Sisters cut off hair to support their auntie
Three sisters have shorn to great lengths to help a charity for kids who have lost their hair to cancer and other illnesses.
Six-year-old twins Saskia and Niko Greensmith and big sister Jayla, 10, have all cut off their waist-length hair.
The girls, from Busby, East Renfrewshire, each donated 15 inches of their tresses. Beautifully plaited, it adds up to almost four feet of hair.
The idea came to the youngsters as their auntie Claire has alopecia.
“Claire’s just in her early 30s and she’s quite open about being bald,” said the girls’ mum, Caroline, 32.
“She’ll often go without round the house but she has wigs and the girls were asking how children get wigs.
“When I told them a charity, Little Princess Trust, provided real hair they decided themselves to donate.”
The girls had grown their hair long since birth but had no hesitation in having it all cut off last week.
Caroline, who was used to plaiting it before school each morning, fixed it one last time and now it’s about to be handed over to the charity.
“They actually love their new chinlength hairstyles and I’m so proud they came up with this lovely idea on their own.”
More than £500 has been raised through Caroline’s justgiving page.