Finding Confidence and a New Look: Nyla’s Story

11-year-old Nyla loves being active. She enjoys riding her bike and is learning how to rollerskate. When it’s time to relax, you might find her snacking on Hot Fries while playing a game of Sorry. She enjoys the simple joys in life, like when her friends are nice to her, or when her Dad picks her up.

Nyla also has someone very special she looks up to: her mom. When asked who inspires her and why, Nyla shared that her mom shows her how to be confident with the burn scars they both share.

That confidence hasn’t always come easy.

Nyla shared that kids at school sometimes stare at her, and she has noticed adults staring and whispering when she is out in stores. When asked what she was most looking forward to about receiving her Wigs For Kids hairpiece, Nyla shared a heartfelt wish, “Feeling like I look like everyone else.”

Through the Wigs For Kids Recipient Program, Nyla was paired with volunteer stylist Kimberly Sporing of Hair By Kimberly in Lexington, Kentucky. Kimberly brings more than 30 years of experience as a stylist specializing in hair replacement. At her salon, she provides a private environment for people experiencing hair loss, with solutions designed to make her clients feel confident and cared for.

For our recipient families, a volunteer stylist plays a vital role in a child’s hair loss journey. Their relationship can help create a supportive space for a child and family as they navigate a very personal experience. Together, they discuss the child’s hair loss journey and determine what options will help the child look and feel their best. After the hairpiece is created, the stylist helps style and shape the hairpiece to create the desired look, and shares tips to keep her hairpiece looking its best wear after wear.

For Nyla, these special appointments were a success.

Following their styling appointment, Nyla’s mom shared a message that said it all:

“It went wonderfully! Thank you so much!”

For an 11-year-old who has experienced people staring at her because she looks different, a new hairpiece can represent much more than a new hairstyle. It can be one more way to step out into the world feeling comfortable, confident, and ready to focus on the things that matter most, like friends, family, bike rides, and mastering those roller skates.

Thanks to the generosity of hair donors, financial supporters, and volunteer stylists, kids like Nyla can feel comfortable, confident, and like “everyone else,” and always at no cost to the family served.

How You Can Help

Stories like Nyla’s are only possible because of a community who believes no child should face hair loss alone.

Whether you donate hair, support our program financially, or partner with us as a stylist, you become part of a child’s journey toward confidence and self‑acceptance.

At Wigs For Kids, we don’t just provide wigs.
We help children feel like themselves again.

Grow. Give. Share. Inspire. Together, we can help children experiencing hair loss feel confident and supported.

The Impact of Hair Donations

Thanks to support from both hair and financial donors, we helped more than 1,000 kids in 2025 receive free wigs, and we’re on track to help even more children in 2026!  

Start a fundraising event in your community, inspire others to grow and give, and help us reach even more kids this year!

Every contribution, whether hair or funds, helps make a difference in the lives of children who deserve confidence and comfort.

Meet Our Kids!

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