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repairing old strawberry shortcake doll's hair

dolli3pardon

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I just found my old strawberry shortcake doll, my late mom bought it for me in the late 80s. my friend told me it's a vintage doll. sadly, it's losing most of its hair (I don't even remember what happened)
can anyone tell me how to repair the hair, or recommend me some good tutorials for this?
 
what a treasure! try to search for "Re-rooting vintage doll hair" in YT, you'll find tons of great step by step videos. You'll need to buy specialized doll hair (Saran is the most common material) and a simple rooting needle kit online
 
Have you found a way to repair the hair? Is she a fake human hair or yarn type hair?
 
If it’s original synthetic hair, maybe try re-rooting. What you'll do is remove what’s left, then use a rooting needle and new doll hair to fill in the spots. Lots of step-by-step tutorials show the process clearly.
 
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