An 11-year-old boy had his first ever haircut—chopping off 38 inches of his knee-length hair for charity after years of being asked why he “looks like a girl.”
Aaron Gill started growing his hair after accompanying his big sister, Julianna, to oncology wards throughout their childhood. Julianna, 15, has a rare autoimmune disorder called Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) in which the immune system starts destroying the blood-clotting platelets.