Would you shorten long hair to conserve water?

Question

Some people have long hair and it takes more water to care for and wash. Given the globe is in a drought, is this something you would do or support socially to reduce elevated usage.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

When my hair was longer I’d wash it like 2 or 3 times a week. It was a lot of maintenance yes because not only do you waste a lot of water with trying to get your hair routine in but the amount of money you invest into hair care products can be expensive.

Right now my hair is like this right now. And I do have to say that I wash it 2 times a week not and it’s less maintenance and I don’t waste much water anymore thankfully. But I didn’t get the cut because of the water issue I mean it helped but I did it because I dyed my hair blonde back in 2020 so I still had some bleach left at the bottom of my hair tips and it looked really weird so I decided to chop it off. BEst decision I’ve ever made because my hair seems healthier than before.

Would you shorten long hair to conserve water?

whirled_up_girl · Accepted Answer

Yeah I would consider it, I mostly have long hair because it grows fast and also I wear it back for work as a nurse. I really only need it long enough to tie it back. Once I had it cut really short so I could donate it to locks of love and organization to provide real wigs to kids with cancer and I needed to donate at least 10 inches, I never did let it get that long after that.

NamerOfStars · Accepted Answer

My hair's already short- but even if it weren't, it'd make a LOT more sense to save showering for when it was needed; most people DON'T actually need to shower every day. If it's July? If you're doing manual labor? Sure. But if you're sitting in an air-conditioned office, using deoderant, and never even sweating or touching dirt? Yeah, skipping a day is probably fine.

Or you could be REALLY smart, and not insist on growing a useless weed you can't even EAT that can't survive in the local climate without constant watering, but hey, what does NATURE know?

Guy13 · Accepted Answer

That is silliness as like 70% of Earth is covered with water. People can drink seawater too as I have in Thailand and survived... Some areas have it worse than others. To generalize that long hair is environmental is absurdity. I assume you know this already?

NathanDavis · Answer

beautiful hair like hers should be protected... shut down a couple of Golf resorts instead, lol

andreasderjuengere · Answer

I wear my hair long.

And I refuse swimming pools, spa's, washing the car or the bike, I have no lawn.

My showers take less than 10 minutes; I collect rain water in a well for my gardening;

copy that :D and there's no need to worry about hair.

HippieVeganJewslim · Answer

I wash my hair every three to four days. I don’t take long showers. To conserve water, stop promoting the meat and dairy and eggs and processed food industry. Those require a lot of water, while fruits require many times less. Use the Focker toilet rule: if it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down. Swim in the beach or river or lake instead of the pool. Recycle more: it requires more water to make raw materials. Get dreadlocks and you’ll need to wash them just weekly. Collect rainwater to water plants and to flush the toilets (just don’t drink it!).

VIVANT · Answer

Bam private swimming pools & let people keep their hair 🥵

RedStiletto88 · Answer

I have hair down to my mid back and no I’m not going to chop it off.

2Wheels · Answer

Where I live we have more lakes than any other country in the world. I'm pretty sure I can wash my hair daily and no one will notice. Plus, my hair is already super short. 😄

Flower7 · Answer

My hair isn’t very long. But if it was, I wouldn’t change it for that reason.

Midgetmcwidget · Answer

Why don’t we have reserve osmosis plants instead of water reservoirs. Constant production of water

Apulu_Imback · Answer

We will think about that later. First think about how to save water from tanneries? Why only a part of human population would work in this? Everyone should, short haired people as well.

annabananna · Answer

I would do other things before that to conserve water.

Anonymous · Answer

uh i only wash my hair once a week. i think it's fine.

exitseven · Answer

I try to shower at the gym as much as possible to save water and energy.

DarkCarousel · Answer

I only wash my hair once/twice a week and my lawn is nearly burnt to a crisp from my water conservation. I don’t think I’d go shorter on my hair. It takes very little time for me to wash when I do.

Anonymous · Answer

How can the globe be in a drought? There is always the exact same amount of water on Earth. It just changes location. If one place is in a drought, another place is not. Retards.

dustybiker · Answer

When my hair was short it took just as long to rinse. My hair is very thick.

ChooChooHaha · Answer

It's not on long haired people for that. How is it their fault?

slatyb · Answer

That would make no appreciable difference. The most important thing is to stop pouring water on the ground — eliminate irrigated lawns, and use more efficient means of agricultural irrigation

Smashingdoozy · Answer

No... I wash my hair once a week what's the point?

USLegionary · Answer

Best thing to conserve water and reduce carbon emissions is to lose weight. Obese people have a higher carbon footprint.

Daniela1982 · Answer

I've seen people with long braided hair that looks like it hasn't been washed in a month so I guess water is not a problem.

DarkWinterNights · Answer

Ironic considering lithium and computer chip production use massive amounts of water and we’re only increasing our dependencies on them by an order of magnitude.

Duel_tree · Answer

It's not about the length it's about your type of hair. I have locs and I originally had 4c hair before the locs. My hair would take forever to get wet so that meant I had to be in the shower longer.

roy_ricky09 · Answer

Wow... What a stupid question!!! If you are so concerned, go do something about saving rivers, trees.

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

Don't need to conserve water, I don't live in an overpopulated desert with droughts or a uninhabitable zone.

KrakenAttackin · Answer

7/10 of the globe is water. It's the politicians that are the problem.

Roseboy · Answer

i only haven't shortened my hair a bit yet because i dont know how i want it so like ik i like it long so thats just safe

MysticDevice · Answer

Lol the globe is not in a drought. In any case I wouldn't cut my hair to save water.

shortster · Answer

The globe can't be in a drought it is basically a closed system. Parts can be in a drought; but then other parts will be flooded.

maximumpower · Answer

To conserve water? Do you realize how stupid that sounds? Do you realize how stupid that really is?

Anonymous · Answer

It doesn't seem a valid reason to shorten your hair. Unless you live in a barren desert. And it's that it drink urine.

Jamie05rhs · Answer

Yes. And I think it's a shame that Biden's climate bill didn't include free haircuts.

Guardian45 · Answer

NO ONE should determine their hair length based on water conservation. That's just silly.

Anonymous · Answer

No. I don't have long hair but this strikes me as nonsense.

Iron_Man · Answer

No I wouldn’t

dolemite89 · Answer

that girl in the pic is just 🤤

AsaKyo · Answer

My hair is already short

Anonymous · Answer

Thank god I’m bald

Wise4myage · Answer

Yes, I would., IF I had long hair.

duttyjamagyal · Answer

No I don't care

Jenny-Marie · Answer

If I had any, definitely not.

jimmy2 · Answer

Come on now don't go there

Supermomof3 · Answer

Absolutely not lol!

DorkdiariesChloe · Answer

i already have a long bob

xJayleenx · Answer

Nope

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