Overview
- Cindy Blanc, a wigmaker in Martigny, launched the appeal and has received several kilos of donated hair, while negotiating with manufacturers to provide wigs free or at reduced cost.
- Salons across France and Belgium are offering free cuts and serving as collection points, with typical donor guidelines calling for at least 20 cm of healthy hair and some colored hair accepted.
- CHUV’s cell-production center is operating at full capacity to grow skin from patients’ healthy samples, a roughly three‑week process before coordination for grafting.
- The New Year’s fire at Le Constellation killed 40 people and injured 116, about 80 remain hospitalized, and it is still unclear how many have scalp burns.
- As wig making proceeds, clinicians are protecting wounds with options such as hermetic dressings and donor skin, including cadaver or fish skin.