'I'm addicted to my hair!': Chinese woman, 44, hasn't cut her 6ft 7in locks in 11 YEARS - and standing just 5ft tall, her tresses are longer than she is

• Cen Yingyuan hasn't cut her hair in 11 years and admits she is 'addicted' to it
• Standing at 5ft tall her hair is a foot and a half longer than she is
• She collects every strand that falls out - around 50g hair a year
• It takes over an hour to wash and a day and a half to dry
• Cen has had offers of up to £2,000 for her locks
• If she ever found a grey hair, she says she would dye all her hair white

A Chinese woman hasn't cut her hair for the past 11 years and her locks now hang at 6ft 7in long.
In comparison to her long hair, 44-year-old Cen Yingyuan only stands 5ft feet in height, meaning that unless she ties up her tresses her hair trails on the floor as she walks.
Cen, who lives in Guigang, in the Guangxi Province, says ‘I have saved the hair for 11 years, and I am quite addicted to it.’

Proud: Cen Yingyuan shows off her 6ft 7in long hair, the result of 11 years without having it cut

Ordeal: Cen washes her hair every four days. She is forced to stand over a bucket to wash the entire length

Addicted: Cen saves every strand of her precious hair that falls out, collecting around 50g of hair a year

Unsurprising every time Cen goes out she and her hair attract a lot of attention from passers by, but Cen is proud of her unusual 'do'.
She treasures her hair so much she even collects any strands that drop out. ‘Starting from 2005 I started to collect the dropped ones when combing. Usually I can collect around 50g a year.’

 

Cen said many people have offered to buy her hair, and the highest amount she has ever been offered was 20,000 Yuan (£2,000).
Cen takes good care of her hair and is proud that there is no grey. ‘If the hair started to turn grey, I'll dye it all white, making myself have another look.’
However, Cen's long hair does come with disadvantages as it takes her over an hour to wash and then half a day to dry.

Standing at just 1.53 metres tall, even in heels Cen's hair falls below her as two friends measure the impressive mane

Cen's hair takes her over an hour to wash and an additional half a day to fully dry

The trick to keeping such a vast amount of hair shiny, according to Cen, is to rinse it with a bottle of beer

She is unable to wash it in a shower or bath due to its extreme length and is forced to bend over a bucket.
Cen washes her hair every four days and her secret to keeping it shiny is to use a bottle of beer.
And Cen is not alone in being obsessed with growing her hair.
The Red Yao women, a minority ethnic group from Huangluo Yao Village in China, have an average hair length of 5.5 feet with the longest locks measure more than 6.8 feet.
Incredibly, the women cut their hair only once in their lives, at 16 years old, before they start their search for a husband, as they believe a woman long hair brings longevity, wealth and good fortune.

The Red Yao women, from Huangluo Yao Village in China, have an average hair length of 5.5 feet

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