# Can't make wigs out of modern-man's hair, eh?

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**Created:** [December 16, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-make-wigs-out-of-modern-mans-hair-eh/143053 "2002-12-16T10:13:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-make-wigs-out-of-modern-mans-hair-eh/143053/1 "2002-12-16T10:13:16Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_270a.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_270a.html)  
Here, Cecil asserts that due to the modern conventions of washing hair, that is it patently unsuitable for wig-making. What about the non-profit organization “Locks of Love”?😕

[http://www.locksoflove.org/hair\_donation.htm](http://www.locksoflove.org/hair_donation.htm)  
You can read here that the guidlines actually ask for hair that has been cleaned before cutting. Is Cecil’s wigmaker a hack, or are thousands of children getting crappy hairpieces?;j