apparent the effect that cancer has on more than just one's body. And then you start chemotherapy, which has its own set of hardships associated with it. 

Certain types of chemotherapy result in total hair loss, and though it may seem trivial in the face of cancer, it is an outward symbol of a very personal, and very private battle for life. Some people want to keep that battle private, and not have their baldness be a label or beacon--while still others prefer to display their battle with gusto. 

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