Hair extension thefts on the rise

Costly Hairstyle Is a Beauty Trend That Draws Thieves’ Notice
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
The thieves pulled the iron bars out of the windows, outsmarted the motion detector that would have triggered a burglar alarm and did not give the safe or cash register a second look.

Instead they went straight for what was most valuable: human hair. By the time the bandits at the My Trendy Place salon in Houston were finished, they had stolen $150,000 worth of the shop’s most prized type, used for silky extensions.

The break-in was part of a recent trend of thefts, some involving violence, of a seemingly plentiful material. During the past two months alone, robbers in quest of human hair have killed a beauty shop supplier in Michigan and carried out heists nationwide in which they have made off with tens of thousands of dollars of hair at a time.

“I heard about it from a couple of different supply companies and customers who said: ‘Guard your inventory. There’s a rash of this going on,’ ” said Lisa Amosu, the owner of My Trendy Place. “Whoever did it knew exactly what they wanted. They didn’t even bother with the synthetic hair.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/us/17hair.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print

stolen. They were custom ordered to be donated to cancer patients at the Houston Cancer Center.

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

Stealing something that's destined to be used by cancer patients...words fail me.

India. Women have have had their hair stolen/cut on trains,while sleeping etc. all so American women could have hair extensions.

does this really happen?

I thought for one mad moment they were tearing them off their wearer's heads!!

One of the best documentaries I've seen in quite a while!

PB

was truly eerie -- Rock's whole narration of that film hit just the right tone -- bemused bewilderment + animated discovery.

Loved that flick. Highly recommended.

:rofl:

PB

but I'll have to forgive you first. This may take a few minutes.