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It is getting ugly as salons and barbershops close

Hair stylist plating hair in the city market.

The pungent smell of burning hair and a smoke-filled blow drier is something most women have to endure at least once a month.

The hairdressers maneuver to get into their kinks and knots, sometimes breathing so close into their clients’ faces to perfect the hairstyle; but they bear it all as a necessary step to looking beautiful.

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