Hairdresser uses Zen meditation to cut hair with his eyes closed

Hairdresser Tian Hao is head and shoulders above his rivals with a hair-raising stunt where he cuts two heads of hair side by side - with his eyes closed.

Tian - from Xi’an, Shaanxi province, western China - claims he uses Zen meditation techniques to 'feel' the aura of the hair on his customers' heads.

"It takes a lot of concentration but I have never had an accident with the scissors yet," explained Tian, who charges £400 for a blind trim.

To finish off, artist Tian shuns hairdryers and uses a vacuum cleaner to style his punters' hair. "Not only does it layer the hair perfectly, but is also sucks up all the clippings too," he said.