This Indian barber has found an innovative way of cutting men's hair by setting it on fire.

Footage from inside his salon shows the maverick barber pouring a flammable powder and liquid over his customer's head before holding a lighter up against his locks, which promptly catch alight.

While the customer's head is still ablaze, the barber then takes two combs, which he used to cut and style the hair into shape, while the flames continue to burn.

Once the flames have burned out, the barber continues with the haircut as a crowd of men stand and watch him perform his unusual technique.

After combing through his client's hair, the barber shakes on more of the powder onto his head, and once again sets his barnet alight.

Apparently unperturbed by the heat from the flames, the hairdresser combs through his clients' locks, while parts of his hair fall away.

The savvy stylist continues working with his combs until he is satisfied with his client's new look.

This Salon is Kaizo salon based in Mumbai India

Gala the founder of Kaizo Salon says: ''When I was a kid I used to tell my mother that I wanted to go salon but at that time there were just a very few and they were expensive.

''I decided to open a salon with all amenities taking a creative approach and making the services accessible to everyone.

''Now we get calls from southeast Asia for our services.''

The barber is not the first in India to come up with such a radical way of cutting punters' hair. In Gulbarga's Shahabad village, Dasharath of Raj Men's Parlour uses candles for haircuts.

He has been burning clients' hair with candles for the past six years after he stumbled upon the unusual style of cutting when the electricity one day went off in his salon and he thought of using candle flames to cut hair.

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