Pink Hair for Hope hair extensions

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and there’s an active opportunity to help women who are suffering.

SO.CAP.USA Hair Extensions Company is donating hair extensions in a Pink Hair for Hope program that is going on now through Oct. 31, 2007 at Details Salon located at 520 N. Main St., and you can get one.

Just make an appointment with C.J. Dear and ask for the Pink Hair for Hope hair extensions. Then all that is needed is a $10 donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation and you will get a pink hair extension with removal included. All the proceeds are donated.

Dear has been participating in the Pink Hair for Hope program for two years, as long as it has been going. “Sells have nearly tripled since last year and it’s only the first of October,” said Dear. She said that she only sold twenty last year but has already sold seven this year.

Women aren’t the only ones who can participate in this program. Only an inch of hair is needed to attach the extension, Dear said. She has been trying to get men to get pink extensions, even in their beards is safe, she said. “Don’t you care about the ta-ta’s?” Dear asks the men.

The hair extension is attached to the hair, close to the scalp. It is attached using 100 percent keratin, which is a protein that makes up natural hair, and there is no damage to the hair when the extension is removed. The actual extension is made of 100 percent human hair, Dear said.

Details Salon’s nail technician, Pamela Graham is also participating in Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Graham is donating $10 from every manicure to the Susan G. Komen Foundation now through the end of October. Customers just need to pick a color of pink polish with their manicure, any color of pink that is available, Graham said.

According to the American Cancer Society, over 212,000 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in 2006 in the United States. That added to the existing 2.3 million women in the U.S. with a history of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, affecting one in eight women during their lifetime.

Death rates are declining and advances in technology are increasing each year. But advances in treatment and the need to further improvements in early detection are the top priorities in the fight against breast cancer. That’s why everyone should get a pink hair extension to show their support for this great cause and save the ta-ta’s!

To make an appointment with C.J. Dear at Details Salon, call 583-4005 and ask for your Pink Hair for Hope, or ask for Pamela Graham and ask her about the pink manicures for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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