by Jessica Lim

ABOUT 1,000 individuals went 'botak' for a good cause on Sunday. The 'shavees' thronged Velocity@Novena Square on Sunday to raise funds for children with cancer.

So many people turned up at the seventh annual Hair For Hope event that the organisers, the Children's Cancer Foundation (CCF), had to divert some of them to five partipating salons nearby.

The number of 'shavees', including those held separately for the event at schools and companies, will add up to a grand total of about 1,800 bald heads. All heads will be barren of hair by the end of the month.

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