While it might appear like the byproduct of when your Barbie doll gets a haircut from your jealous sibling, it's actually part of an online movement to have Mattel release a Barbie who's intentionally hairless.



In mid-December 2011, friends Rebecca Sypin and Jane Bingham created the Facebook page, "Beautiful and Bald Barbie! Let's see if we can get it made." Sypin's daughter lost her hair after being diagnosed with leukemia last year and Bingham went bald during her fight with lymphoma. They were only hoping to get 500 likes, but now they have nearly 30,000.

The hope is that the doll would create awareness among kids that people sometimes suffer hair loss due to cancer treatments. While there doesn't seem to be a down side to making the doll, Mattel hasn't responded to any questions from reporters, and Sypin tells MSNBC that the company sent her a form letter when she contacted them:
Some people have suggested that those who want a bald Barbie should just cut their doll's hair off, but that just results in a doll with a head full of alien-like bumps. So it would be better for Mattel to just create a new doll to show girls that they're still pretty even if they don't have a generic Barbie doll's blue eyes and long blonde hair.