nah - pretty much braided it and left it be for about 3-4 days at a time. And since it was hippyland we had a nice co-op that sold shampoo in bulk. I'd wash/condition it about once a week.
It was actually less work than the #2 shaved 'do I'm presently rockin.
I chopped it in 1994 - i was living just south of Amsterdam and after a year in that weather the hair in my ponytail started getting musty/moldy so I said fock it and shaved it off. I first washed/conditioned it, and then donated the hair to a group that made wigs for cancer patients. It was a good deed, but it felt weird to know someone was walking around with my hair on.
