“And I Was Eating”: Black Woman Going for a Hairdo Gets Covered in Buckets of Dandruff, SA Horrified

“And I Was Eating”: Black Woman Going for a Hairdo Gets Covered in Buckets of Dandruff, SA Horrified

  • The result of a woman going for a hairdo is making the rounds on social media for its scaly nature
  • An X user, @dii_imma, posted the now-viral material showing the hairstylist up to their arms in dandruff
  • The striking scenes caught the attention of locals online, who had bucketloads of replies to the clip
African woman's hairdo results in heaps of dandruff
A Black woman's hairdo served up bucketloads of dandruff in a viral video online. Images: Yellow Dog Productions and Mariya Borisova
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Not much of what people see on social media these days shocks them until something truly bizarre jumps out like a scary monster.

A video of a woman doing her hair at a salon is an ordinary experience under most circumstances.

Woman covered in buckets of dandruff

Except in this case, nothing was ordinary about the clip X user @dii_imma shared of a woman appearing to have a months-old weave removed.

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The caption read:

"I thought it was sawdust."

That which resembles sawdust is copious amounts of dandruff.

The 65-second clip features a voice narrating the entire process.

It shows a hairstylist covered up to her arms in scale, diligently weaving through her client's messy, knotted hair.

"I know you're wondering how in the world we got here. First, my client got her [in-style] put in about four months ago. And, I like my clients to come to me to get it taken down," says the female voice.

She then details the process step-for-step as heaps of dandruff can be seen covering the length of the woman's shoulders.

"So, I removed the tracks. I removed the [styling at] the neck, and under the neck, there were some braids. Since it was up for a while, loosening the braids was a little difficult."

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The clip concludes with the hairstylist scraping off the scale using a specialised brush and detailing the woman's hair.

Dusty scenes stun locals

Horrified netizens had buckets to say about the scaly scenes, wasting little time making a beeline to the comments strip as the clip racked up almost five million views.

The material attracted 4300 likes, 2300 bookmarks, 2000 reposts and almost 1000 replies within 24 hours.

Briefly News looks at the interesting reactions.

@McDavidIbiam wrote:

"They should have done this outside the shop. You'll end up contaminating the whole place."

@Chimdimma92 said:

"I [so] have many questions. Will she use the combs for another customer?"

@PrettyQuietMe mentioned:

"She needs gloves that go up to her biceps."

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In another story, Briefly News reported that a local woman shared how she was left stranded at the salon when cops showed up unexpectedly.

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In her TikTok video, Nthabiseng Claudia detailed how the hairstylists scrammed after police officers appeared at the establishment.

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Tshepiso Mametela Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist with eight years of experience writing for online and print publications. He is an evening/weekend editor at Briefly News. He was a general news reporter for The Herald, a senior sports contributor at Opera News SA, and a reporter for Caxton Local Media’s Bedfordview and Edenvale News and Joburg East Express community titles. He has attended media workshops, including the crime and court reporting one by the Wits Justice Project and Wits Centre for Journalism in 2024. He was a member of the Forum of Community Journalists (FCJ) from 2018 to 2020.