TEMECULA: Out of love, she gives all her locks

16-year-old girl, Becky O'Malley, reacts as she looks at her reflection in the mirror with her sister Katie and mother Diane O'Malley and hair stylist Lyndsay Strong at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
16-year-old Becky O'Malley gives a thumbs up to her father Terrance O'Malley after she cut her hair for Locks of Love and shaved her head as solidarity to those suffering from cancer at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Terrance O'Malley hugs his16-year-old daughter Becky O'Malley after she cut her hair for Locks of Love and shaved her head as solidarity to those suffering from cancer at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
16-year-old Becky O'Malley gives a thumbs up after cutting her hair for Locks of Love and shaving her head as a sign of solidarity with those suffering from cancer at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
16-year-old girl, Becky O'Malley shaves her head as solidarity to those suffering from cancer at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley, who cut her hair to donate it to Locks of Love, has her head shaved as a sign of solidarity with those suffering from cancer at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley is asked how short she wants her hair cut after her braids were cut at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley smiles after her braids are cut at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley, 16, poses with her father Terrance O'Malley after she cut off all her hair for Locks of Love and shaved her head as solidarity to those suffering from cancer at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Hair stylist Lyndsay Strong braids Becky O'Malley's hair before it is cut at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley reacts after the first braid is cut by hair stylist Lyndsay Strong at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley's hair is braided by hair stylist Lyndsay Strong before it is cut at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley smiles as her braids are cut off by hair stylist Lyndsay Strong at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley‘s hair is braided before it is cut at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley has her hair cut for Locks of Love at Adora Bella Salon as her father, Terrance O'Malley looks on in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley talks to her relatives while her head is shaved by hair stylist Lyndsay Strong as a sign of solidarity with those suffering from cancer at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley, looks at her reflection in the mirror before her hair is cut for Locks of Love and her head shaved as solidarity to those suffering from cancer at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
16-year-old girl Becky O'Malley reacts as her head shaved as a sign solidarity with those suffering from cancer at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014.
Becky O'Malley, a junior at Temecula Preparatory, smiles as she waits for her hair to be cut for Locks of Love at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014. She is also shaving her head as solidarity to those suffering from cancer
16-year-old Becky O'Malley, is excited as she waits to have her hair cut off for Locks of Love at Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta on Wednesday December 10, 2014. In addition to cutting off all her hair, she is also shaving her head as solidarity to those suffering from cancer

December 11, 2014 at 1:16 p.m.

Inspired by recent movies, TV shows and books concerning cancer, 16-year-old Temecula Prep student Becky O’Malley decided to help.

And to do so with her long, thick hair that often generates compliments.

Not just some of it. All of it.

On Wednesday at the Adora Bella Salon in Murrieta, the teen went from long locks to shaved head, donating her hair. Her family estimates Becky’s tresses will be converted into two or three wigs for those who have lost theirs to cancer treatments.

“I don’t need my hair — it’ll grow back easily!” she wrote on her blog, shavingstereotypes.blogspot.com. “The ones who really need it are the young boys and girls who are suffering with cancer or any other disease that causes hair loss.”