smokey-cigars
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Ok, i know i am going to be having a hair folicle test!!! Any suggestions of what to do so i can pass every time besides quit smoking all together!!!???
Hair Tests - Toxins are circulated throughout the body via the blood stream. The blood feeds the hair while it is in the growth stage at the scalp. As the hair is formed the toxins are trapped inside the hair folic. The toxins then grow away from the scalp as time passes. If the use of toxins is stopped, the hair by the scalp is clean, but the middle of the hair or ends of hair will retain the toxins until cut off. The level of toxins is greatest near the scalp. Sunlight and chemicals added to the hair in dyes or shampoos will oxidize the drug metabolites over years, and can reduce the level of metabolites by 75%.
For this reason, the hair sample is clipped from the back neck (nape) near the scalp by the examiner. Once sent to a laboratory the hair is dissolved with organic solvents. Once in a liquid solution, the toxins are freed from within the hair follicle. Extraction is performed on the liquid and drug toxins are removed. Once the drug metabolites are isolated a GC/MS is performed with urinalysis testing and quantitative level is provided