You know when you get your hair cut and there’s just a pile of it left on the floor? Did you ever wonder what happens to it? In most cases, it’s just thrown in the trash, but sometimes it’s used for other purposes. Here are some.
10 Uses For Human Hair
1. Wig making. This one is pretty obvious, but it helps thousands of people each year to cope with losing their hair. A human hair wig looks natural and is incredibly durable. Most donated hair goes into wig making.
2. Test tress making. When cosmetic chemists design hair products they need to test them on the real thing. Companies like the De Meo Brothers or International Hair Importers provide tresses, weaves and mannequin heads all made of human hair. And if you were wondering how much hair is worth, 1 oz cost $40.
That’s over $600 a pound!
3. Help people grow food. A company called SmartGrow uses imported human hair from China and India to make a gardening product. The hair is weaved into mats that help protect the plant’s roots from weather and insects.
So, maybe it’s not the cook’s hair in your salad.
4. Clean-up Oil Spills. Some years ago NASA was testing a technique to use human hair to clean up ocean oil spills. No word on whether this made it out of the prototype stage.
They should use my hair for this experiment because it is always oily!
5. Make clothes. Some people have weaved hair into a fabric and made clothes. Style dash recently reported on a dress made this way. And this barber has even made a hair bikini.
While the dress looks good, I’m not sure I want to wear it or the hair bikini.
6. Create furniture. When you spend all day cutting people’s hair you have the strangest ideas. Here is an ex-assistant hairdresser who managed to create a chair out of human hair. The fiber is spun into a material like fiberglass and forged into the shape of a chair.
Great idea but I wonder how long it would last.
7. Craft a work of art. It took 42,000 hair cuts, but artist Wenda Gu was able to create a giant banner using human hair. It was first displayed at Dartmouth College’s Baker-Berry Library.
It’s no Mona Lisa but it is interesting.
8. Making soy sauce. As if you needed another reason to avoid things made in China. Here is a company that used human hair to make soy sauce. Since human hair is rich in protein, they were able to treat it, remove the amino acids, and pass it off as soybean oil.
Wow, I didn’t really want to know that.
9. Nesting material. Birds will use almost anything to make nests and human hair is no exception. This bird watching site even suggests putting out bags of hair clippings to help birds make nests. Here’s someone who uses hair clippings to provide a nest for their pet rat.
It’s nice when people help animals. I just hope they shampooed before cutting.
10. Crafting a rope. Native Americans were known to twist hair fibers together to make strong ropes. Eventually, they used horsehair but there are still people who practice the art.
Not surprising. There are people who collect toenails too.
If you are interested in seeing your hair go somewhere other than a landfill, consider donating it to one of these worthy causes.
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I want to donate my hairs, though i m deficient there.
Hi sister Dipali
First of all thanks to you. where are you from….
I want to start business of humen hair with your association.
Hi
I m from Pakistan I have a huge busns of female hair I buy 30 to 40 Kg of female hair daily and some people come and buy from me at 1000Rs per Kg but I don’t know what they do with this hair? If you need then contact with me on my mobile
i have buisness related to women hairs,,,we first collect all the dirty women hairs and then clean it and make them look like shining,,,this is our buisness and i know more then 30-40 people who do the same thing,,,so the main thing is i just wanted to connected with your company…
sachin. where are you from
Hi,
My name is Jai n I want to start this business. I want you to help me by telling me the details if you don’t find any competition kind of problem. I also want to know where are you from.
Regards v
I want to star this business in my city so can you give me the information abut the bussiness please
I use african hair to make toothbrush and its just wooow
how much price would be to sale it ?
Can I get the details of purchaser,we have bulk quantity for sale.
I have also quantity of hairs but how can I start these businesses any link of hairs purchaser
I also think that why not we collect the human hair from barbour shop and that sale it, but problem is where we can sale out, so you suggest and reply about the trader or merchant
What pruze can i fetch for selling them?
I have quantity of human hairs, how can I start these businesses any link of hairs purchaser
Hi,
I have large quantity of human hairs.how can I start these businesses any link of hairs purchaser.
Regards,
Rock
Hi Mr. Rock
DO you like to sell scrap hairs or is it having any length ranges
let me know clearly i will say address
Hi sir.
Can I know how to start this business.Can you contact me in +918301844006.
Whatsapp +971 52 170 0515
Will wait for your reply
Actually a wanted to know about hair purchaser and their business criteria. If someone wants to sold human hair in a bulk to whom the contact and how much cost of 1kg human hair.
Hi sir I want join you and your company
hii sir ,
actually sir plz tell which type of hair we can use? can we use tha cutted hair in saloon?
My name is Mr Bhoomi from Banglore. We buy and export all kinds of hair.mainly we are exporting south Indian temple hair .along with combo waste hair.
If anybody interested you may reach me by WhatsApp
+919448898018
I think it’s component can be used to make medicine such as amino acid
What are the things manufactured from human hair?
I have a team of 100 people who collect human hair we collect 100kg human hair per day
hello, sir.
Can I know how to start this business.Can you contact me in +9424316665.
Whatsapp 09424316665
Will wait for your reply
I want to information related to scarp hair. How and where use.
Pravin 7620035684
I want to start cutting human hair transport business in india. Give me any idea about that. How start
Sorry but we’re not in that business and I have no idea.
Hii
Mam i want to fonate my hairs …
What can i do for it…
Sir I am manu. From Kerala.I am a member of Kerala state barber association.so I am collecting huge waste hair . Thanks
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I have lot of quantity hair. How to sale this one. any one know the detail
I want to start business of waste hair
very nice
Hello,
I operate barbing saloon in Nigeria. I would like to know if you buys shaved virgin African hair.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Magnus.
Thanks for the question – no we do not buy hair at the moment. You might check with International Hair Importers.
I want to start new business, if i collect 1 to 5 inch hair from any barbers shop, is anybody can purchase it ? is yes then pl give me more information. i hope you will respond.
Thanks
If you have a customer then it could be a viable business.
l have a lot amount of hair and i want to do it’s business, any one need plz contect me
Do not use human hair for birds. It is too fine and can get wrapped around their legs and baby birds beaks and kill them.
Hello,
My name is Miia. I have little bit stupid question how you can make a chair/ furniture out of human hair ? Is It only human hair in that product? You can send me by email too.
Best regards
Miia
I don’t know but I doubt it is only human hair but a combination of human hair and wood.