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Braid off: Hairdresser Kimi Wilke cuts off Elisabeth's braid.
At least 25 centimeters have to be removed for hair donation.
Elisabeth happily observes what is happening in the mirror of the Grafinger Salon.
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Elisabeth (6) from Zorneding donates hair to people with cancer.
We accompanied the girl from Zorneding to the hairdresser.
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– Elisabeth Matuszewski has already seen the inside of a hairdressing salon a few times, but the six-year-old has only sat in front of the mirror once as a customer.
Elisabeth seems all the more excited that day when she climbs into a black armchair in the “VA Hair and Make-up” hairdressing salon in Grafing.
She rested her arms on the backrest so as not to sink completely into the leather of the large chair.
Elisabeth looks around the room curiously.
Her gaze is glued to a black trolley.
Combs, brushes and scissors are carefully sorted next to each other.
A hairdryer hangs from its cord on the side.
Elisabeth's hair to be used for a wig.
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“Are you ready?” asks hairdresser Kimi Wilke, tearing the six-year-old out of her thoughts.
The student nods confidently, her gaze flickering to Mama Johanna, who is sitting behind her daughter, smiling.
The hairdresser carefully loosens the pink hair tie that previously held Elisabeth's long blonde hair together.
“They have grown since birth and now they are coming off,” mourns mother Johanna as she gives her daughter her first radical haircut.
But she knows: little Elisabeth will make at least one person very happy with this visit to the hairdresser.
Because the first grader has her hair cut off for people with cancer.
“You don’t have something like that every day,” praises hairdresser Wilke.
Her father gave Elisabeth the idea of donating hair
The young Zornedinger's father Richard (42) came up with the idea of donating her hair.
“During the Corona period he simply stopped going to the hairdresser,” says Johanna Matuszewski with a laugh.
“He simply let his hair grow, tied it up and wore it like a dumpling on his head.” In the spring of 2023, the father of the family decided to donate his hair.
At his side back then: little Elisabeth.
My aunt and great cousin have also had their hair cut off for a good cause.
There is a reason for this: cancer is a very present topic in the Matuszewski family.
“We have had cancer in the family, so we want to help these people,” says mom Johanna.
But before her daughter's princess hair is shortened to chin length, the tape measure reveals it: an incredible 58 centimeters long.
“At least 25 have to go.
“That is a prerequisite for the donation,” emphasizes hairdresser Kimi Wilke.
This doesn't seem to be a problem for Elisabeth.
“She was really looking forward to today’s appointment,” reveals mom Johanna.
Elisabeth after the cut: “It feels much easier”
Then there is no turning back: her hair is combed and braided one last time.
Then the hairdresser places the scissors above the hair tie.
Elisabeth watches what is happening in the mirror, spellbound.
The long braid only slowly separates from the rest of the head.
“You have really thick hair,” says Wilke and laughs.
A few seconds later she is holding the blonde braid in her hand.
A grin spreads across Elisabeth's face.
She turns to her mom in surprise.
“It feels a lot easier,” she says, laughing.
Then she looks at herself in the mirror in delight, turning her head in disbelief.
“Now I don’t have to blow-dry for so long,” replies Johanna Matuszewski.
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So that the short blonde hair is now the same length, hairdresser Kimi Wilke trims it a little.
While blow-drying afterwards, Elisabeth looks a bit skeptical.
“I would have thought it would look a little different,” she admits to Mama Johanna.
“You said they would be much shorter,” she suddenly complains.
Afterwards, the six-year-old no longer notices the laughter around her; she is too busy looking at herself in the mirror.
The blonde hair braid will now make its way to the Rieswick second hair factory in Velen-Ramsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, around 700 kilometers away.
There, Elisabeth's hair will be processed into a real hair wig.
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