LADIES PLEASE KEEP OFF WEAVES AND ANY ARTIFICIAL
HAIR!!!

Shock as worm-infested weaves find their way into
the market

The weaves are said to be from corpses. Irene
Myangoh, a personal assistant working at a law firm
in Nairobi went to an upmarket hair salon along
Kenyatta Avenue, and spent more than Sh3, 000 on a
human hair weave.
Two weeks later she started suffering from severe headache that would not go away. She would wake
up with severe headache at night.
She went to a private doctor who gave her drugs for
the relief of mild to moderate pain of inflammatory
origin with or without fever; they would only work
for a few hours and then the headache would be back worse than even before.
Desperate, she went to see a specialist who did blood
tests and even a brain scan. All the tests were
negative but the headache persisted, making her
unable to concentrate at work and sleeping very
poorly. She went back to her doctor who decided to
examine her scalp and under the beautiful weave he
found worms! The worms were burrowing into her
skull and after sending the samples to the lab they
found that the hair had eggs from which the worms
had hatched. Worms
The doctor told her that the hair was probably from a
corpse because those worms are usually found on
dead bodies. Efforts to reach her doctor for further
comments were fruitless for he was said to be out of
the country. The manager of the salon where Irene got the hair
product was traumatised and said they had fitted ten
weaves from the package already, adding that the
particular batch of hair had sold very fast; in less than
a month, she had sold over 150 pieces.
“I am shocked to hear this because this is the first time such a thing is happening to my clients. I will get
more information from my supplier because we
import these weaves from the UK, USA and India,”
says the salon manager who did not want to be
mentioned.
She continued to say: “Maybe, the supplier sent us rejects from the factory or weaves that had
overstayed in the stores but I promise to follow up
on the matter and compensate Irene.”
Irene had to shave after this ordeal and took
antibiotics for two weeks.
Dr CK Musau, a surgeon at Nairobi hospital says that he has dealt with more than ten cases of the same in
a period of six months.
He further urges ladies to be very careful with what
they put on their heads, and adds that it is better to
appreciate natural beauty and be content with what
God has blessed them instead of chasing artificial beauty.
“It is unfortunate how the West has influenced
Kenyan youth; especially ladies. They should stick to
their natural African beauty as opposed to trying to
ape what they see,” says Musau.
Died Dr Musau reiterated that the youth must keep in mind
that of late, Kenyans can sell anything: from body
parts to human beings to used coffins and now even
weaves that seem to come from corpses.
Elsewhere, 16-year-old girl from Buruburu also
suffered the same fate but unfortunately for her she died. Cobweb eggs were found in her hair after she
died. There was a profound cobweb design in her
weaved hair. She dropped dead after constant
headaches.
The root cause? The weave had unnoticed spider
eggs. The warmth produced after weaving provided a very conducive environment for the eggs to hatch.
A spider grew in her scalp and bit her. The poison
found its way to her blood. She could not survive the
attack.