Dad Shaves Head For Daughter Without Hair

Dad Shaves Head For Daughter Without Hair

There's no doubt that Dave Sylvaria is a kind and loving father. This amazing dad shaved his head completely bald for his daughter without hair. Sweet Riley suffers from alopecia and lost all of her hair. Because of this condition, Riley sometimes finds it hard to love herself.


When she stated these feelings out loud, Dave’s wife, Chelsea was so distraught. Every little girl wants hair, but it was Chelsea’s biggest fear that Riley would grow and dislike herself for something she did not have. That's when Chelsea told her husband Dave all about the conversation she had with Riley. It broke his heart too, so he did the sweetest thing to encourage Riley.

Dave decided to sit Riley down and he told her how special she is and that she should not say that she does not love herself and that hair does not matter. And to prove that point, he told her that he was going to shave his hair to look just like she does. And that’s exactly what he did. With Riley standing right next to him, Dave got out his hair clippers and shaved all of his hair off. He even let Riley help him out a little bit.

The expression on Riley’s face was priceless, as she stared at her daddy’s reflection in the mirror. She is smiling because she does not feel alone and because she knows that love is not about your outward appearance.

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"I am going to share one of the many reasons why I am so in love with my husband... Yesterday, I was joking around with Riley and telling her everyone I love: 'I love Riley, I love Gavin, I love Grayson', etc. Riley then looked at me and went, 'Do you love yourself?' I immediately said, 'Of course I do, you always have to love yourself! Do you love yourself?' Riley responded very softly, 'No.' I was a bit taken aback and said, 'What do you mean you don’t love yourself?' To which she uttered my worst fear, 'I don’t love myself because I don’t have hair.' (Riley has Alopecia; and we hope to raise her to be strong, confident, and loved.) Fast forward to later that night, when we got home. Dave wanted to talk to her about what she had said... this was the result. I LOVE this man with all my heart. (Riley is currently over being upset about having no hair, minor bump in the road of life!) We want her to know it’s ok to sometimes get upset, but that she is strong and beautiful—no matter what!" For our best love stories, subscribe to our free email newsletter: http://bit.ly/29l733Q #LoveWhatMatters A Love What Matters Original Video Submitted by Chelsea Sylvaria

Posted by Love What Matters on Monday, December 11, 2017

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