How many times did your parents warn against walking outside with wet hair" If you’ve always wondered whether this actually leads to a winter cold or not (and what happens to your hair itself) we have answers. We talked to four experts to get the undisputed facts: Holly Mills, hair stylist for Streeters; Melissa Peverini, Marula Pure Beauty Oil brand ambassador; Micky Kibbe, owner of Swoon; and Becky Marinich, national educator for Aquage Haircare. 
Mills and Kibbe filled us in on the health aspect, explaining that wet hair can?t directly cause a virus or cold, but it does affect your body temperature, which can eventually lead to sickness if you don’t catch it early. That’s because whenever you step outside with wet strands, your body struggles to stay warm because you?re losing heat through your head at an exponential rate. This in turn keeps your immune system from working to its best ability, and leaves ample room for germs to sneak in, just like Mom said they would.  Sniffles aside, subzero temps are also breeding ground for breakage. This goes for any hair type?silky, textured, straight, curly, kinky and coily?but Kibbe said it occurs more quickly for curly hair. Marinich also broke down the science of breakage, so you can better understand how your strands are affected from the inside out during cold. ?When water reaches a freezing point, it solidifies and expands by almost 10 percent, so when you walk out on a cold day with wet h...