hair test and steroids?

[texasmk4]

you can always shave your hair to prevent/delay testing ;-)

[Dizz28]

you can always shave your hair to prevent/delay testing ;-)

You would have to shave your whole body then. People that wear their hair short, ie ex-military/cops..., they takes samples from other parts of the body. They'll shave a patch of your leg hair or arm hair. The thing about that is, body hair grows significantly slower then scalp hair so they can detect drug use even further back....

They need a minimum of 1" length hair for the sample but prefer 1.5" so...

Scalp hair usually grows at around a rate of 1cm/month, so 1.5" would only show use from about the last 3months

Body hair can grow as slow as a few Millimeters a month so 1" long body hair can be used to detect drug use for 9+ months


Marinos, Thanks for finding that. I was too lazy to search for those articles yesterday. Good find though. Basically they can detect any substance taken into the body. Hair testing isn't allowed in all states though.

[SilverBuilt]

It dosn't have to be just hair on your head, they are supposed to take half an inch from the crown of your head, but really any hair will do. And I agree having been through a hair test myself, that they are probably only looking for the recreational drugs.

[MickeyKnox]

It dosn't have to be just hair on your head, they are supposed to take half an inch from the crown of your head, but really any hair will do. And I agree having been through a hair test myself, that they are probably only looking for the recreational drugs.

This is the second 5-6 year old thread you have bumped and made glib comments in about hair. Is there something you'd like to tell us about hair? Please feel free to start a thread and fill us in. Thanks.