Is it really bad to sleep with wet hair?

Philippines
July 4, 2007 8:47am CST
My mom and dad keep on telling me that it's bad to sleep while my hair is wet. They said that I'll get gray hair or I'll have headaches and stuff. However, I love sleeping right after taking a bath because it feels so clean and comfy. What do you think?
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@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
4 Jul 07
I have slept with wet hair numerous times- The only thing it does to me is make my hair snarly the next morning- and I have to take another shower- Which I do anyways- I've slept with wet hair alot- and I'm 34- I have no gray hairs!
• Philippines
5 Jul 07
Yeah, I experience the same thing lol. :) But I do have loads of gray hair. I guess it's because I tie my hair up in a ponytail while it's still wet... I can't help it. It's so hot over here. And I hate having hair blown to my face. :) I really have no idea where that myth came from though.
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
yeah i believed that when you sleep while your hair is wet it can cause headaches..as what old people said that it can cause dullness in your sense of sight..but as what medical doctors said it does not affect anyway..it is only in your own point of view whether you will go to sleep while your hair is still wet or not.. as for me i dont sleep while my hair is wet because i dont want my pillow to get wet..
@subha12 (18441)
• India
21 Nov 07
My mom always tells me so. she says i will have headache and i can catch cold.i have caught cold several times while sleeping with wet hair. Now i avoid this.
@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
21 Nov 07
old town folks told me that sleeping with wet hair will cause you blindness but i never believe a bit, however i dont sleep with wet hair since i dont want my pillow to be wet.
@teison2 (5921)
• Norway
19 Jul 07
I doub t that you'd get gray hair from sleeping with wet hair. What parents tell their kids to scare them from stuff is amazing. I think the biggest danger is that you'll catch a cold, if you live where I do, or your hair will get all tangled up. I look like acrazed maniac myself after sleeping with wet hair.
@dianagnes (1088)
• Singapore
21 Nov 07
its not bad to sleep with wet hair..nothing got to do with getting a grey hair..and you are right..i also do feels clean and fresh with my wet hair when go to sleep.The old generation always have this rumours like that..
• United States
18 Jul 07
There is no medical basis for that whatsoever. And going outside with wet hair will not cause you to catch a cold, it'll just give you a cold head. Your hair might get tangled, and if you roll around a lot, you might be at a higher risk for split ends and breakage, but you won't get headaches unless it's freezing inside. And that is only because the temperature on your head would have dropped so drastically so quickly. But it's unhealthy for your room to be that cold to begin with.