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    Posted: January 07 2002 at 1:41am
My mom told me that if I go out with a wet head in the middle of winter that I can freeze my hair. Come on, is that for real? Has that happened to anyone?
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Well, yes & no. It is not a good idea to go out with a wet head for several reasons. Water freezes. If it is cold enough for water to freeze & your hair is wet, the water on your hair can freeze, sometimes resulting in your hair appearing to freeze. If you hair is wet enough & it is cold enough your hair with some times "clump together" frozen together from the water. Also, sometimes it will cause headaches, because of the cold, so it is not a good idea. Also the length of the hair will have some influence on this as well, although exactly how, I`m not sure. While, I personally, can`t remember this happening to me, it did happen to a friend of mine once. She had a chunk of hair that was very wet & had frozen together, when she went to touch it it actually broke off in her hand.
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Yes Tiny Tina hair can easily freeze. Over here in weather that can easily drop to -40 we people learned that our hair has to be dry before going out. IN the past when I was younger my hair frozed often because I wasn`t preparing myself. Also going outside with wet hair in the winter is a good recipe for getting sick.
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Thank you so much. Very helpful info although a little scary that hair can break off. :-)
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Hi!

I live in Ottawa Canada. Yes, my hair (or the water around my hair) freezes often in the 1 minute between my front door and my car. It doesn`t thaw for some time after I get home from work.

I don`t think the freezing itself is damaging...the worst I could imagine is roughing up your hair`s cuticle.

You must be careful with "frozen hair" however. It will be more easily damaged with the cuticle all roughed up. A good bend may damage the cuticle beyond easy repair. I`ve NEVER had hair snap off, though (at least not a large enough number at a time that I`d notice). And my hair has been frozen COUNTLESS times.

I try to keep my hair tucked in and a scarf/hat on when my hair is wet.


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