Thc hair test --- please help
Hello all, I know that this has been a question asked very often on this site, but my particular situation has me freaking out.
I have a job I'm in love with but apparently a hair test is performed. It is currently the 17th of September and my test will probably be the 23rd. On August 1st I took probably two hits off a blunt at a birthday party. Super dumb. I know. But then on August 7th I split two small joints with some buddies, took some hits. This is the only time in my life I have smoked marijuana other than some time two years ago, and I'm scared.
Right after the second time (August 7th) I went to the beach for two weeks, essentially abusing my hair in sun and ocean water nearly every day. I use a little bit of hair product every day. And take a shower every day and sweat a lot. I am a 19year old, 5'10", 190 pound guy. I get relatively frequent haircuts since my hair grows fast, so one more haircut before the test and I'm sure I won't have too much of the "tainted" hair left. I'm just scared. I've heard that THC (apparently THC-COOH is what's tested for) doesn't bond well to the melanin in hair, and thus the test is surprisingly inefficient in catching infrequent users of marijuana. Considering I am the definition of an infrequent user, should I be worried? As much as I'd love to cut the hair on my head short and call it a day, I'm scared that they'll go for my arm hair.
So other than "Am I safe as is, being an infrequent user?",
I need to also ask: does THC show up as easily in body hair as it does in head hair?
Thanks so much for reading and hopefully my nerves can be calmed.
DrBill100 has calmed my nerves in some of his other posts, hopefully someone can do the same for my specific situation :) .