You will catch a cold if you have wet hair in cold weather?

First of all, the word “cold” refers to the disease being due to cold and thriving during the cold season from May to August (September to April in the north). If you step outside with wet hair, the heat loss from your head increases, as the body tries to make the water evaporate. So, you will be cooled down and start to feel cold.

According to some studies, we are more vulnerable to cold virus infection, when we feel cold. According to the theory, the cold makes the mucosa of the upper air passages contract, so they become more vulnerable to infection. Moreover, the immune system is not as efficient at low body temperatures.

Cold is very common and highly contagious. Adults typically catch a cold 2-5 times a year, whereas children get ill 6-10 times. A sick person averagely manages to infect six other people. In the winter, we are closer together inside houses, etc., allowing the 200+ different cold viruses the perfect opportunities to spread.

If your hair is wet, you will more easily feel cold, and so, you are more likely to catch a cold.