What is the world coming to when even your own hair is not safe from thieves? I am sure there has been some Hollywood film where someone’s famous locks were stolen, but really this is real life, not Hollywood.

If you live in South Africa, beware you beautiful tresses may be in high demand. I am glad I am mostly bald. I hope they would not like to steal the fur off of my goatee. As reported in www.huffingtonpost.com.

In Johannesburg, South Africa dreadlocks have evidently become so popular that they are increasingly being stolen right off of people's heads. How can this be?

The surprising crime trend comes as Johannesburg seeks to burnish its image as a safer, more cosmopolitan city. How safe can it be when your own hair isn’t safe?

According to Johannesburg’s Times Live, shoulder-length dreads sell for between $20 and $80. Longer ones have been known to sell for nearly $300.

To attach dreadlock extensions, a stylist weaves the dreadlocks into a client's existing hair using a needle and thread.

And it isn't just South Africa that has a hairy situation on its hands, either.

According to Time, salons in U.S. cities like Atlanta, Detroit, San Diego, Houston, and Chicago have all reported thefts of human hair, though the hair in these cases isn't typically stolen off of people's heads. One Chicago salon lost $230,000 through hair theft alone.

Clothes Thieves

There are petty thefts and there are heists. Stealing more than $2.68 million worth of clothes is a major heist!

Five Romanians appear to be the culprits of the thefts of clothing from Italian designer Giorgio Armani's spring 2013 collection.

Thieves broke into a Verona, Italy, warehouse in mid-December and stole more than 1,400 items in the Armani collection, which they then sent to Romania in seven shipments.

I hope they are mandated to shoplifting classes and try and lead a good, straight life.