World's largest afro 'takes two days to wash and dry'

A US woman with the world's largest afro takes two days to wash and dry her hair.

Aevin Dugas, from Louisiana, has been growing her impressive tresses for the past 14 years and often struggles to see beneath her long frizzy locks, which are four-and-a-half foot round.

The 38-year-old woman – whose hair was in the Guinness Book of Records when it was 4ft 4ins – admits she used to crave thin hair but now she can't get enough of her "poofy" look.

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She said: "At one time I strived to get hair that was bone straight and now all I want is it big and poofy.

"When my hair is stretched out to its complete length and pressed, it goes down to my butt. But I don't wear it like that because it looks weird."