save your hair!!

[ketchupkid]

today i treated myself to a trip to quite a fancy salon to get my hair cut rather than the cheap random ones i normally go to. i had quite a drastic change from very long hair to a bob. the woman who cut my hair asked me if i wanted to keep the hair she cut off. to me it seems the weirdest thing to ask someone. any ideas why? is it something a lot of hairdressers ask everyone or did she just think that because my hair was quite long i might be emotionally attached to it in some strange way? and what would i do with it, take home in a carrier bag, and then what? i'm totally bemused

[kipchik]

I did keep my kids hair when it was cut few years back from long,but then again i always keep a snippet of the youngest ones hair every time,sad,probably!

[sabs]

I've been asked this before too at my hair salon. You can actually sell your hair to various hair colleges and they pay you for it. Also, a friend of mine decided to keep her hair after getting cut as it had sentimental value to her. Everyone feels different about their hair i guess.....

[laurence2]

Ketchupkid, But did you like the DRASTIC LOOK ?

Why the big change by the way?

[ketchupkid]

the drastic change is a good change i mainly did it because im lazy and it's easier to look after this way, but it looks nice too

[Pippa68]

My aunt makes wigs out of real hair :o)

[philandlil]

I think you can donate it to be made into wigs for cancer patients.

[oldwoman]

Years ago when my husband was on the dole I had to sell my hair,It went to a place making paint brushes.

[Orangesauce1]

Old Woman, did you make a lot from selling it? sorry to b erude just really curious as to how much it is worth??

[ketchupkid]

yeah me too, im starting to wish i'd kept it, i could do with some extra money

[Hellion]

Lotsof people donate hair to cancer charities but you can sell it too. Also, where do you live ketchup kid? I live in the new forest and a lot of gardens have problems with deer getting in and eating everything - local people get hair from hair dressers and stuff it in old tights and tie them in the garden as the 'human' smell deters the deer? Weird but true.

[oldwoman]

I got two pounds for it. It fed us for a couple of days.