[HPforGrownups] Greasy hair

[An'nai Jiriki]

No: HPFGUIDX 70236

I can see Snape being in the lab for five to eight
hours a day, or at least around the ingredents enough
for them to settle. As mentioned in another post, the
summer scene in Snape's memories has him with greasy
hair. Now, I think that it may be a combination of
things, such as hygene and potions. Sometimes I do not
like to wash my hair regularly in the summer because
of the humidity in the air. 

Also, your husband has someone to come home to. As far
as we know, Snape has no one. A big factor in hygene.
Snape probably uses spells to keep the dangerous
chemicals out of his system or purges them once and a
while. Magic is a wonder. (I think the cheese is
Rocatta and I agree about the no goggles thing. It's a
school with no protection!) 


> --But if you've been teaching there for years, it
> builds up after a while.
> My husband (a chemistry teacher) doesn't have that
> problem with his hair,
> but he doesn't live right next to the labs, either.
> He also has a friend
> (another teacher) who doesn't sweep with sulfur to
> get out all the
> accumulated mercury and over the years, has acquired
> the Mad Hatter shakes
> from long-term mercury poisoning. (and given the
> stuff that goes on in
> Potions, Snape's liver probably looks like Swiss
> cheese. Never mind the
> metallic vapors inhaled over the years from melting
> cauldrons. Spells do
> clear things out, but stuff does accumulate despite
> that, especially if
> there doesn't seem to be a formal ventilation
> system. And I can't believe
> nobody wear GOGGLES!). Actually, I wonder if all
> Potions Masters have a rep
> for being bad-tempered (_see_ a scary novel called
> _The Gold Crew_).  Being
> sent out on spy missions is probably the only fresh
> air he gets.
> 


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"You irritate me. Kill me now." ~Javert, Les Miserables

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