Air drying

[Long_hair_bear]

Hey everyone! Hope everyone is having a spiffylicous day!

I was just wondering how long it takes everyone else's hair to air dry. I washed mine at 6 pm last night and braided it. I took out the braid this morning and it's still damp. I know braids take much longer to dry, but wow. This happens every time I wash my hair so I'm not surprised. Without braiding, my hair takes more than 3 hours to air dry and I'm almost to bsl.

[gabee]

My hair is quite thin and fine, and so it only takes 1 hour to fully air dry. While I often wish my hair was thicker, I'm glad my hair dries this fast! Very useful during winter

[lolabird]

If I do mine in braids, it takes about a day. In a bun, I've opened it the 2nd day and it can still have some damp spots. I thought that was normal? I don't know. It has always taken a long time to dry. If I leave it out, it takes a couple of hours.

[littleizz]

Other than curliness, it looks like our hair is pretty similar, and it sounds like our dry time is, too! I don't put any product in immediately after washing, so I flip my head upside down once or twice to shake it up and separate it. Still takes 3 - 4 hours, longer if I'm sleeping on it, and exponentially long if I put it in a bun or braid. I typically dry it loose, though, otherwise I feel like the top gets really flat, even though it's shiny.

[moxamoll]

I'm in lolabird's camp. It takes a 2-3 hours when loose. If I braid or bun it wet, I actually have no idea. The longest I've gone is about 36 hours and it was still quite damp inside.

[pepperminttea]

You might want to give this poll a look. It takes mine about 4-5 hours.

[Mina17]

I takes my hair about 2.5-3 hours to dry completely if left loose. If I put it up in a bun in the morning, it will still be damp when I take it down in the evening.

[Sushi144]

Mine takes 2 or 3 hours when loose. When braided, I'd say more than 12 hours.

[edwardh]

I'm in lolabird's camp. It takes a 2-3 hours when loose. If I braid or bun it wet, I actually have no idea. The longest I've gone is about 36 hours and it was still quite damp inside.

I keep reading about things like this here (well, not that extreme so far but still... people leaving in all kinds of liquid stuff in their hair for long, long times) but one word is never mentioned: fungus.
Are you guys not afraid you might get a nasty case of that when your scalp is covered with anything but its own oils for so long?

[Madora]

Outside, depending on the temperature, from 20 to 30 minutes

Indoors, with the aid of a portable electric fan 40 minutes.

Here's my article on air drying that might be helpful:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...&articleid=223