# Re: Can I make money selling my hair to a wigmaker?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 30, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-i-make-money-selling-my-hair-to-a-wigmaker/221689 "2003-12-30T03:15:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-can-i-make-money-selling-my-hair-to-a-wigmaker/221689/1 "2003-12-30T03:15:49Z")

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In [this column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_270a.html) , Cecil says,

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> Farrah Fawcett and the Clairol mafia have ruined the market for American hair by inspiring the huddled masses to keep their crops too clean–regular washing with most commercial shampoos strips the hair of its natural wax coating, which makes it too brittle to be sewn into wigs. Wigmakers are only interested in hair that originates in hygienically underdeveloped corners of the world–the dirtier, the better.

This was in answer to a question about whether one could make money selling one’s hair to a wigmaker. According to the organization [Wigs for Kids, a not-for-profit organization providing hair replacement solutions for children affected by hair loss due to chemotherapy, alopecia, burns and other medical conditions.](http://www.wigsforkids.org/html/hair_donation.htm)

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> Your hair must be clean and dry

to be usable for wigmaking.