How much does hair weigh?

**maborosi** · February 5th, 2013, 09:55 AM

In hard numbers, how much does your hair weigh?

How would you go about measuring that, anyway? A kitchen scale? For super-long hair would you use something a bit more substantial?

I'm curious to see since I don't know if I've ever actually seen how much hair really weighs. I imagine in actual numbers it's a lot less than it feels like.

~maborosi~

**Cowgirl16** · February 5th, 2013, 09:57 AM

Interesting question! I've often wondered myself. I think a kitchen scale with a bowl would probably be the best solution. I think how thick or thin your hair is would also be a factor in the weight.

**kitschy** · February 5th, 2013, 10:00 AM

It don't think it weighs much. How much does a wig weigh, or a scarf? I would think it to be less than 1 or 1 1/2 pounds even if extremely long.

**spidermom** · February 5th, 2013, 10:18 AM

It doesn't weigh much. Mine came out at 2.75 ounces on the kitchen scale.

**evb** · February 5th, 2013, 10:24 AM

Well mine seems to weigh a ton when it is wet o.0

Actually I recently had surgery on my neck and the PT wants me to cut off my hair. From just past waist to chin length. Apparently the weight is messing with my recovery. AND she made a big deal out of my doing side pony tails, all I can do with limited mobility atm, since it throws me off balance. I came home and ranted to my husband and he mentioned that many years ago he saw a Dr who claimed a good 90% of his patients were there because of putting their wallet in back pocket {men of course} since they sat slightly askew all day and it messed with their spine, caused pinched nerves, etc.

FWIW, all the gals in the office have longer hair. Well the PT's is past shoulder but her office managers is mid back so long for non LHC people. I am not exactly sure what to do about this situation :C

**spidermom** · February 5th, 2013, 10:36 AM

I think the PT is full of beans.

**Viola88** · February 5th, 2013, 10:36 AM

About 67 grams for me. I took my kitchen scale and pyrex bowl. I put the bowl on, tared the scale, gently put all my hair in the bowl (with the top of my head even with the top of the bowl), tared the scale again and brought my head up. The scale was -67 grams.

ETA: I am about 27 inches in length. I need to measure. It's been awhile.

**Chromis** · February 5th, 2013, 10:54 AM

Even at knee length my hair doesn't weigh very much. It's not even heavy enough to get a good reading on our kitchen scale!

**neko_kawaii** · February 5th, 2013, 11:16 AM

I couldn't get a reading off my kitchen scale. I have held a couple severed braids in my hands and the difference between the feather weight in my hand and the weight my neck said was gone was significant. I remember a school friend saying after she went from long hair to short that she didn't feel she was in control of her head, it kept floating. My best friend's mother cut classic length hair to a bob and that completely relieved her chronic neck pain, so the the PT is not completely full of it.

**maborosi** · February 5th, 2013, 11:40 AM

neko_kawaii- that's how I felt when I cut my hair. I freaked out the day after because when I woke up, I just jerked my head up so easily and was expecting a lot more weight there!

evb- I'd think that wet hair would probably weigh a bit more. Hmm...an interesting experiment.

As soon as I can find some batteries for our kitchen scale, I'd love to see how much my hair weighs.

~maborosi~