Do wigmakers buy hair?

Korvanica

Didnt have a clue where to put this, so

Ive been growing my hair for the last 3 years and now i want to give it the chop, so instead of goin to the hairdresser and havin it thrown out id like to have it go to some use if possible>... so would wig makers actually pay for hair?

dudara

Definitely one of the more interesting questions that I've come across on Boards.

Moved to Fashion & Appearance - Apologies if incorrect

dudara

ztoical

wig makers that use real human hair do buy [thou usally it can't have any chemical treatments done to it like colouring] Not sure where you go to sell in ireland.

Alternatively you can donate to something like locks of love who use hair to make wigs for kids with cancer. Not sure if theres an irish verision.

cupcake

ztoical wrote: »

Alternatively you can donate to something like locks of love who use hair to make wigs for kids with cancer. Not sure if theres an irish verision.

Locks of Love is a scam. They get more hair than they can use and they sell the excess to hair companies for excess of $350,000 a year. Also, they don't give the hair to kids with cancer, they make them BUY your hair.

http://badhairday.typepad.com/bad_hair_day/2006/07locks_of_love_i.html

JIZZLORD

unless you're a chinese prisoner, i doubt your hair could be sold.

jos28

They did something on the Gerry Ryan show about this. As far as I remember the stipulations are quite strict. Your hair must be all an even length and never color treated. The amount of money they offered was miserable and not worth the hassle.