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Watch the Lovely Moment This Young Girl Living With Hair Loss Gets a New Wig

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The smile on this little girl’s face will make your day.

BuzzFeed produced this video that follows the process of creating a wig out of donated hair for children living with hair loss.

In this case, a woman named Hannah donated hair that becomes a beautiful new wig for a little girl named Bridget, thanks to the charity organization Wigs for Kids. Bridget has alopecia, an autoimmune disorder resulting in hair loss.

It might not seem like a lot in the big scheme of things,” Bridget’s mom says in the video below, “but to a little girl, it means a whole lot.”

Watch the video below to see Bridget get her new wig:

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Originally published: March 4, 2015
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