Curl Shaming: Bengaluru Girl Commits Suicide After Being Teased for 'Incomplete Hair Straightening Treatment'
Neha had gone to a beauty parlour in Mysuru to straighten her curly hair but did not have enough money, hence was advised to straighten just two sides.
Neha Gangamma, a first-year BBA student from St Joseph's College in Mysuru has become the latest victim to curl shaming. The college student committed suicide after being teased by friends and classmates for her half straightened hair. Her family who lives in Kodagu's Kottigeri region believes she was depressed due to hair fall caused by an incomplete hair straightening treatment that made her take the extreme step. Neha had gone to a beauty parlour in Mysuru to straighten her curly hair but did not have enough money, hence was advised to straighten just two sides. Her hair did not end up looking the way she wanted and was made fun of, for the same.
Bangalore Mirror quoted, Rajan Changappa, former Zilla Panchayat member and a family member as saying, "Neha had curly hair so she went to a beauty parlour in Mysuru for hair straightening. She was told the straightening would cost her Rs 7,000. She had about Rs 3, 500 with her. Instead of advising her to come back for complete treatment, they straightened two sides and left the back portion of her hair unstraightened and charged her Rs 3,500. At colleges other students teased her and she was upset over it." Parineeti Chopra Trolled Yet Again, This Time For Her Red Hair Look From Jabariya Jodi - See Pics
Neha returned home from college and told her parents that she did not want to go back. However, her parents convinced her as they had already paid the college and hostel fees. Reportedly, Neha urged her parents to not send her back to the hostel, however they insisted that she complete her course. After being persuaded she left for her hostel only to return after a week saying she did not want to go back. Unperturbed by Trolls, Parineeti Chopra Shares More Selfies on Instagram and Writes, ‘It’s Burgundy, Not Red’ – See Pics
Changappa said, "The parents still convinced her and sent her back. She suffered from severe hair fall, it is learnt. She came back home for a week again and tried to convince her parents through her uncles, but they sent her back." She requested her parents to take her to Dharmastala where she could shave her head and say that it is an 'harake'. Neha said she would rejoin college the next hair. Katrina Kaif in Bharat, Sonam Kapoor in The Zoya Factor: Bollywood Actresses Who Ditched Their Sleek Straight Hair and Owned Curls
She called her father on August 21 after reaching Ilvala from Madikeri and said that she would reach hostel in the next half an hour. He said, "She made the last call from Titimati to the beautician. I received a call on Saturday that a body has been found near the river." As per the report, as per Ponnampet police, the body was retrieved near a stream near Lakshman Theerta. Her father G Pemmaiah has filed a complaint.
When her father made a routine call to her on August 28, her phone was switched off. As he couldn't reach her the whole day, the next day he went to the PG and checked the CCTV footages. It showed her leave the PG at 9:55 am with a bag as if she were going to college. Her father then went to Jayalakshmipuram Police station in Mysuru and filed a missing complaint.
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