A LITTLE girl who is fighting cancer has spoken about what it has been like to lose her hair.

Maddison Green was diagnosed with leukaemia in February 2008.

For 22 months she has been battling the life-threatening illness and undergoing intensive chemotherapy at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

Now the brave 10-year-old, who has been through the traumatic experience of losing her hair three times, is urging others to take part in a Worcester fund-raising event for the charity that made such a big difference to her life.

The Little Princess Trust, based in Hereford, provides wigs for youngsters who lose their hair during cancer treatment. They started supporting Maddi, as she is known, earlier this year after mum Lisa heard about them from a nurse.

“I was going to wear bandanas but I felt better with wigs,” said Maddi, who lives with her family in Debdale Avenue, Warndon Villages, Worcester, and goes to Perry Wood primary school.

“I was impressed when I got in the bath and got the back of it wet because I felt like my old self again.”

Maddi has had three wigs from the trust, each hand-made from real hair and professionally fitted in a Birmingham salon. Her last wig was a long brown style.

“I was worried about going back to school with brown hair because everyone was used to seeing me with the short blonde hair,” said Maddi, whose own hair is now growing back.

“My first two wigs were blonde and I knew people would notice the difference, but it was OK.”

For Maddi’s parents, it has been an emotional journey. Her father Jerry said: “It’s not easy for a little girl to lose her hair. With the wigs she could wash and style it and go swimming with her friends. She could do everything she couldn’t before.”

On Sunday, December 13, Maddi will be at Pure Hair and Beauty in Reindeer Court, Worcester, where a handful of friends and family – including her mum – will be getting their hair cut for a unique fund-raising event. All the hair cut off will be donated to the Little Princess Trust and made into wigs for children with cancer.

“For me it’s really important to raise awareness of the charity and what they do,” said Mrs Green, who organised the event.

“It was a good 12 months into Maddi’s treatment before we heard about the charity and I just want to make sure that other families in our situation will know about it early on and can benefit.”

The salon will be open to the public from noon. Anyone who wants to take part must have hair at least 10 inches (21cm) long. About 12oz of hair – about 10 average-sized ponytails – is needed to make one wig.

To find out more, call Pure on 01905 617676 or see littleprincesses.org.uk