Hair Donation Requirements
Hair Donation Requirements
Donate Hair For The Great Cut
A world record charity hair donation benefitting Children With Hair Loss.
2 Ways To Donate
Be part of an historic attempt to break the Guinness World Records™ title for the most hair donated to charity!
There are two ways you can donate hair for The Great Cut. Both are detailed below, along with hair donation requirements, tips and recommendations.
Donate Hair In Person
The preferred method is to cut and donate your hair with thousands of other hair donors at The Great Cut on March 16 in San Diego.
This family-friendly event is complete with all-day live music and entertainment, local vendors and craft booths, children’s activities, food trucks, craft beer and spirits, staff and hair replacement recipients from Children With Hair Loss, before & after hair donation photography, and a professional cutting floor the size of a football field, with over 100 caring barbers and hair stylists to provide you with a special and memorable hair donation experience.
Held in a gorgeous indoor-outdoor venue on the shores of the San Diego bay in the #1 travel destination in the U.S….this could be your best vacation of the year.
Hair donors who donate in person will need to register for The Great Cut. Details and registration will be available in late 2023. Learn more about attending The Great Cut.
Donate Hair By Mail
For donors who cannot attend, the second option is a mail-in hair donation. There will be a mail-in donation process for individuals & families as well as for salon partners.
Mail-In Hair Donation Timeline and Instructions
We’ll begin accepting mail-in donations in late 2023. Details and instructions will be posted on this page, including tips for cutting, packing and mailing your hair donation.
Please do not mail hair without going through the process that will be detailed here.
If you wish to donate hair before we begin accepting donations for The Great Cut, please donate to Children With Hair Loss. You can find hair donation requirements and instructions for donating hair on their website.
Hair Type & Condition
- Any hair in good condition will be accepted
- All hair types are accepted (curly, straight, oily, dry, thin, etc.)
- Grey hair is accepted
- Locs (dreadlocks) are accepted
- Dyed or colored hair is accepted (though non-chemically treated hair is preferred)
Hair Length
The minimum hair donation is eight inches, but the longer the better! In fact, the preferred hair donation is 14 inches or longer!
Longer hair donations are needed most urgently because most of the children receiving hair replacements are hoping and wishing for long hair. It takes at least 2-3 inches to attach each hair to the scalp piece, so longer hair donations result in longer hair replacements!
What Happens to My Hair Donation?
All hair donated for The Great Cut will be donated to Children With Hair Loss, our longtime charity partners who provide quality, customized hair replacements to children with medically-related hair loss at zero cost to the families.
Founded in 2000, they have provided over 8,000 hair replacements, and they’ve never charged a dollar or turned a child away.
How Do I Know This Is A “World Record” Hair Donation?
With the most rigorous standards, the highest integrity in their records, and a commitment to assessing claims with objectivity, free from prejudice or bias, Guinness World Records™ is the global authority on world records.
In 2019 The Great Cut broke the Guinness World Records™ title for the most hair donated to charity in 24 hours with 339 pounds of hair! Lest a challenger come forward, we’ll attempt to break our own world record hair donation at The Great Cut 2024.
What If I Don’t Want
To Donate Hair?
To Donate Hair?
If you don’t have hair to donate, there are many other ways you can support and be part of this world record charity hair donation.
Whose Operation Is This?
The Great Cut is conceived, organized, hosted, funded and presented by The Longhairs, with help from donors, volunteers, sponsors, our families, friends, and the overwhelming support of our longtime charity partners at Children With Hair Loss.
What Is The Longhairs?
A community for guys with long hair, advocates, supporters and friends. We publish tips, advocate for hair equality, and celebrate men’s long manes with hair whips and high fives.
We’re also proprietors of world-famous Hair Ties For Guys and a complete line of apex-level hair care made for guys with long hair—yet preferred by women over the leading salon brand.
If this sounds familiar, you might have seen us on Shark Tank, where we landed a deal with Mark Cuban in 2018, though we’re still trying to get him to grow his hair out.
AS SEEN ON SHARK TANK
Doing hair whips on stage with Mark Cuban on national television.