Whats the weirdest hair myth/story/whatever you've ever heard?

**musicallberrii** · January 27th, 2011, 11:28 PM

I was at school earlier and had my back turned to a group of people who were talking. One of them asked another something like "How do you grow your hair long?" This girl said "Well I wash twice a day with dog flea shampoo and use baby oil on my hair afterwards." I was like what in the world? And turned around. (Not to be mean) but she had the frizziest hair ever and it was oily at the same time (huh?). Her hair was about waist length and see thru from her shoulders down. She went on about how flea shampoo caused your hair to grow fast and her hair "nearly grew 3 inches this past year". It was soooo hard to not chime in.. Definitely the weirdest thing I've ever heard someone say about their hair.

**fluffybunny** · January 27th, 2011, 11:37 PM

Man, that's like a conversation you'd hear in a weird dream. Baby oil? Dog flea shampoo? Three inches a year? Ooookaaaay....

I don't have such an original weird hair myth as that, but these have always seemed odd to me:
- Horse "Mane & Tail" shampoo fad
- the idea that trimming makes hair grow faster
- hair vitamin product reviews where people report a big difference in their hair after taking the vitamins for a few days (I've really seen these on Amazon)

**Druid of Alba** · January 27th, 2011, 11:40 PM

...That is odd! Perhaps you should kindly inform her that flea shampoo probably isn't the best thing for her hair?
I wonder where she heard that from. She must be gullible. Poor her!
I've heard several times before that if you don't cut your hair it will grow on indefinately. That one always annoys me. Do people actually think that?
I've also heard that in the bible it says that a woman's long hair is her glory, but long hair on a man is a shame. How hilarious. I wonder who comes up with these!
Thanks for sharing!
**how hilarious about the shame part.

**ddiana1979** · January 27th, 2011, 11:41 PM

LOL. . . Once I ran out of shampoo & had a holiday party to go to. Didn't have time to run to the store, was in quite a hurry to get ready, etc. The only shampoo in the house? My dogs' flea & tick shampoo.

I used it (& the accompanying conditioner). I received several compliments on how shiny my hair was that night & one compliment on the pleasant scent.

**Druid of Alba** · January 27th, 2011, 11:43 PM

I've also heard that cutting your hair under a new moon willl make it grow faster, and that cutting under the full moon will make it grow thicker. But that's actually cool! I want to try it, even if it is just a silly myth, haha!

**musicallberrii** · January 28th, 2011, 12:01 AM

Haha, these are great! I didn't want to risk her being offended by me commenting on their conversation, since she obviously thought her hair care routine was fantastic. People do weird stuff in generally, but I have to admit it grosses me out to think of washing my hair with flea shampoo..

**leoninnu** · January 28th, 2011, 12:21 AM

I remember someone once explaining to me something about how cutting the hair would help it grow faster because cutting of the damaged end would make the hair smoother and the nutrients would be able to travel better from the scalp to the tip of the hair if it was smooth. It was so bizarre though that I'm not totally sure it wasn't a dream o.o