Donate hair to cancer patients

Why donate hair to cancer patients 

Depending on the type of cancer, chemotherapy may be part of the treatment. They don't fall with every chemotherapy hair the end. But there are still enough therapies in which patients have to lose their hair.

• The diagnosis is followed by a special and difficult life situation. Cancer is not a death sentence, but many sufferers still have the worst ahead of them: chemotherapy.
• Chemotherapy often means that your hair will fall out. Of course, there are also many other side effects that are much "more important". However, those affected are happy about a pleasant appearance, which can simplify the therapy somewhat. This includes, for example, a wig.
• Although those affected are offered a synthetic hair wig with a co-payment through the health insurance, these wigs are not real. The human hair wigs are often very expensive and patients have to pay a few euros for them. Donations can definitely help. It's not that uncommon to go to the hairdresser and say, "Cut my hair and I'll sell it to you." How about if you donate instead of selling it?
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You should pay attention to this at the hairdresser

Unfortunately, there are a lot of hairdressers who monetize your hair and make the hair donation appear dubious. Don't let that put you off.

• If you decide to donate, pay special attention to which hairdresser you go to. Ask the hairdresser if he has often received hair donations for people with cancer. Also ask him exactly how he will proceed.
• If you are not sure, it makes sense to visit the Chamber of Crafts of the Hairdressing Guild in the respective city. You will be advised there - by telephone, of course - and you can also get a few hairdressers named who handle the hair donation seriously.

Don't you want to go to the hairdresser to donate your hair to people with cancer? You can also cut off your hair yourself and, for example, to the Federal Association of Second Hair Specialists send. That is a Association, which deals, among other things, with providing those affected with replacement hair. Just make sure that your forelock is not tangled or knotted.

Here's how to prepare your hair for donation

If you've decided to cut the hair yourself, it's easy to do.

• Wash and dry the hair beforehand. The forelock should then be braided and combed beforehand so that the hair falls in one direction.
• Fix the forelock firmly with an elastic band. It is best if you fix the braid well at both ends. Then you can go ahead and send your braid to the hairdresser or association you trust.
• Another piece of information: Many hairdressers have health insurance contracts to offer "wigs on prescription". Only then can you offer you a wig with the appropriate prescription. Almost every doctor can write a prescription, provided there is a medical or therapeutic justification for it.
• So that a hairdresser can settle second hair with the health insurance, he needs a so-called approval number (IK number). This IK number is a unique feature for settling accounts with the health insurance company. To get this, the hairdresser becomes one Prequalification process have to perform. He has to prove his qualification for, among other things, the functional production and, above all, the usefulness of wigs.
• You can then take the recipe to a hairdresser or a wig shop. The prescription surcharge is usually only sufficient for the cheaper wigs. If hair has been donated, it can Co-payment for a real hair wig.

There is hardly one Health insurancewho has no contract with a hairdresser because of the second hair. You can obtain further information about health insurance contracts, donations and real hair wigs from the Federal Association.