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Does long hair rob your body of vitamins and minerals?
My dad and grandma keep insisting that it does. I disagree, AFAIK the hair outside of your scalp is dead, and therefore not using up vitamins. The hair generating inside of your scalp grows and uses vitamins regardless of length.
I can't find anything about it online, figured I might as well be the first to ask it.
June 22nd, 2011 - 17:19
You are absolutely right. What your dad and grandma are telling you is an old wives’ tale. Pay no attention to them. They’re probably just trying to get you to cut your hair.
June 22nd, 2011 - 17:19
You’re right that hair outside of the root is indeed dead. I don’t know the answer I’m afraid, but I can’t think that your hair could possibly rob your body of vitamins and minerals, that seems ridiculous. After all, our cavemen ancestors didn’t cut their hair!