# Bubbly hair underwater

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubbly-hair-underwater/825558>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubbly-hair-underwater/825558 "2018-12-04T17:30:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubbly-hair-underwater/825558/1 "2018-12-04T17:30:44Z")

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I noticed something interesting while bathing - all my submerged body hair was floating away from my skin as though I had goosebumps, but because they were all covered a thin layer of air bubbles. Dipping still dry skin below the surface didn’t seem to have the same effect. I didn’t stay long enough to see if waiting long enough would make new bubbles appear, but I wonder if the principles at work had more to do with the structure of hair sublimating dissolved air out of the water like carbonation, or skin respiration.

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubbly-hair-underwater/825558/2 "2018-12-04T18:33:13Z")

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I was enthralled and enchanted watching platypuses at the Melbourne aquarium. They have a lovely silvery color underwater, because of all the tiny air bubbles entrapped in their fur.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubbly-hair-underwater/825558/3 "2018-12-04T19:12:03Z")

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Are you really furry?  
(I think hair is porous)

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**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubbly-hair-underwater/825558/4 "2018-12-04T21:32:01Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Are you really furry?  
> (I think hair is porous)

I think you should probably inquire as to gender first. 😉

j

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubbly-hair-underwater/825558/5 "2018-12-04T22:21:07Z")

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How oily is your hair? Because I expect those bubbles were trapped by a thin film of oil.