Excerpted from the 16 Dec 2012 edition of News Of The Weird:
* Plastic surgeons in Turkey and France told CNN in November that mustache implants have suddenly surged in popularity as Middle Eastern men use their increased lip bushiness to convey power and prestige. Surgeons extract follicles from hairier parts of the body in procedures that cost the equivalent of around $7,000 and show full results in about six months. An anthropology professor told CNN that, by tradition in Arab countries, a man of honor would "swear on my mustache," and use mustaches as collateral for loans, and shave off a vanquished foe's mustache as a reward, and gravely insult enemies with "Curse be upon your mustache!" [CNN, 11-29- 2012]
Maybe this should go on an un-mustachian thread of the stupid prices paid for services of dubious value...
Do we really want to know where those hairier follicles come from?
