Nilanshi Patel, an 18- year old popularly known as Rapunzel of Gujarat, holds the world record for the longest hair for a teenager. The record-holder recently had her first haircut in 12 years, the video of which went viral on social media.

As per the Guinness World Record, Nilanshi Patel measured her hair in July 2020, right before her birthday and it measured 200 centimetres, soon after which she was awarded the title of longest hair ever on a teenager.

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However, the rapunzel of Gujarat has decided to chop her hair. Just before her hair cut, she said, “I am so excited and a little bit nervous because I don’t know how I am looking in the new hairstyle…so let’s see what happens, but I hope it’s going to be amazing.”

According to the Guinness World Record’s blog post, Patel had three options to choose from, auctioning it off, donating it to charity to cancer patients or donating it to the museum.

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Kaminiben, Nilanshi’s mother suggested that she should donate her locks to the museum. She promised to donate her own locks to cancer patients. The mother, who also cut her hair along with Nilanshi, will donate her locks to cancer patients.