Hairytales by Toftild

"My little sister has alopecia" – that’s why Amalie chose to donate 40 cm of her hair

“Nu er jeg korthåret, og jeg er virkelig glad for det. Jeg føler mig fri” fortæller 18-årige Amalie om sin hårdonation til Toftild - Love is in the Hair

You Can Have Mine. I Just Don’t Know How.

My name is Kiki, and today I live with alopecia and hair thinning. I first started noticing that something wasn’t quite the same in the spring of 2024. I was shedding a lot of hair, and when I was ...

Donating 1 Metre of Hair in Honour of My Mother

“Hair is hair – and hair grows back. For most people.” That has been my motto for many years. To me, hair has always been something you can play with. Colours, lengths, hairstyles – it all grows ...

Well… It Grows Back Again.

Iben is 8 years old. And in January 2026, she chose to donate her hair for the third time. There are certain sentences that go straight to your heart. The other day, Iben said – quite naturally: “...

Eigil, the Scout Badge and Three Hair Donations

Some stories touch you right in the heart. Not because they are dramatic, but because they are real. Eigil’s story is one of them. Eigil is 14 years old and a scout. And he has donated his hair – n...

Myth Debunked: Wigs Are Not Just for Cancer Patients

Wigs are often associated with cancer patients, but at an inspiring event hosted by Aalborg Hairdressers’ Guild, Lise Toftild quickly debunked that myth – in fact, cancer patients make up only a sm...

Donate Your Hair for Cancer

In 2015, Lise Toftild founded Denmark’s first hair donation project, Love is in the Hair®. The project was started with the purpose of collecting hair donations and helping those who have lost the...

Do You Know Toftild’s Hair Donation Project – Love is in the Hair?

Since 2015, Toftild has received hair donations from across the country. It started as a small project with only a few ponytails per month, but it has since grown steadily and become the country’s ...

Elma’s Long Locks

When Elma came into the world, there really wasn’t much hair on her head. As her mother, I had a big dream of long locks to braid, but it still took a few years before we got to see those curls. A...