Some time ago a urine ETG test was introduced that could detect alcohol toxins in urine for up to 80 hours. But have you heard of hair ETG test? What is it and how does it work?
ETG test checks for Ethyl Glucuronide – one of the alcohol metabolites, which stays in the body longer than the rest. As we know, hair traps the metabolites forever while urine gets clean within 80 hours. Why is the hair alcohol ETG test is preferred to urine ETG test?
1. Depending on hair length, a hair sample can provide a history of alcohol consumption for the last several months.
2. This non-invasive test can give a full description about a person’s drinking pattern and distinguish how long a person was staying sober for. It can determine if a person was a heavy drinker, a social drinker or just had a couple drinks in the past several months.
3. ETG metabolites remain in the hair for as long as the hair stays on the body. Dyeing, bleaching or having hair permed, does not affect the outcome of the hair since ETG metabolites cannot be removed by those products.
4. Hair tests are generally more expensive, but one hair sample can be used not only for ETG test, but also for other types – standard drugs of abuse.
5. Hair tests for alcohol will not work on body hair and therefore only work with scalp hair that needs to be at least an inch in length.
6. Although ETG hair test is considered to be quite accurate, there has been a research done due to the claims that a use of hand sanitizer (or any other ethyl alcohol-based cleaner) can make the test come up positive.
If you are facing a hair test of any kind, do not hesitate – use a detox shampoo to protect your privacy.