They can be artists and amateurs, communicators and closemouthed intimates. They work with one of the most precious raw materials nature has created: hair. It can act a symbol of power and seduction, but also of hippie counterculture and protest (as featured in the musical „Hair“). In his famous book about globalization, “The World is flat”, Times correspondent Thomas Friedman calls them “the Untouchables”: Many jobs might still be moved from one continent to the other, for the sake of cost reduction and efficiency, but as long as the world moves and hair grow, their workplaces will be safe and hairdressers will continue to be untouchable. All over the world.