Humans lose hair at an alarming rate, even with your buzz cut there are all sorts of sources of hair.

Drano is good and will work, and will also be good for preventative maintenance if you shave a lot in the shower.

Still be VERY careful when using it. Don't let it come in contact with water while it's still in the jug it came in!

I use tweezers and have fish all sorts of stuff out of show drains. Just poke about and you will be pretty surprised with what you can pull out using simple tweezers.
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The fact that you were gone and the system had a long time to dry could be a part of it. As long as hair is wet, water can run through a lot easier. Once it drys, it cakes, and even though you are running water through it, it will still cake. In my years and many clogs of experience, the situation you have described might need the services of a plumber. Before that, I would try Drano or another brand of opener. Get the Gel, wait until the water drains to the bottom, and then pour the whole container in. I know it says use "this much", but pour the whole container in. It will probably say "wait one hour and then wash hot water down the drain". Instead wait three or four hours before you wash it out. I opened our sink using this procedure about two months ago. However, I had a tub that was also very slow and using this procedure did not work, even after several tries. I had to call my plumber who opened it with a snake. If you want to try yourself, you can buy a snake at a hardware store. It's not that hard, but imagine someone installing their operating system who has never done it. Maybe they can, but it's a lot less aggravating to get a professional to do it.
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unless maybe this is what ran down your drain below.....and I don't mean the cat!
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I would use a small cheap plastic snake and a toilet plunger. They have permanently solved my clogged bathtub problems. If these don't fix your problem then it is up to the landlord to bring in a plumber and use a "real" snake.

I have put gallons of Drano and the like down my drains and I have not found them to be particularly effective.
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You know what ?

Just for the hell of it , **try a plunger see if that works.**
(A new one preferably (one that hasn't come in contact with your toilet))

And poor some boiling hot water down the drain like cyberangel mentioned above.

Just a thought.

I've had the same thing happen to me, my brothers a barber this actually happens quite alot ;0)

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