Fifteen years ago, Chen Yi-ting’s mother-in-law contracted cancer and had chemotherapy. Her hair fell out and her complexion became lifeless. Saddened by this, Chen decided to grow her hair long, and has made anonymous donations of it to the Formosa Cancer Foundation to have it made into wigs, so that she could bring a smile to the face of other patients. Now her three-year-old daughter is also letting her hair grow as she follows Chen’s example and helps people anonymously.
Chen, 43, who works in a boutique, has already donated hair five times. She says that when she was young, she used to have a bob haircut, so now she likes to do something different with her hair, and people around her are jealous of her long tresses. She says it takes 3-4 years to let the hair grow the required 30cm. Not only does this take a long time, but she cannot get a coloring or a perm, so she cannot change her look when she wants to.
Chen hopes that getting a wig will give cancer patients their confidence back and make them feel more positive, and that this will help them get better.
(Liberty Times, translated by Perry Svensson)
Photo: Kuo Yi, Liberty Times
(照片： 自由時報記者郭逸攝)
十五年前，陳怡婷的婆婆罹癌並接受化療，黑髮掉盡、臉龐毫無生氣，讓她相當心疼，也讓她決定開始留髮，並匿名剪髮捐給癌症基金會製作假髮，只為看見病患展露笑容，如今三歲小女兒也開始留髮，效法媽媽「為善不欲人知」！
四十三歲的陳怡婷從事精品業，至今已捐贈五次頭髮。她說，年少時清湯掛麵，喜歡在頭髮上「做文章」，一頭長髮更是羨煞周遭朋友；她提到，每次留髮需花三至四年，才符合卅公分的標準，不僅耗時、更不能染燙，無法滿足「變髮」的欲望。
陳怡婷希望癌症患者戴上假髮後重拾自信，讓心胸更為開闊，有助病情發展。
（自由時報記者郭逸）
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