Originally Posted by Murphy_NY
Seriously. What woman in her right mind would place an item which had any cutting-or-poking ability whatsoever in her highly-prized HAIR? Tight against highly-vascular and delicate SCALP????
You'd be surprised what people can hide in their hair
... some monofilament with barrettes tied to each end would make for a nice garrotte if properly used. That's why some of the security measures taken seem so silly--no matter what they ban or try to confiscate, a clever bad-guy is going to think of a solution to get something equally dangerous past the checkpoint.