It took 30 years to cultivate, but only minutes to remove.
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Sporting a new look following the weekend's Girls Night In fundraiser, Deb Heard donated her three-decade-old mane to be crafted into a cancer wig.
"It's a bit different to what I'm used to, but everyone says I look about 10 years younger. Reckon they're just saying that to be nice," Ms Heard said.
She will also be on the hunt for a new nickname, as she admits "not many of my closest friends know my last name even, I'm just 'Deb with the plait'."
"I guess I'm now 'Deb without the plait', or 'Deb who had the haircut', they'll have to find something new."
With music provided by Tash Higginson and the haircut volunteered by Jodi Crowder, the whole night managed to raise a whisper over $9500 for breast and prostate cancer research.
Saturday's event at the Athenium Theatre has been a year in the making. But the months of preparation paled when the moment arrived.
"People who'd known me for years were standing there shocked that I was actually going to do it, they couldn't believe it."
Herself the newest recruit to Junee's famed Pink Ladies cancer committee, Ms Heard is already building networks with a view towards next years' big night in.
"My cousin and his wife came all the way from Sydney to be there on Saturday. She is a breast cancer survivor, so it meant a lot to her. They'll be back next year, and they're saying they'll bring the whole family. I'll definitely be back then too."
Herself untouched by cancer, Ms Heard has still seen its effects become like shadows over her close friends' and family members.
"People were telling me all night about how they'd survived cancer, or how they knew some who had it," she said.
"It's a great cause to support because it is something that touches so many lives."
Ms Heard's new do was not the only revealing transformation on the night, however. Traditionally kept a secret until the night, the committee of four channelled Liza Minnelli to pull off an "eye-opening" burlesque.
"This was the first time we've done something so risque," said committee president Kerrie Holmes.
"Bless Prue Duncan, for the past several months she's been teaching us on her own time, and she had her work cut out. There's always the trouble student, and I think that was me."