A hairy business!
Women in Mymensingh villages find income making wigs
Around 400 women in Muktagachha upazila are involved in making wigs, for which they get Tk 350-600 each. The wigs are sold in different supermarkets in the city and exported to different countries. Photo: Star Our Correspondent, M’singh Our Correspondent, M’singh
In the villages of Mymensingh s Muktagachha upazila, a rather unusual profession has bloomed in the last few years: making wigs. What started out as some women trying to create an extra source of income, spread across the community, bringing many into the work.
Although cut human hair was once thought to be useless or even hazardous, it is now being used to make wigs, and around 400 young to elderly women in the upazila are involved in this practice.