Renowned eye specialist Dr Guramatunhu is sticking to his guns on why African women should steer clear of weaves and wigs.
In a sneak peek of an interview with AMH chairman Trevor Ncube for an upcoming episode of “In Conversation With Trevor,” Dr Guramatunhu addressed the backlash he received for his opinions on weaves and wigs.
A few years back, Dr Guramatunhu stirred the pot when he claimed that black women might be exposing themselves to various diseases by wearing hair sourced from deceased individuals. He argued that scientific evidence indicates that hair doesn’t die, allowing genetic material to transfer between individuals when weaves are worn.
Interestingly, Dr Guramatunhu made these controversial claims during an interview with Trevor Ncube for the “In Conversation With Trevor” series, which is available on YouTube.
Fast forward to the upcoming episode, Dr Solomon Guramatunhu doubles down on his argument that women should ditch the weaves and wigs. Responding to critics who argued it’s none of his business what women put on their heads, he drew parallels to a bygone era when ladies used to bleach their skin at will. In his own words,
Acknowledging the notion of personal choice, Dr Guramatunhu cautioned that some decisions might stem from ignorance rather than informed judgment.
“Yes. Right, it’s none of my business. When we were growing up, you remember ladies were applying Ambi, skin lightening cream. It was none of our business, it was their choice, it was their right. You know of course what happened. The skin was burnt and its irreparable. There are some choices which are born of ignorance. There are some choices which are smart choices because people are informed,” Dr Guramatunhu answered.
The seasoned eye surgeon even employed an analogy about hair disposal practices, highlighting that when Africans trim their hair, they dispose of it because it’s deemed worthless. Consequently, he questioned why Africans would stoop to purchasing other people’s “rubbish.”
“You know I get kids who come to me and say, ‘Doctor you know I’m an orphan I want to go to university I don’t have any money.’ It’s none of my business but it becomes my business. With the expose and education that I have, that we have, all of us, you travel to India and see them harvesting that hair from dead bodies and you see them in the temples harvestung that hair as sacrifice to the Gods and in any case and I speak this in Shona, I always say to people,’Isusu vanhu vatema tikagerwa bvudzi tinorasa. Itsvina. Hatichengete bvudzi mumba. We don;’t do that because itsvina. How dare tinotenga tsvina yemamwe marudzi? Tsvina yema India ye ma Brazillian? How dare we do that?,” Dr Guramatunhu stated.
Source iharare
