BHOPAL, India, 20 May 2007 — The passion to do something different has driven Bhopal’s hairstylist Mohammad Mansoor Mateen to achieve a unique feat. He has learnt and perfected an innovative method to “style” hair not by using gel or scissors but by using fire!
This feat of his has earned him the honor of getting his name entered in the Limca Book of Records.
Mansoor cuts hair with fire by placing an inverted fire-proof metal bowl with many holes in it on the client’s head. Then, using a crochet needle, strands of hair are pulled out through these holes and these holes are sealed with “Besan” (flour) paste. A special oil spray is then sprinkled on pulled out strands of hair after which the hair is set alight with a lighter.
Vijaya Ghose, editor of the Limca Book of Records, has issued a certificate to Mansoor for his unique feat.
Mansoor, who is a former state-level hockey player of Madhya Pradesh, demonstrated his art of hairstyling recently when het set the hair of three youths, namely Shoaib, Sunil and Sarfaraz, afire for 30 seconds. Mansoor said that he would now be trying to get his name registered in the Guinness Book of World Records.