Reducing the drying time of hair with fluorine-containing vinyl polymers

A method of treating hair on the head to reduce the time required for the drying thereof when wet, which comprises applying thereto in a cosmetically acceptable carrier suitable for application to human hair an effective amount of a vinyl polymer selected from the group consisting of homopolymers, copolymers, block copolymers and graft copolymers of a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula:

• ##STR4## wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms R.sup.2 is hydrogen or methyl, and n is an integer from 3 to 11, the vinyl polymer having a molecular weight of from 20,000 to 1,000,000, and when the polymer is a copolymer, the ratio of the fluorine-containing monomer to the comonomer or comonomers being from 10:1 to 1:1 and said comonomer being selected from the group consisting of halogenated and non-halogenated maleic anhydride, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, vinyl silicones, styrene, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethylene, isoprene and butadiene.