The teen managed to sell her hair for MDX 2,500 ($125), which she then gave to her family who bought the lifesaving oxygen.
The teen managed to sell her hair for MDX 2,500 ($125), which she then gave to her family who bought the lifesaving oxygen.
A Mexican teenager decided to sell off her hair to help her grandfather who had contracted the Covid19 virus.
16-year-old, Ana Paola Romero sold her 73 centimeters of hair through social media and bought her grandfather an oxygen tank which the family could not have afforded it, as they have already spent more than 40,000 pesos ($2005) on medical treatment.
“I would rather lose my hair than my grandfather,” she said.
Romero said she got the idea of selling her hair when she saw family members showing concerns for her grandfather whose oxygen levels were below 40, when it should have been above 90, and the family did not had the financial stability to provide him with a new oxygen tank.
The teen managed to sell her hair for MDX 2,500 ($125), which she then gave it to her family who bought the lifesaving oxygen. However, one oxygen tank is not enough for her grandfather’s current condition.
“We bought the oxygen tank but it was gone in less than two hours because we put up the highest flow to help raise his oxygen saturation,” Romero said.
She emphasized that what her family needs is an oxygen concentrator and a larger oxygen tank as the smallest container costs MDX 5,700 ($286) and only lasts about only one single day.
Romero claimed that she loved her hair and prided herself in taking care of it, like spending several hours in front of the mirror for combing or practicing different hairstyles.
The teenager is studying at a high school in Guadalajara, a city in western Mexico, but has been staying with her grandparents in Toluca, capital of Mexico since the past two months, She has also been affected by the novel coronavirus, as do their eight other family members, her uncle became the first to get infected with it.
As per local media reports, her grandfather’s condition is delicate and he has diabetes, but does not want to visit the hospital for any treatment because he wants to fight the disease alongside her wife. She is one of the relatives of Romero who is also suffering from the disease.
Romero is hopeful of getting her long hair back soon and said that people are sending her supportive messages in social media for her new look.
(Edited by Gaurab Dasgupta and Shirish Vishnu Shinde)
