Watch the Lovely Moment This Young Girl Living With Hair Loss Gets a New Wig
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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Melissa McGlensey is the former News Editor at The Mighty. Her writing can also be seen in Ms. Magazine, on the Ms.Magazine blog and in The Huffington Post’s Good News, Comedy and Impact sections. Melissa is also a New York City comedian who does sketch, improv and stand up. She is passionate about social justice, politics, Thai food, literature, disability rights and more. She is currently in a long-distance relationship with her cat, Sneakers, who lives in California. You can follow her on twitter at @OhHeyMeliss.
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