[gadflyinyoureye]

When I first started my own consultancy, I grew my hair out. I never had long hair before and thought, "why not?" At the same time, our newly purchase house had a cockroach infestation (which the prior owners did not disclose).

One morning I decided to blow-dry my hair. The dryer had a hard time starting. Then a chunk, chunk noise occurred. Finally, a stream of brown paste shot out from the dryer. I threw it away and never used one again.

My coarse, gray hair was always wet morning, noon, and night. It was awful. That is the reason I get haircuts even if I'm not trying to impress anyone.

[opan]

A microfiber towel works pretty well to get the bulk of the water out of your hair (you basically squeeze your hair between the towel, like juicing a lemon), and then it can air-dry over the next hour or two just fine.

[ratww]

Long hair dude here. A barber taught me another technique with a normal towel. It's hard to explain and counter intuitive, but you just have to "lightly pat" in different areas instead of shaking or squeezing.

The technique is mostly to avoid damage and to avoid frizz, but it is also surprisingly faster than the "shake" method. Maybe with a microfiber towel like you said it's even better.

[howstheweather]

Gee. So much effort, for something so mundane. I'd never manage.

[ratww]

Nah, it takes 5 mins. It's faster than blow drying (and no cockroaches involved). And definitely faster and more fool-proof than styling short hair with a hair product, something I'll never go back to.

[tomcam]

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