Five Hair Myths That Are Just Not True

MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 10: A hair stylist fixes extensions to the hair of Model Marie Nasemann during a hair dressing session where Nasemann gets hair extensions on January 10, 2014 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) (2014 Getty Images)

Thanks to the wonders of the Internet you can come across all sorts of people doing things that would have never occurred to you. For example, I just read about a woman who has not washed her hair in five years. Yes, my first instinct is to go EWWWW, but being an open-minded individual I wanted to learn more and you know what? Her hair is not gross at all and I totally understand her reasoning.

You see, the chemicals in most conventional shampoos are straight-up poison (yes, I'm takin' a stand here) and going the organic natural route is expensive, so she decided to clean her hair with water and five years later she's got a healthy, non-greasy, non-smelly head of hair. This made me want to investigate prevalent hair myths and find out if they were true or not.

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