Gulp. Pakistani Stylist Gives Clients Smoking Haircuts Using Fire

Getting your hair cut at this particular salon is literally a trial by fire. A hairstylist in Pakistan has been giving his clients some really hot - and we don't mean that as an euphemism - haircuts by forgoing a pair of scissors and using fire instead. Say what? A video tweeted by Pakistan-based journalist Omar R Quraishi shows the unusual hairstyling technique used by the barber. And if you think this sounds crazy and scary, wait till you watch it happen in the video.

Tweeted earlier today, the video has managed to stun many on the social networking site, not into silence but into posting tweets that range from shock to awe. It shows the barber first sprinkling some powder and liquid into his client's hair and boom, setting it on fire. You can see actual flames, we're not kidding.

He then proceeds to comb out the flaming hair with both hands, eventually putting the fire out. He sets the hair on fire once again in the nearly-two-minutes video and repeats the process.

Somehow, even after all that burning, the length of the hair seems pretty much the same. So we're not really sure about the end result of this novel practice.

(Warning: Please do not try this at home)
 

Apparently this Pakistani hair stylist's routine includes setting the client's hair on fire - literally! pic.twitter.com/gWmBOZE06q

- omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) January 12, 2017

Since being shared 13 hours before writing this, the video has collected some 570 retweets and almost 450 'likes'. Tweeple are really finding it hard to deal with this hairstyling procedure.

"But why," asks one commenter, reiterating what many people must be wondering. "I think to straighten his hair," replies Mr Quraishi on Twitter.

Here's what others had to say:
 

@omar_quraishi What is this? This shouldn't be allowed.

- Roheen Berry (@beryroh) January 12, 2017

@omar_quraishi He should name his hair salon "BHEJA FRY"

- baqar husain (@Baqarh786) January 12, 2017

@omar_quraishi Very Dangerous, But is common in #Pakistan Saloon, Barbers, Beauty Parlours no concept of Health and Safety @pid_gov

- Heed (@aghafahadpervez) January 12, 2017

@aghafahadpervez @omar_quraishi @pid_gov i get that it is common but why? what's the benefit they think they will get? Any idea?

- mob_law (@mob_law) January 12, 2017

@omar_quraishi pic.twitter.com/Nz79pRDAw0

- TAHIR SARFRAZ (@TAHIRSARFRAZ) January 12, 2017

@omar_quraishi mein tou nahin ja raha iske paas. Waysay hi ginti kay baal hein.

- Sikander F. Bhadera (@SikanderFayyaz) January 13, 2017

@omar_quraishi @jackerhack ok I definitely need to know the science behind this. OMG!!!

- Sharat M R (@cosmos_genius) January 13, 2017

@omar_quraishi That is very dangerous, so far only lubricant has caught fire but someone will burn because of this.

- Bilal Shah (@Bilal_SyedZada) January 12, 2017

Say whatever, but you gotta give credit to the man who sat in that salon chair and allowed his barber to do THAT to his hair.

We repeat, do not try this at home or anywhere else for that matter.