Photos: Bald Is Beautiful

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Larissa Thomas goes bald for the cause at a fund-raiser for St. Baldrick"s Foundation on Friday (March 5) at the downtown health sciences campus. She is a second-year Tulane medical student. (Photos by Sally Asher)

Raising money for kids with cancer and the Tulane Hospital for Children, first-year medical student Renee Egusa takes her turn under the electric razor.

Nine-year-old Madison Kelley-Page shows her support by donating her ponytail to an organization that provides hairpieces to children with serious diseases.

Jeremy Ford, master"s student at the Tulane School of Public Health, checks out his new hairless style. More than 100 students and volunteers had their heads shaved to raise money for a playground at Tulane Medical Center.

Dr. Kamill Del Toro, with daughter Daniela Coby-Del Toro, is happy to participate in the event. She raised $2,500 from supporters of St. Baldrick"s.