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Why wet hair stretches when you pull it

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Your wet hair suddenly acts like a cheap rubber band. When completely soaked, the structural hydrogen bonds break down, allowing the strand to stretch a terrifying thirty percent further than normal. Pulling a brush through it in this state is a fantastic way to snap it like a dried twig.

Why wet hair stretches when you pull it
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