[growman944]

True, if you came into a testing center with no hair on your entire body then they COULD take blood samples....but why put yourself in that situation? It wouldn't be wise to show up to the clinic to take a hair follicle test and not have ANY hair to sample. They can even take nail shavings if they wanted to... I'm pretty confident that if you show up with enough hair to test (1.5") on the top of your head then they aren't going to go searching in some off the wall place like your pits or pubes.

I'm not quite sure on the time it takes your blood to rid itself of metabolites and byproducts of toxins like THC or opiates, but at least your blood is not a vault like your hair is. Once those metabolized drug particles in your blood hit your hair follicles, they're in there "forever" or untill you cut it off, or use products that strip your hair of any impurities, like what I described in my first post.

Regarding the comment that it takes awhile and seems like a lot of work...yeah it does take awhile. Yeah it does suck ass. There is nothing fun about it, trust me. I was a nervous wreck for 2 weeks. BUT....if a 6 figure salary is on the line, beleive me I'll suffer through some salicylic acid acne medicine on my head for a few minutes to pass that drug test.



My hair felt a little wierd after each time I did that entire process (3 or 4 total) But it wasn't too bad. I used lots of conditioner at night when I took my regular shower. There's no reason why you couldn't use a leave in conditioner or restructuring shampoo after the ordeal was done, also. And, if you experience dandruff as a result of the clean & clear...that TSal shampoo is specially formulated to stop dandruff and does a damn good job, too. You can keep using that stuff twice a week after the test just as a good practice of keeping your hair clean and free of buildup.

PS) To Screwed: I'm pretty sure that if you do those things at least a few times before the test you'll be alright. Given, I don't know what other drugs you've done or how often. If you stop smoking now, go to that site I posted, and also go to passyourdrugtest.com they have an AWESOME live help thing that I used like 4 times. I kept having new questions about that product I bought and if I was doing it right and stuff. You can even call them and ask questions in person. As far as a product goes, though...they're SO expensive, especially to ship. I went with that stuff I said in the first post...but I heard of a few different ones. There are a few success stories for each product, just don't go with whatever testamonials are on a site that sells a product. I'm pretty sure they're bogus or from who knows when, maybe 4 years ago. I used that stuff, paid out the ass, and it worked so I'm happy. Like I said before some people have just did those first three things and passed like 4 tests in a row...so I dunno. With your long red hair, it will pose a problem. You'll have to buy more stuff, and they can test back as far as your hair goes. Figure it like this....if your hair grows about 1/2in each month then divide however many inches your hair is by .5 and thats how many months/years they can TECHNICALLY look back too. Now I've read that they only FOCUS on the last 90 days, or 1.5 inches...but thats not to say they won't look back further if your hair is 5 inches, 9 inches, or whatever.

I don't want people to consider me an expert on the subject....I'm just an engineer. I can say that I did about 20 hours worth of research on the topic...looking at everything from online journals written by doctors to sites like marijuana.com to various headshops and product websites. I definetally understand how the test works and that it's not a situation where they find some and you fail....there is a cutoff for each toxin; given in parts per million. They basically liquify your hair, put it in a centrifuge, and separate it out in terms of different particulate mass. All the things is your hair will then be separated out for analysis to see how much there is. I'm also like 95% sure that perscription drugs CANNOT be detected by a hair follicle test. So things like adderall and oxy or whatever you do should be okay... I actually read that in the paper 2 days ago there was a front page headline about what a hair test misses. Hope that answers some more questions and creates some new ones! Knowledge is power