Economic hardships are forcing more Venezuelan women in poor areas to sell their hair just to get by. Read more:
Nelly Navarro sits with her kids Nerianny and Luis in a beauty salon where she came to consult how much money she could get for her hair, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Navarro said she needs the $100 to travel to Colombia where she's planning to move.
Increasing numbers of women in poor neighborhoods are selling their hair for use in wigs and extensions as the demands of daily survival force them to abandon the kind of self-care long an obsession with a country known globally for its success in beauty pageants. Seven Miss Universe winners have been Venezuelans, as have six Miss Worlds.
“There are times when you go two or three weeks without washing your hair,” she said, alluding to frequent water shortages in past weeks, caused by nationwide blackouts that shut off water pumps.“You don’t notice it,” Gómez, a 43-year-old teacher, said of the drastic haircut.
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