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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T15:13:41.000Z",
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  "textContent": "submitted by Arcanepotato to asklemmy\n15 points | 12 comments\n\nI have waist length hair. I don’t like how I look with no hair or a buzz cut, and I find longer hair easier to manage. I’m not dead-set on this length, it just seems the best config for my life in general.\n\nWhen it’s not gardening season, I wash my hair 2x per week. I have a super low tolerance for greasy or dirty hair and this frequency works.\n\nI rely on bug spray while gardening. I wear full coverage clothes and try and spray the clothes, but I need to spray the exposed skin on my face and neck. This leads to spray or the spray+sunscreen+dirt combo getting in my hair.\n\nI have tried special clothes and hats (including with nets) but I get bit right through them. I want to avoid getting bit because of the risk of disease, but honestly I mostly want to avoid hearing or feeling them on my skin. Thermacell type products have not been useful.\n\nCurrently I try and pile my hair in a hat and today I am trying to wrap it in a kerchief first. The bulk isn’t great with the hat. My hair type is 1a, but I imagine people with more texture also deal with this challenge.\n\nSo I guess my questions are:\n\n  1. Do you have tips/tricks for keeping long hair clean while using bug repellent?\n  2. If your solution is a protective wrap of some kind, how to you keep the sun off your face/neck if the bulk prevents the use of sun hats?\n\n\n\nThanks!",
  "title": "People with long hair who use insect repellent: what do you do with your hair to keep it clean?"
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