In addition to petty street crimes, Venezuelans are now having to be careful of muggers who chop off their hair. Members of the scissor-wielding street gangs are called piranas, after the flesh-eating fish. The gangs sell the stolen hair to salons which fashion it into braids in this oil-rich and beauty-obsessed country. Some disconsolate women have given up and had their long hair cut off preemptively to donate it to children who lose theirs ...Sunday, 1 September 2013
Don't Watch Your Back, Watch Your Hair in Venezuela
In addition to petty street crimes, Venezuelans are now having to be careful of muggers who chop off their hair. Members of the scissor-wielding street gangs are called piranas, after the flesh-eating fish. The gangs sell the stolen hair to salons which fashion it into braids in this oil-rich and beauty-obsessed country. Some disconsolate women have given up and had their long hair cut off preemptively to donate it to children who lose theirs ...
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