Somewhere in the near future, two youngsters battling cancer will have new wigs to cover their bald heads and help out with their self-esteem as they fight on.

Two young girls from Coquille have been growing their hair long for several years, and after talking about cutting their hair, they decided to donate it to the Locks of Love program.

The program takes donated hair and makes the wigs for those who have lost their hair due to cancer treatments.

Kaitlyn Davidson, 10; and her younger sister, Angelina Morones, 4, entered the Smart Style salon at the Coos Bay Wal-Mart store to have their long, long hair cut Saturday afternoon.

“We are here today to cut our hair for Locks of Love,” Kaitlyn said.

“So we’re going to give up our hair,” she said.

It has been seven years since Kaitlyn last cut her hair — by herself. Her mother, Amanda Davidson, said the youngster snipped it off one day and has been growing it long ever since. The only time scissors have been taken to it is a little trimming once in a while — by Mom.

Angelina has been growing out her long black hair all her young life.

Kaitlyn was first in the stylist chair, and as Angelina watched, she danced around, waiting for her turn.

“She’s been waiting for a couple of days now, ‘Momma, when are we going to cut our hair?’” Kaitlyn said.

“My girls want to donate their hair for a good cause. I’m going to miss their pretty, long hair,” Davidson said.

While each of her daughters were getting their hair cut, Mom walked around the scene with her digital camera taking photographs for the family album.

“It is going to be easy when they take a shower. I’m not going to spend three hours doing girls’ hair, so it will be good for us, too.”

Sandi Probert, the stylist at Smart Style, donated her time to cut each girl’s hair, give them a trim and then send off the locks.

She said she had done lots of these cuts for Locks of Love working in California, but not on too many little ones.

After Kaitlyn’s hair had been cut, Probert asked, “Does your head feel light?”

“Kind of,” Kaitlyn replied.

Her mother told her, “You’ve got to remember, Pumpkin, not to use so much shampoo this time.”

Soon, it was Angelina’s turn in the chair. Probert gathered her shiny black hair into a pony tail and cut off about 10 inches.

As the younger of the two was getting her cut, Kaitlyn walked around in front of the mirrors, running her fingers through her shortened hair.

Then, the 4-year-old held up her cut-off hair and smiled. Soon her hair was trimmed and she was ready to show the world.

“I love my hair cut. I love my hair short,” Kaitlyn said

Hold still!

As she holds her head down for stylist Sandi Probert, Angelina Morones watches intently in the mirror. She seriously watched the work until it was done, then beamed with a big smile. The 4-year-old donated her long, dark hair for Locks of Love