The teenager shaved his head in solidarity with his girlfriend with cancer
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Ellie Allen was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was 14, and most recently she had a relapse, the girl was prescribed chemotherapy. When Ellie returned from the hospital, she was met by an old friend Braden Carpenter - with a shaved head.
“It was hard for me to cut all my hair, but I did it and I don’t worry anymore,” Ellie says. “One of these photos shows a scar on my head, but a scar is like a tattoo, only with a story!”
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4. Ellie's mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
5. And in March, her grandfather died of brain cancer.
6. “When my hair started to fall out, I decided to do like Britney Spears and shave my head.”
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8. Ellie's classmates also support her.