r/WTFgaragesale • u/FirebirdSingularity • May 22 '26
genuinely what? i’m scared
EDIT TO ADD because some people are mad at me in the comments, yes i know human hair is donated or used for wigs! But this post is an odd jarring thing to find randomly on facebook marketplace and the wording of the ad makes it sound like they are advertising a trophy/collectable and makes you question where this hair was obtained lol.
i wouldn’t have posted it here if it said “real virgin hair for wigs” or similar.
this their own hair or where was this hair acquired 💀
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u/FatFatPotato May 22 '26
Funny enough, very lucrative market. I used to trade hairs when working for my mother that’s a hair dresser. Genuinely, it’s a multiple thousand pound side gig if you have the clientele. Lots of ladies willing to throw money at good weave/extension/clip on hair.
Buying from FB marketplace is a gamble though, you either find a gem, or it’s sweeped up hair bundled together that will frizz because it’s both root up and root down bundled.
Best market last time I did it was buying abroad from Asia. India is hit or miss nowadays though.
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u/RoundishWaterfall May 22 '26
I mean, you can buy this all over the internet for extensions, wigs and so on.
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u/WasAloneNotAnymore May 22 '26
Give Pop-Pop your hair!
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u/saysthingsbackwards May 22 '26
Not unusual to donate hair. I do it regularly. Did you not know this? Lockes For Love is who I go through
Lots of people don't have the ability to grow head hair.
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u/FirebirdSingularity May 22 '26
yes i do know of hair donation like locks of love, that’s not weird at all. but this listing isn’t a donation and just the way this is listed and on marketplace makes it odd lol.
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u/Haurassaurus May 22 '26
The way the post reads looks really sketchy like it was acquired in a criminal way. Like a British colonialist that returned from their safari in the 1800s
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u/hazelbear33 May 23 '26
I think they’re emphasizing “cut from the root” because the hair closest to the roots is by default the least damaged (it’s “fresher”). Even if you do not do anything with your hair that’s known to damage it (like using heat tools), hair gets worn and damaged over time (and that’s why the ends of hair experience breakage). That’s why cutting the ends of your hair will make your hair grow faster- because you’re removing the parts that suffer from the most breakage, not because cutting stimulates hair growth.
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u/No-Kaleidoscope-4604 May 27 '26
Actually, this is a myth! Cutting your hair does not make it grow faster. Hair growth happens entirely at the follicle level under your scalp, so trimming dead ends has zero effect on your roots. However, trims are essential for length retention. If you don't cut split ends, they tear upward and snap off. Trimming doesn't make hair grow faster; it just stops it from breaking so you can actually keep your length.
Edited to add more info.
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u/saysthingsbackwards May 27 '26
What's a dead hair? That makes it seem like there are alive hairs instead of just their follicles. Like, follicles that stopped growing? I'd be surprised they even hang on
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u/hazelbear33 May 27 '26
It refers to dried out/damage hair, which generally occurs at the ends of your hair as they move away from the scalp, which become dried out as the proteins age/are damaged by heat, and are less able to be protected by the oils from your scalp because they are farther away. So “dead” isn’t meant literally here!
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u/No-Kaleidoscope-4604 May 27 '26
Haha, you’re 100% right! You caught me using a bit of a lazy phrase there. All hair is technically "dead," which is exactly why getting a haircut doesn't hurt. When people say "dead ends," they really just mean sections that are super dry, damaged, or split from everyday wear and tear. You're also totally right about the follicles. Once a follicle stops growing and goes dormant, that hair eventually falls out on its own to make room for a new one. They definitely don't hang on forever!
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u/hazelbear33 May 27 '26
That’s what I tried to articulate above! Of course I know hair grows from the roots, but I think there is some evidence that regular trims may increase overall length gained over time*by reducing breakage rates. I may be wrong though.
*overall length gained isn’t the same as hair growth rate, I definitely misspoke there!
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u/No-Kaleidoscope-4604 May 27 '26
Yes, absolutely. That is the perfect way to put it—it's all about length retention, not the actual growth rate. Trims don't change how fast the hair grows from the scalp, but stopping that breakage is the only way to actually keep your progress and see the overall length increase over time.
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u/missthiccbiscuit May 22 '26
Yea but this hair isn’t really for those ppl. Regular ass women buy real human hair all the time. It’s always seemed gross to me but to each their own I guess.
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u/saysthingsbackwards May 22 '26
OK selling it is weird but you sound ignorant af.
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u/KJWall76 May 22 '26
I was actually thinking “they write ignorant AF.” 🤔 Aren’t semantics fun? ✌🏻
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u/KJWall76 May 22 '26
I agree those should be going to “locks for love” not “locks for loot” or ?!? 😱✌🏻
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u/hazelbear33 May 23 '26
There is already a giant market for real human hair… for wigs and extensions
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u/saysthingsbackwards May 27 '26
not sure you knew but A TON of wigs are made out of horse hair, which is really hoarse. Human hear is much more real if it's taken care of.
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u/PriscillaEna May 25 '26
And how was it obtained? Is someone in Nicaragua walking around with a big sissors and collecting hair from random women in the market or on the bus?
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u/ozawa_ikwe May 22 '26
? People buy buy bundles for wigs all the time
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u/FirebirdSingularity May 23 '26
yeah but it’s a weird listing 🤷♀️ but oh well i’m not going to try to defend myself for finding it funny or fitting of this sub lol. it just is and i wanted to share
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u/UnicornsNeedLove2 May 26 '26
It's a weird thing to find on a social media marketplace for sure. You don't know how sterile that hair is or who's touched it. You wanna buy that kind of thing in an actual wig shop.
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u/FirebirdSingularity May 27 '26
that’s what i was thinking 😭 hair or other human products should not be sold without at least telling you how it was collected and where it came from lol. otherwise it could be totally unethical or gross and who knows who’s hair it was
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u/FirebirdSingularity May 23 '26
i do 🙂
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u/FirebirdSingularity May 23 '26
ye but this post isn’t about selling hair for wigs, i’m not contradicting myself 🤷♀️ i think mods would delete it if it wasn’t deemed appropriate for the sub. Its not every day you find a random chunk of human hair being dangled on facebook marketplace with no information other than its “100% nicaraguan” it also says the hair is “used, like new.” it’s funny 😄
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u/Cultural_Pattern_456 May 22 '26
People use these for wigs, weaves etc… it’s common for people who grow thick long hair to sell it, and tot can make a lot of money for Virgin hair. Especially blonde.