Selling Your Long Hair?

Hi All!!This message is intended for Vera, but this is a very interesting subject which I have never heard anyone bring up. Vera was approached at the mall and a stranger offered her money for her long hair and she took it. I am very curious to know how much your long hair is worth. For ladies like Diane and Deana who have obviously spent many years growing and treasuring and caring for their beautiful long hair, how would you put a price on it? I am quite sure that thousands of women cut off their hair and sell it. How else would there be human hair wigs by the thousands for sale.But I would think that this hair is probably from women who need the money for one reason or another. But for a woman with beautiful hair that loves it and has grown it out to a very long length for its pleasure and admiration, how much is it worth???I would love to hear from some of you LONGHAIRS out there. If someone, a stranger, came up to you and asked if you would sell your hair, would you??? For how much??? How can you put a price on something that to many people is PRICELESS!!!!!!!Let me know what YOU think!!!!bbbbowers66@hotmail.com

> My answer will be complicated bbI would never sell my hair in a million after that ask me lolI would give my hair to a very young relative if that child was dying and her wish would be to have my hair for comfort.I would cut my hair shorter if it meant more security for my sons but to just sell it to make money no way. Not interested.

If confronted with such a question, selling my hair for monetary gain, the answer would be simple. "No, not in this lifetime."To answer the second part, " putting a price on something priceless?", requires more thought. Time is a priceless item. We can't save it for later, nor give our share to anyone else. If we use it poorly, and hurt someones feelings, we never fully pay it back. Forgiveness is another priceless item. Full, unconditional, and undeserved forgiveness. Fifteen years growing and caring for my hair, priceless to me, but probably to no one else.Let's imagine priceless items could be exchanged:If this stranger were to offer me a chance to meet my grandma, and get to know her, my hair is his for the asking.If I could go back, and tell mom to tell someone about that the lump she found, cut it off now!If he had the power to erase all the hurt I have caused, he can have the next fifteen years of hair, too!Please forgive me for sounding wierd. I'm just having one of those days today.

> My hair has not been cut in 24 years. It has only been trimmed. Unfortunately, my hair will not grow past waist length, which is very frustrating after 24 years. But as I am going to be 40 this month, I don't think in terms of growth any more, but maintainance.I love my hair and would only sell it or try to profit from selling it if it had to be cut any way due to chemotherapy. Then, since I don't have insurance I would perhaps use the people who get a thrill out of seeing long hair cut by making a video and having photos made of my hair being cut. I would sell the videos and photos over the internet to help pay for my treatment. I would seek out my customers by going to their sites and giving them what they want to get what I want. If my treatment were successful, I would nurture and grow my hair back as long as it could be.Otherwise, I cherish my long hair and will always try to find new ways to improve it as time goes by and as long as time permits.

>I have never thought about hair extensions because they wouldn't be my hair.I'm not really interested in how long hair looks on me. I am sure that for several reasons my hair would look much better cut shorter. However, I adore long hair on men as well as women. I feel long hair is the most attractive, but I don't impose my opinions on any one and I'm not interested in any one's opinion on whether or not I should cut my hair. I have never told any one how they should wear their hair since I consider that to be a personal decision and a matter of freedom of choice. The desire of my heart has been for 24 years and counting to have long healthy hair. My hair is well taken care of and I am always trying to make it better.I doubt videos or photos would be able to pay for chemotherapy. It would just give me some money to pay towards the bill. My main point in mentioning chemo was that it would have to be a matter of preserving my life by chemo before I would cut my hair. The only other thing that might cause me to cut my hair would be simply notbeing able to have long healthy hair due to the natural process of aging. Then again, before the 1920's most women had long hair whatever their age. These women considered their hair their treasure and simply styled their hair according to their age. I have no problem being the little old lady with the bun at the nape of the neck if that is what pleases me.