Imagine you’re trapped on a desert island - how long before you become unrecognisable?

[Sesquipedahlia]

I have short hair. It takes an inordinate amount of daily and weekly care to look the way I want. I could take pre-emptive measures for a planned and non-critical hospital visit, maybe …

But, washed up on a desert island, assuming you’re safe, with shelter, food and water but having had no time to plan - how many hours / days / weeks would it be before you wouldn’t recognise yourself in a mirror?

I really need to start carrying tweezers everywhere with me …

NB - this is the Style & Beauty board!

I'm finding all this strangely comforting.

You could pick me up three years later and I'd hardly have changed. I'm a natural shade fan, so first chance I get I'm making myself a hat.

Assuming I could make some kind of comb, I reckon it would be years before I looked much different. I don't do anything other than brush my hair. I occasionally tweezer my eyebrows but not more than once every 6 months.

Edit: the greasy hair would be grim but I can't imagine it would make me unrecognisable. My friend has taken to washing her hair with egg yolk which seems (surprisingly) successful, so maybe I could do that if I had them to spare.

My only difference would be the beard and mustache that would grow, just a random hair at a time. Not fully Tom Hanks Castaway, but for sure a bit Baba Yaga.

Without a brush I will have crazy matted hair too, if I don't finger comb and tie it back.

Haha, funny thread! My highlights growing out would be the only discernible difference

I'd have a decent beard in no time. I was only thinking the other day, in a zombie apocalypse, that I'd be the hairiest woman alive.

I believe in 3-4 months time I would be with proper beard and moustache as I need to vax them every 2 weeks. Would be interesting to see 😁🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Assuming I'm found before my teeth drop out and my skin turns to leather, I think I'd remain recognisable.

Id be a bright red boiled lobster by day 2, but otherwise wouldn't be too hard to identify.

I think a diet of fish and fruit would do wonders for my skin and figure tbh and all the time in the world to sleep/exercise will also. But after 2 weeks my moustache will surpass any beauty benefits!

I’m hoping my main difference would be weight loss 🤣

Comb? My hair is so straight my fingers would suffice. Cut is just chin length sort of bob atm. I might need to learn again how to braid my hair, as it is flying everywhere when longer.

I'd change, but I would recognize myself when looking into a pond or a puddle (assuming it rains there 😯).

About a week, I reckon, before I go into ‘Wild woman of Borneo’ mode.
It’s the hair — it’s not long but as my hairdresser says, there’s a LOT of it and it needs a similar amount of taming.