A cut above the rest: College girls chop off lovely locks to make wigs for cancer patients

Coimbatore: The theme of the International Women's Day, which falls on Sunday this year, seems to be hair donation.
After students of city-based PSG Institute of Management donated shiny locks of hair to make wigs for cancer patients, students of PSG College of Arts and Science came forward to donate eight to 10 inches of their hair for the cause on Thursday.
Addressing the girls, CEO of Naturals C K Kumaravelu, called them role models and likened them to Mother Teresa and Oprah Winfrey, bringing huge grins to their faces.
As many as 200 girls from the college had agreed to donate hair for the cause. Kumaravelu, an alumnus of the college who has set up a Naturals salon on the campus, said. “Every girl who donated hair is a role model. People always talk about Mother Teresa and Oprah Winfrey. But I think these girls, who took such a giant step to donate an important part of their external appearance to put a smile on a cancer patient’s face, are role models for the society and people around them,” he said. “These girls, with so much courage and confidence, took the extra mile to come out of their comfort zone. Now, these are truly beautiful models and will create a revolution and inspire more girls to come forward.”
Some of the girls who donated hair left the salon with the shortest ever hair they remembered having.
“I used to have hair till my mid-back, which I would only keep reshaping and restyling during haircuts. This is the first time I have hair as short as just my shoulders,” said V Vinothini, a final year Economics student.
“When I look at myself in the mirror, my face looks different but better actually. My parents are also proud of me,” she said.
Naturals salon, which collected the hair, plans to hand it over to Chennai-based wig maker Raj Impex and donate 10 wigs to cancer hospitals.
Making a wig costs Rs 6,000, sources said.