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How does a van de graaffGraaff generator remove electrons?

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How does a van de graaff generator remove electrons?

I'm talking about when it makes our hair stand up

Let's say the dome is positively charged. I have heard that the van de graff generator is able to remove electrons from our hair.

But isn't our hair neutral? So how does it remove electrons? And also, where do those electrons go?