Quote Originally Posted by AmIGonnaFail
Hi all,

I'm a daily bud smoker (well, I was up until 17 days ago!) and having a hair test soon, I have been searching the internet for things that may help, ive done 2 bleach and redyes, bought some swimmers shampoo, and going to do a baking soda paste also, and possibly 2 more bleach and redyes if my hair is stil intact.

I had been wondering if I hold my hair straightners on full temperature on the section of hair that they will be testing whether that would help to open the cuticle, I wasn't sure but it seems the answer is a big yes!! Heat does open the cuticle and cold closes it!

This doesn't seem to have been mentioned much in the forum, either that or I haven't stumbled upon the right thread yet...This is what I found..



"you should only wash your hair with luke warm water, not hot. hot water actually causes some damage to your hair. warm water opens the cuticle allowing the conditioner to penetrate it properly. then a blast of cold water, as cold as you can stand will close the cuticle adding shine and locking in the moisture."


Obviously it's only us tokers that actually want to open the cuticle, so the advice should be reversed and you should put your hair in the hottest water you can stand, even boiling. This won't be too helpful for guys with short hair but I'm a girl with long hair and am thinking now of leaning my head back into a bowl of boiling water!! My only concern is that I wont be able to get close enough to the root as I will scald my head, I think when you're as desperate as most of us to pass or drastically reduce levels anything is worth a shot though.

Ill let you know how the boiling water bowl goes tonight (UK night), and if it really isnt possible then all us hair test candidates should just wash hair in the hottest water we can stand

I really hope someone finds this helpful and responds, for now, onwards with our hair-wrecking endeavours!!

S
Yes that's good info, I read that as well. I also found this, but its seems to be a more extreme process. Trying it may produce some better results.

http://www.vitamintrader.com/article...haircolor.html