Does this make anyone else a little sick?

[Quirky]

When I look at this picture it makes me queasy. It looks like a body part or something!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2935689948&cat egory=2415&tc=photo

[smiles]

:x

[Kati75]

Why the *** would someone want to cut off a beautiful and shiny braid like that one? The ends look perfect!!! Some people are really crazy.

[Melissa]

Sheesh I know what you mean, it looks like a remnant from an autopsy or something. :what:


Melissa

[LongRed]

HOLY COW!!!! I'd work my butt off to have
hair like that!!!! WOW, I went into the sellers
other items and man, she/he has hair of
all hues!! Makes me sad! Wish my hair
looked as thick as some of them!!!!

[smiles]

Originally Posted by LongRed

WOW, I went into the sellers
other items and man, she/he has hair of
all hues!! Makes me sad!

:shock: :shock: another creepy thought coming to my mind....... is he one of those :x waiting in the pavement and cutting pretty pretty braids? :x

[morguebabe]

To each his own.

[Pixna]

Yes, to me it looks like a severed limb. I find pictures of "severed braids" like this a bit nauseating. It makes me wonder if it was cut off by one of those hair bandits and its true owner is somewhere completely devastated with no idea her hair is being sold on eBay.

[songofsunlight]

I don't doubt that some folks deal in shorn tresses for false hairpieces, craft projects, etc. And if people want to cut their hair for any reason, then so they do. Nevertheless, there is something unsavory about the hair market. The final words of this seller's description are unsettling, as is his 'about me' section. Most of his clients do not want a record of their transaction with him recorded on ebay. Why not?

I am growing more and more convinced that haircutting and posession of hair is intimately related to power. An old relationship, but apparently one which is still very resonant.

Celuriel

[TXSage]

Why in the world would anyone want to bid on that thing? Ugh. That's truly awful!

[Twitch]

" Holly, 17, was talked into a short style by her best friend and broke into tears during the cut."

this makes me SICK. there are some beautiful lengths of hair being sold by this person. i suspect it is an unethical salon owner that is making a buck off unsuspecting customers. disgusting.

[epiphanee]

It is a disembodied limb hacked off in an act of violence.

The same hair growing on a living person is beautiful.
With or without the owner's consent the detached "object" is disgusting to behold.

It makes me feel really bad in my gut and quite sickened.

[bikerbraid]

Promise not to hate me after reading this..........

I had grown my hair to my waist during my high school and college years. I kept it long at the request of my husband, but I was tired of it. We lived in a country house with minimal water pressure and minimal heat. Washing it was a major task and it never seemed to dry. My husband agreed that it would be OK to cut it when we started our family. (Keep in mind I had always had a short pixie cut until high school). So one day when I was 6 months pregnant, I went out for lunch and had my hair cut to a darling short bob. The salon that agreed to do it (several refused to cut 3feet of hair off a pregnant lady - wonder why???) asked what I planned to do with the hair after it was cut. I had no attachment to the hair. They offered me $50 for the hair and a free hair cut. I was thrilled! They were thrilled to get virgin hair (no coloring, no splits, no heated applianced were ever used on it, no hair dryers) that was blonde, 3 feet long and weighed at least 6 ounces. They were going to sell it to someone that would make hairpieces out of it.

I tell this story only to make the point that sometimes a person is ready to cut their long hair and is very happy to make a few dollars in the process or even donate it. I don't agree with forcing anyone into a drastic cut, or even convincing them they need or want a cut. I would readily donate my long hair when I no longer want it or enjoy it. For the time being, I love my long hair and have no plans for a major cut and I may never want to cut it again, but you never know what might change.

[Melusina]

I think bikerbraid has a valid point. Valid points aside, however, there is something about this entry in his "about me" page that creeps me out:

For a while now, I've been doing business with an eccentric fellow who has a hair-cutting fetish. He's consumed with the act of cutting and isn't concerned with what's left or recouping his cost (a percentage of the ebay sale is fine with him). As he tells me, "their willingness is payment in itself". He gets about one a month. All are from girls accepting his cash offers, even though they end up hacked with no style. He's evidently a real charmer and targets girls who might be desperate for cash in shady parts of town, which offers promise of many interesting stories to come. Ponytails of this variety will be labeled "headhunter" in the auction title.

[Tresses]

Unsettling to say the least! I understand that the dealer may be legit, but his About Me page creeps me out, too. And the braid just lying there on the table does look too much like a severed limb to me. Very sad.