A woman who set the Guinness World Record for the longest hair in her teenage years got her first haircut after 12 years.
Hailing from India, 18-year-old Nilanshi Patel donated the cut hair for display at the Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum in Los Angeles.
She first set the Guinness record for longest hair on a teenager when she was 16 while her hair length was 5 feet, 7 inches long. She broke her own record for the second time with hair measuring 6 feet, 6.7 inches long before her 18th birthday.
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“My hair gave me a lot — because of my hair I am known as the ‘real-life Rapunzel,’ now it’s time to give back,” Patel said.
She said she had initially thought of donating her hair to make wigs for children with cancer, but her mother convinced her that it should be displayed in the museum to inspire others.
Her mother, Kaminiben Patel, had a deal with Nilanshi that she would donate her own hair to the cancer wig program if her daughter agreed to give hair it for museum display.
“I love my new hairstyle. I feel proud that I’m going to send my hair to the US museum– people will see and be inspired by my hair,” said Patel.
