There are a lot of fashion trends that I just don't get, however, this one takes the cake. Apparently in China there's a new trend of using recycled condoms to make hair bands. *shudder* Aside from the obvious "ew gross, this was a condom" feeling I have towards these hair bands, what worries me more is that they're not 100% safe. It's reported that there's a certain risk of bacteria being transmitted to the girls, as a lot of us ladies put our hair bands in our mouths while we gather hair to put it in a ponytail.
Even worse, if the condom that was used to make the hair band does have infectious bacteria on it, any sort of oral or skin contact with the bacteria can cause the girls to catch STDs ranging from genital warts to HIV. Girls, if you're thinking of using these hair bands, please don't. They're USED condoms for god's sake! Used! They were in and on some stranger's genitals! DON'T DO IT!
[via Jezebel / InventorSpot]
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