I don't think given the fact that they are made from condoms would be something women or girls would want to have them on their hair.
Maybe your not reading the same thing as I have read when I see used that's what I would think it meant but would it make a difference anyway, a condom is still a condom. A kotex is a kotex until it’s used!! Would you want to use a new one as a napkin?
http://consumerist.com/consumer/ew/u...nds-322356.php
China Daily says that used condoms are being recycled and sold as hair bands in China. The condom bands are cheaper then bands that were not formerly prophylactics. The recycled condoms are quite popular, but risk infecting users with the diseases that they were meant to prevent.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_6251535.htm
In addition to being sold at local bazaars, the recycled condoms have been found at local beauty salons in the prosperous Pearl River Delta city, according to Guangzhou-based New Express Daily.
"These cheap and colorful rubber bands and hair ties sell well in the city, threatening the health of local people and tourists," the paper said.
Local doctors have warned that using these rubber bands could lead to the spread of AIDS, genital warts and other sexually transmitted diseases.
"There are a lot of bacteria and viruses on the rubber bands and hair ties made from used condoms," a dermatologist at the Guangzhou Hospital of Armed Police, who asked to be identified by his surname Dong, said.
"People could be infected with AIDS, warts or other diseases if they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while weaving their hair into plaits or buns," Dong was quoted as saying by the paper.
Chen Wenlan, a resident of Dongguan, said she was disgusted when she discovered that the rubber bands a local beauty salon had given her last week were made of recycled condoms.
Chen, a local white-collar worker, is a frequent customer of local beauty salons.
"Many of my friends have not yet heard the news. And it is really terrible," Chen said.
Richard