<p>Guinness World Record holder for the ‘longest hair on a teenager’, Nilanshi Patel from Gujarat, has finally chopped off her hair after over a decade.</p>.<p>Patel held the record since 2018, back when she was 16 years old, and had a hair length of 5 feet and 7 inches.</p>.<p>More recently, her hair was measured to be 6 feet and 6.7 inches last July before she turned 18 – still defending her title.</p>.<p>However, the ‘real life Rapunzel’ has now parted with her record-holding locks.</p>.<p>"My hair gave me a lot - because of my hair I am known as the 'real life Rapunzel'... now it’s time to give it something back," she said, according to a <strong><em><a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/4/teen-with-worlds-longest-hair-cuts-it-off-after-12-years-of-growing-it-655428" target="_blank">report</a></em></strong>.</p>.<p>Following bad haircuts, Patel decided to stop cutting her locks since the age of 6. She is parting with her ‘lucky charm’ after 12 long years.</p>.<p>Nilanshi had three options in hand - to auction off the hair, to donate it to charity or to donate it to a museum.</p>.<p>After much deliberation with her mother Kaminiben, she decided to display her hair at a museum. Her mother said her story would inspire people.</p>.<p>In support, Kaminiben said she will donate her hair to charity.</p>.<p>"I'm so excited and a little bit nervous because I don't know how I'm looking in the new hairstyle... so let's see what happens, but I hope it's going to be amazing,” the former Rapunzel said before seeing her newly cut short hair.</p>.<p>Her hair weighed a total of 266 grams and the mother-daughter duo are pleased with the new look and the events surrounding it.</p>.<p>"Oh my god it's beautiful! It's amazing - I'm like a little princess!", she exclaimed after the big reveal.</p>.<p>Her hair will be displayed at Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Hollywood and then at the Guinness World Records Museum.</p>
<p>Guinness World Record holder for the ‘longest hair on a teenager’, Nilanshi Patel from Gujarat, has finally chopped off her hair after over a decade.</p>.<p>Patel held the record since 2018, back when she was 16 years old, and had a hair length of 5 feet and 7 inches.</p>.<p>More recently, her hair was measured to be 6 feet and 6.7 inches last July before she turned 18 – still defending her title.</p>.<p>However, the ‘real life Rapunzel’ has now parted with her record-holding locks.</p>.<p>"My hair gave me a lot - because of my hair I am known as the 'real life Rapunzel'... now it’s time to give it something back," she said, according to a <strong><em><a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/4/teen-with-worlds-longest-hair-cuts-it-off-after-12-years-of-growing-it-655428" target="_blank">report</a></em></strong>.</p>.<p>Following bad haircuts, Patel decided to stop cutting her locks since the age of 6. She is parting with her ‘lucky charm’ after 12 long years.</p>.<p>Nilanshi had three options in hand - to auction off the hair, to donate it to charity or to donate it to a museum.</p>.<p>After much deliberation with her mother Kaminiben, she decided to display her hair at a museum. Her mother said her story would inspire people.</p>.<p>In support, Kaminiben said she will donate her hair to charity.</p>.<p>"I'm so excited and a little bit nervous because I don't know how I'm looking in the new hairstyle... so let's see what happens, but I hope it's going to be amazing,” the former Rapunzel said before seeing her newly cut short hair.</p>.<p>Her hair weighed a total of 266 grams and the mother-daughter duo are pleased with the new look and the events surrounding it.</p>.<p>"Oh my god it's beautiful! It's amazing - I'm like a little princess!", she exclaimed after the big reveal.</p>.<p>Her hair will be displayed at Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Hollywood and then at the Guinness World Records Museum.</p>
