Beauty & the boot camp: China's hairdressers tough it out

Perms and press-ups are the order of the day at a Chinese hairdressing school that believes stylists, and not the clients, must suffer for beauty.

Fu Kang Beauty and Hairdressing School, one of China's largest, takes a military approach to training students, putting them through marching drills and meting out push-ups for punishment if they're caught daydreaming in class.

Some 6,000 students attend the school's six campuses, located in Shanghai, Beijing and other big cities.



At Fu Kang, students go through a strictly regimented daily routine that starts off with early morning exercises, theory lessons before lunch and practical classes in the afternoon.

Classes run six days a week and hours are long, similar to those of a hairdressing salon. Not paying attention - or an incorrect answer - automatically means press-ups.

Male students have it harder than their female counterparts -- the girls do simple stretches on campus but the boys must do the military-style warm-up that leaves them dripping with sweat.

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