I have fine straight hair (but a crap-ton of it) that becomes an oil slick after a day or so, and I generally wash it 3-4 times a week depending on how often I work out. That said, I used to wash it everyday for literal years and never had any problems with it getting dry or unmanageable.
If shampooing every day works for you, don't stress out about it. It's not as bad as other spaces on the internet would have you believe.
Me too, fine, straight, heavy, lots of it, scalp, face, everything oily, daily wash, only thing it can't do is hold a curl.
Still doing it daily on the wrong side of fifty, like others wrote, the oily skin and hair (and decades of sunscreen and now tret) have me looking a lot younger than my less oily peers.
Haven't dealt with the hair loss peers are dealing with, it's not as thick as when I was younger but I have friends who are putting in temporary extensions for special occasions, I still have enough hair for two people.
Only time I've not washed it daily was illness or surgery, it got so gross so fast.
The not washing daily is recent, back in the day schools emphasized washing everything daily.
I have dealt with hairloss when I don't shampoo daily. I use a simple drugstore shampoo and conditioner ( Loreal or Gliss Kur ) and it works great for me.
I think we should normalise different scalps have different needs. I am European and have fine thin hair so washing it daily is what keeps it healthy.
Same, the only reason I don't wash every day is out of laziness. I only wash my hair purposefully on the weekend, throughout the week it's just when I have enough time to blow-dry other wise everyday is slick bun day for me 🥲
I have straight hair and wash my hair every other day, otherwise my scalp gets itchy. My hair is super healthy so don’t listen to people who say washing your hair frequently is bad, some people need it.
Agreed! I have fine hair that i keep straight and i have tried varying points throughout the years training my hair to be washed less. It never works! I even tried washing once a week for a month and my hair didn’t change. It needs to be washed every other day or it gets oily. This new trend of hair washing 1-2 times a week is great if it works for your hair, but its annoying how every hair stylist now acts like its so wrong to wash it frequently!! Sorry i have natural oily hair and skin and i like shampooing!!😭
Mine looks at me like I’m crazy when I tell her I do. I have very fine strands but long, tight coils and it just gets so tangled and ratty I can barely get through it after just one day.
I love my hair, but when it was straight I skipped days all the time no problem. I’m 51 and I think perimenopause changed it to naturally curly, and I do love the way it looks…
Daily.
It’s an absolute myth that it’s automatically always wrong to wash daily. Everyone’s hair is different and has different needs. If your hair requires daily washing to stay healthy and not greasy and to look how you want it to then daily washing is right for your hair.
It’s super odd that it’s become such a taboo to wash your hair daily lol
I am so tired of stylists who preach to me that my hair shouldn’t be washed every day. It NEEDS to be washed every day. “No no don’t wash it, train it.” Train it? Nonsense. If I go more than 36 hours without a shampoo, my hair gets so greasy it looks wet. My face is the same, I’ve also struggled with shine. On the plus side, I have far fewer wrinkles than my peers! So I guess it’s a trade off.
i went a YEAR washing my hair every other day to “train” it to be less greasy. 1 year later my day 2 hair is just as greasy as it was in the beginning. I will always wash it everyday
I tried training my hair for years. Would even only wash once a week. But my hair looked feral and was full of dry shampoo. Nothing changed, it never got any better as people tried to profess.
Yes! When working from home I tried washing it less and less. And not only did my hair never get “trained” I noticed that my hair loss increased (like actual hair volume, not the number of hairs falling out). After I went back to daily or every other day, my head and scalp responded better. Still have the hair loss but at least the volume is more constant.
I think when we talk about "training" hair, it's actually talking about repairing the skins oil barrier on the scalp.
If your oil barrier was messed up from over shampooing, then "training" can work, in that it's giving your scalp time to rebuild the oil barrier.
But that literally only works if the oil barrier was actually messed up.
It's like vitamins: if you have a deficiency, they'll make a big difference. But once the deficiency is solved, then there's no further "upwards" you can go from there...
People really be out there thinking you can train hair like you would a dog. I get laypeople thinking that, but actual hairdressers? You’d think they’d know better. I don’t understand the obsession with tryna get people to be less clean.
It’s just a bit odd. If we recognise our bodies get dirty through the day and need washing daily, why not our hair? It goes everywhere the rest of us do…
Do people also not realize that it’s not just hair, but scalp? Like yeah, the ends of my hair might not get dirty every day, but my hairline is one of the first places I sweat if it’s hot or if I exercise. To me, not washing my hair is the equivalent of not washing my armpits every day in terms of how gross it makes me feel.
I think it’s different for everyone, my head never gets sweaty when I exercise but my son looks at an exercise machine and his hair drips it’s crazy. I am curious if it’s related to skin type though as everyone I know with oily skin has to wash their hair daily whereas sahara dry me over here only has to wash twice a week & that’s just to get my bounce back.
Oh my god “my head never gets sweaty” wow that’s crazy I’d say the first 5” of my hair get ALLLLLLL WET & SWEATY when I work out or do any serious cardio. I’m a real sweaty wet puss.
Thankfully my hair is straight ish but it still is incredibly inconvenient.
Your son could have overactive sweat glands (also known as hyperhidrosis.) I have the kind that mostly affects my face - and it can be super embarrassing - then the embarrassment makes me sweat even more. (I also flush very easily, so I often look like a wet strawberry.) My face starts dripping as soon as the thermometer goes above 70°F. I'm a weirdo who sweats more *after* I get out of the shower - even if it's a cold one! I can't wear makeup in the summer because it melts right off. I have a bit of social anxiety because of this problem. I think that people are probably looking at me and assuming that I'm sweating because I'm nervous, guilty, lying, or on drugs. Luckily, I'm at an age where I can blame it all on hot flashes, but the reality is that I've been like this since I was a teenager. It sucks. I've seen a dermatologist about this and there really aren't many options that have worked. The prescription topical treatments burn my face and the oral meds make me tired and give me dry mouth. I'm not willing to have any invasive procedures done, so I just deal with it. Let me tell ya, hyperhidrosis sucks!
I guess I'm one of those idiots haha. My hair used to look so greasy before I got home from work after I washed it in the morning. Washed 1-2 times a week for about 6 months (during covid, worked from home) and to this day, my second day hair looks as good as my first day hair. What is that, if not hair training? Should I call it something else?
So, hair training is a myth in that if you’re already washing the right amount for your natural level of oil production, then you can’t alter that natural level of oil production by washing less. Your scalp doesn’t magically sense the amount of oil on it and adjust accordingly, leaving oil on your hair will only result in oily hair.
*However* you can irritate your scalp by over washing, and sometimes that irritation will result in an overproduction of oil. If you consistently wash too often and your scalp is angry and oily all the time, then you can get it to calm down by washing less. It will be extremely oily at first, and then it will be less oily after it stops being so irritated. It’s not “hair training,” it’s literally just allowing your scalp to go back to its default state, but this is the reason the hair training myth persists, because the people it works for have no idea they created the problem in the first place and think washing less will work for everyone.
Tbh it could be a bunch of things allowing your hair to stay clean at home:
your home air is cleaner/ touching hair less/styling less/less pollution/less dust/summer winter, changing humidity etc.
Environment plays a huge part and when I know I have to extend my current wash to a couple of days I won’t touch it and I can extend the wash. How you sleep/ bedding fabrics.. a lot of things make a difference. Another thing I know I do is when I sleep with the duvet covering my head my hair gets greasy, if I force myself to sleep with the duvet down, I can extend my wash time… hope this helps!
I think the understanding of the problem statement is wrong? The theory is washing your hair daily might remove natural oils from the hair and make it dry and itchy? But I also heard that your hair naturally produces enough oil that you don’t have to oil it again? Don’t know which one is true.im guessing the hairdressers are going with the prior theory
i have a hard time believing training works on its own. i have very thick frizzy hair that gets oily after about 3/4/5 days and i’ve spent half my life trying to “train” it to last a week. it simply doesn’t. your hair will keep producing oils no matter how long you don’t wash it for.
double shampooing has worked wonders for going longer between washes, but i don’t think most people can train their hair.
I remember this YouTuber I used to watch would always say that she only washed her hair once a week and used a ton of dry shampoo and then a couple years later she mentioned that she’s washing her hair more often and that she had started to loose a lot of hair because of all the dry shampoo
forreal, everyone tells me to “train” my hair but every time i’ve tried i just feel gross. idk about y’all, but i can *feel* the grease on my scalp, and that’s enough to bother me and get me to wash it
the only ways i can go longer is if i dry shampoo the night before and in the morning. but i can only get away with it for a day, because piling on a shit ton of dry shampoo in my hair also feels gross after a while. so most of the time it’s easier to just wash it, plus i love showering haha
it usually didn’t for me either, but i really like the Purezero Dry Shampoo. it’s still not my preference to use dry shampoo, but sometimes it’s just one of those days yknow. but i get that, if it feels icky it’s like may as well wash it
I "trained" my hair for years.. I'm talking pushed myself to only wash it max 3 times a week (I was WFH for a bit so I was able to push it)...and guess what? Didn't change a thing. Still unmanageable by the second day.
I have straight semi-fine hair.
This thread is so validating for me. I shampoo at least daily, even twice (morning and before bedtime) as a very oily person. Oily skin, scalp, EYELIDS (the bane of my existence) and have to use blotting paper when I'm out in public to manage the shine.
The one upside is that I often get complimented on my hair looking shiny and healthy (this is with 2x daily shampooing y'all. 6 hours after my shower the oils return.
BuT yOu’Re CaUsInG tHe OiL bY oVeRwAsHiNg
Like people don’t know their own bodies.
Same, I’ve always had oily skin and hair. I get so many compliments on my hair, I’ve had strangers stop me in the street to compliment it. And I regularly get IDed for things you can buy at sixteen at nearly forty (I know I don’t look sixteen and they’re being over cautious lol but clearly it doesn’t look like I’m nearly forty). It’s a pain to manage but we do well in the long run 😂
I agree! I started to lose so much hair in the past 2 years and finally made the connection that’s when I started the curly girl method that included not washing daily…well that results in a not so healthy scalp which contributed to my loss. Back to washing regularly and my loss has been cut in half. I’m now taking oral minoxidil to restore what I lost 😞
People don’t think about the scalp! They don’t realise it’s just skin like any other that secretes oil and sweat, only it’s trapped under hair so needs even more care to keep clean. I have a really cheap scrubby brush in the shower I use in small circles when I’m shampooing, soooo satisfying!
Yea it’s gross when it’s broken down like that! I can’t believe I fell for it. Yes those scrubbers feel amazing. I’m obsessed with feeling the air on my scalp after it’s freshly washed and dried haha I’ll never go back!
I also wash my hair daily!
Agreed that daily hair washing being bad for you is an absolute myth. A few years back, I went through a period of stress-induced hair loss and washing it daily actually not only helped it look better, but having a clean/unclogged scalp accelerated the regrowth.
To this day, I wash my hair almost daily (about 6x per week). I’m not sure how people wash every 3-4 days, especially if you work out regularly.
Canadian here with all 4 seasons and dry skin. I wash my hair once a week in the winter, and twice a week in the summer. In the shoulder seasons I just make my best judgement.
My husband and daughter have naturally oily skin, and they wash their hair every 2-3 days depending on the climate and season. When we travel in warmer climates, they sometimes have to do it daily.
I have fine, thin, but a little wavy hair, and I wash it every day when I shower. I use a gentle shampoo, but not much of it. My hair seems to pick up smells easily, so washing everyday works for me.
I had been shampooing every day from my teens to just a year ago (so around 20 years), and my hair is not more damaged than other peoples'. the only reason I stopped shampooing daily is water scarcity in my country.
nowadays I was it every other day. I have fine wavy hair, but very dense, so sweat gets trapped easily and my scalp gets disgusting very quickly. I always shampoo twice when I do wash it, and it has made a huge difference in appearance.
on days when my hair looks busted but I feel like shampooing would be too much, I still do a quick rinse with only water and apply conditioner to my ends.
your scalp will definitely tell you if you wash too much, or too little. to be honest I think it's better to have a clean scalp and treat your potentially dry ends, than walk around with dirty hair lmao.
I wash my hair with shampoo and conditioner every 4-5 days.
I have slightly wavy hair. My hair starts getting greasy around day 4-ish, but it’s a low level that can be corrected by dry shampoo if needed.
Plus I don’t have the time!! Oh my god, it already takes me an hour just for the shower itself when I wash my hair. Pre-shampoo, followed by shampoo, followed by conditioner that sits while I wash my body. Then once I’m out I have to apply leave-in conditioner and hair oil, otherwise my hair will be a frizzy ugly mess. If I let it air-dry, it takes most of the day to dry. If I blow dry it, I risk it getting frizzy.
Washing hair is so bloody time consuming, I’m impressed by anyone who does it every day! I guess straight hair maybe dries faster, and isn’t such a hassle when it comes to preventing frizz?
Anyway you should always do what your hair needs. If you need to wash it every day, then wash it every day!
Same. I wash every 3-4 days and only apply conditioner to my ends. I have thick hair so I can brush the excess oil production down and be fine. I also do my high-intensity workouts on wash days to avoid walking around with a sweaty scalp. I live in a hot climate so sometimes it’s unavoidable, in that case, I usually do a light wash with a small amount of baby shampoo.
It’s definitely a hair-type difference - mine will air dry in about 10 minutes and takes about 2-3 minutes to blow dry straight 🤷♀️ Shampoo + conditioner takes me ~ 3 mins and if I use any more products than that, they weigh my hair down!
10 minutes to air dry!!!! Bloody hell 😂 girl I am jealous!
Also jealous of the quick shampoo time. My god it takes me AGES to make sure the shampoo is scrubbed into every inch of scalp. I have very thick hair, so it’s just… a lot. It’s an entire arm workout. Sometimes I have to bring my arms down to give them a break 😂😭 and get some blood back in my fingers
If you can do it that fast, I can definitely see how it’s easier to wash your hair more often! 😅 that’s really cool. For me it’s an entire journey I need to mentally prepare myself for every time lmao
I know! My friend takes well over an hour, and I can imagine that’s so exhausting! If it helps though, her hair looks AMAZING all week and I’m sure yours does too! Mine will go flat by the end of the day, which is annoying
I am the same - I hate washing my hair, but it is super greasy after 3/4 days, so usually I wash it on day 3. But it’s quite a procedure every time - I also have slight waves, quite a lot of (finer) hair and the frizz problem. Plus, my hair is bleached and takes ages to dry.
I was at the hair dresser today to wash and dry, since I had surgery last week and didn’t want to wash it myself during the first few days. Even the hairdresser said, my hair takes super long to dry (with their professional equipment).
Yes I empathise! Every time I’ve had my hair dyed professionally or a similar treatment, the hair dresser always comments how thick my hair is, and they need to go get more product because they always need more than they thought! And yes I’ve also had comments about how long my hair takes to blow dry 😂
Shampooing every day isn’t inherently wrong. If you have fine, oily hair, it’s perfectly fine. Just don’t use very harsh, stripping shampoo and always moisturize your ends.
I have had oily hair all my life and tried “training” it for years before just settling on the fact that it made me absolutely miserable. I went to a derm for hair loss (which I thought was caused by my daily washing) and it turns out it was just my PCOS. She recommended I wash my hair whenever I feel the need to and just use a gentle shampoo. My favourite is the Genesis line from Kerastase, but Dove Summer Revive is also great as a cheaper option.
Also, invest in a scalp massager. The kind with thick silicone spikes. It helps remove buildup so much better than my fingers and it’s pretty inexpensive considering it lasts forever.
Do you use it when you wash your hair? I have one but have only been using it after I get out of the shower for scalp serum, but this sounds way more helpful!
Depends on your activity level too honestly, if you've been sweating so you definitely should wash your hair that day. But if your activity level is minimal and you don't use products that much, therefore you don't really deal with product build up, you definitely can stretch your washing days to every two or three days.
I wash every two days bc I live in a hot and humid country and my activity level is just 🫠 I definitely work up a sweat
Totally agree. Age might also be a factor. And just just your lifestyle/needs in general. In middle and high school I washed my hair pretty much every day or it would seem greasy to me. I think teenage hormones may have been a factor, and also I lived in central Florida and the way my school was laid out I spent a lot of time walking outside. In college and the first year and a half of my career I washed like twice a week (starting because I shared a dorm bathroom with girls who all had much shorter and thinner hair than me and acted like I’d ruined their whole day if I took a 20 min shower). Now I work from home, sitting at my desk all day, in my very air conditioned house, so I can get away with once a week or just however long until either it bothers me or I have plans. My hair is very thick and fairly long and takes *forever* to air dry or blow dry so honestly I do probably avoid it more than most people lol. There are soooo many factors.
My dermatologist told me I should wash as much as I could, not as little. I prefer to follow her guidance than Reddit. I wash it every other day, but my hair is not as fine and not as oily. In the summer and when I work out I sometimes wash it every day. It depends on my scalp, I always focus on having a health scalp. After I started following that my hair is strong and healthy.
I also have fine and straight hair.
Twice per week ideally. But sometimes I need a bit more and make it 5 times per 2 weeks. I don't mind my hair being a tiny bit greasy as long as it's not itchy.
I should add that I have a pixie cut and strong hair, plus very sensitive skin that feels best when it's clean.
The shampoo dogma used to be that all hair had to be shampooed daily and that this was universal. Now we've overcorrected to say that no one should shampoo daily, which is just as silly. There is no one shampoo regimen that will work for everyone, and you should wash at the frequency that best serves your own scalp health and hair goals.
>I have straight hair and shampoo every time I shower (every day), but after looking on hair care subreddit it looks like I’ve been doing it wrong all along apparently
No, you are not. It's a myth that you shouldn't wash your hair everyday. It's also a myth that you can "train" your hair to become less oily and more clean by bizarrely skipping washings. I tortured myself for decades believing this nonsense. Now I wash my long thick hair with 2B and 2C curls everyday because I need to. Do what's right for you.
It depends on the person/activity really. Previously I would shampoo maybe every 3 days or so but since I'm currently in a tropical country and there's a heat wave going on, I've been sweating buckets. I've resulted to shampooing everyday. I even changed to a gentler sebamed everyday shampoo. My mom been using a baby shampoo saying that it was better for her especially since she shampoo everyday too lol. To each their own I guess.
Typically 2-3 a week (every other day, sometimes every third day), although subject to change if it looks like it needs it / I woke up too hot and my hair is a frizzy mess. For reference, I have medium-thick wavy hair prone to frizz (also has a coarse patch). I’d say medium damage from heat styling and bleach from having my hair done
Daily, as suggested by my dermatologist.
I have VERY oily hair (it never looked clean no matter what.) I told her about that and she recommended a shampoo for dandruff that’s supposed to help with oilyness too and she said to not skip it more than once a week.
Every day.
I don’t feel clean unless i wash my hair. Ive tried to just take body showers but every single time i feel “gross” as if I didn’t shower. Something about washing my hair and the back of my head makes me feel clean and fresh. I have really thick hair that i blow dry and straighten everyday, and it’s super healthy! My hairdresser was shocked when i told her i wash it every day and use heat.
Every 5 days! It’s not for everyone, but it works for me! I did have to train my hair, and it adjusted. The last day before a wash I usually have it up, but it doesn’t look bad. I use a powdered dry shampoo the last 2 days.
Is your hair healthy? Is your scalp itchy or gross? If it's not you're doing it just fine. Wash your hair when it gets dirty. Don't be afraid of sulphates or silicones. Do try to limit heat and processing. If nothing's wrong, you don't need to fix it.
Once a week generally and that’s only because I’m super lazy. I’d like to get myself on an every 3-4 day schedule, so that’s what I’m working towards. My hair is just crazy dry atm, either too much blonde or hormones or heat damage, so I’m using more products to try to get it back to a more healthy state.
Depends. If I’m not doing anything sweaty I can go a week in between washes. Easily. If I wanted to I could probably go longer but that skeeves me out.
If I’m getting sweaty then I rinse daily, just water. Then I’ll shampoo and condition every 3rd day.
I’ve got thick, coarse, low porosity curly/wavy hair. Basically it’s a hot mess. lol.
Obligatory “shampoo is for your scalp, conditioner is for your lengths,” so the first order of business is to pick a shampoo that addresses your scalp.
Then, wash as often as your hair gets dirty (be it oily or sweaty or what have you), or, as often as you need in order to style it the way that makes you happy.
That’s it. That’s the whole deal.
Once a week here. Used to be once a fortnight. I don't get super sweaty. Trained my scalp to produce less oil. I usually dry shampoo day 3 and maybe day 5
I’m also just once a week! I have very thick hair, and my hair dresser told me I have more of it than anyone she’s ever seen. I have SO MUCH hair. It’s also very dry (and incidentally so is my skin). If I brush it every morning and spray some dry shampoo on the roots on day 3 or 4, it still looks clean by day 7. And honestly thank goodness because it takes me hours to dry it and style it so the fact that I only have to do it once a week is a blessing.
The bare minimum I can get away with tbh!
Every 3 days tends to look best generally, but in the summer sometimes I have to wash it multiple days in a row and it gets rough. I've recently been using the fructise argon oil serum on damp hair which helps a lot!
I have to wash every day during every season but winter be cause of pollen. If I don't I end up having an allergy attack in the middle of the night and have huge swollen eyes in the morning. You do you. Use conditioner if your hair feels dry.
I have fine, straight hair.
If I wash it daily, it looks like I haven't washed it in weeks. It becomes strangely greasy almost immediately. Its really weird.
So I have to find that sweetspot where I stretch out the time between washes as much as possible, without my hair actually becoming greasy..
Fine straight hair here too!!
I’ve found my routine also varies on how long my hair is (the shorter it is, the more often it gets washed for styling reasons). But right now, on the path to mermaid hair, it’s about every 3 days
Every 3 days, and use dry shampoo in between. I’ve found that when I use higher quality shampoo I need to wash less often without getting greasy in between. I know not everyone can spend $20 on shampoo, but I look for deals/ sales/ coupons, and stock up when I can. In the end it’s not much more money, because I use less of it and less frequently!
I found the same thing with my fine, straight, but oddly thick hair! Salon level shampoo is expensive but helps a lot compared to when I used Pantene or Garnier.
For dry shampoo, I’ve just recently started using it at the end of Day 1 (so before bed if I showered in the AM, or the next evening if I showered at night), before my hair actually feels greasy. It soaks up the oil as I sleep, and it’s helped extend my Day 2 and Day 3 hair without getting that powdery dry shampoo look
About 3x/week but I condition it almost daily. Wavy to curly hair that’s both thick and fine if that makes sense. I workout a lot but daily shampooing makes my hair feel coarse and frizzy. Conditioning leaves it soft and more manageable.
Every day and sometime twice if I get really sweaty at the gym. I have oily skin and oily hair. I have to wash my hair everyday. Even if I wash my hair late in the day, by the next morning it's oily. I have tried getting my hair used to being washed only two or three times a week, but that doesn't work for me. Plus, it's gross to have sweat in your hair and I work out everyday.
Honestly, there's nothing wrong with not washing your hair everyday but this not washing has become a trend that people are pushing without considering that some people do have to wash their hair daily. If your hair is not very dry and isn't damaged, then keep doing what you're doing if it works for you. You're not doing it wrong. You're just not doing it the same as people who think they're always right.
I have fine straight long hair and I need to wash my hair everyday otherwise my hair is a greasy mess. I still have shiny healthy hair with daily shampooing.
i have fine/coarse straight hair, oily scalp/dry ends and i wash it 2x a week. it would get super oily if i did it every other day. do what works for you
I got thin and oily hair so i have to wash it everyday because i have to look healthy at work and not like a slob. I got the hair from my dad, he only wash it 2 days a week and it’s still extremely oily so i don’t by into that less shampoo means less greasy hair. It’s genetic. My mom never get greasy hair because she has a dry scalp and hairtype.
I have wavy low porosity hair. I used to wash my hair every other day. It would get oily. I used a shampoo and conditioner and air dried my hair. I slowly reduced the washing frequency and now I can go up to 3-4 days without washing. I found that washing with shampoo twice, using a conditioner, leave in conditioner and gently blowdrying makes my hair stay good looking for longer. I followed the advice of this YouTuber blowdry professor. It worked for me but like other people have mentioned everyone's hair is different.
Do what’s right for you! I wash every other day. If I don’t my scalp haaaates me. I’m so sick of hearing about how we ALL need to “train” our hair to only be washed a couple times a week. That doesn’t work for everyone’s hair/scalp.
Curly girl, 3b/3c combination hair. If I'm being diligent? 2x a week. If I'm lazy AF? Double cleanse 1x plus a restorative mask. If I go a full week, I do feel pretty gross on the last day.
For me 3-5 days seems to work best, I have very fine but very thick wavy hair. Every day and it's really fuzzy and wild, more than 6 days and it's heavy and oily.
Daily, typically. I have fine, straight hair, but it’s long and I have a lot of it. It gets noticeably greasy within 24 hours, so I wash it daily or every other day (whenever I shower). I’ve tried “training” it to make it stop getting greasy and it never worked. Within 24 hours, it looks greasy. After 36 hours, my scalp itches. After 48 hours, my scalp hurts and I start getting acne in my hairline. I can’t go long without washing it. I have no issues with dryness or brittleness. The only problems I have are that it lacks volume if I don’t use products and it doesn’t hold a curl well (but that’s just my hair type, not the fact that I wash it daily). Both of my parents have fine, straight hair that they need to wash often, as well.
Every 4-6 days. I am usually really desperate for a shampoo/my hair looks like crap by the end of that time though. If I still had to go into an office every day, I’d probably go back to every 2-4 days so I could look more presentable.
Not trying to start a big debate or anything, I just wanna share my personal experience. I have always had issues with my fine yet coarse hair that gets super frizzy and unmanageable. I tried washing less and it would get so greasy right away,.it was gross and I couldn't handle it. Well, I passed my hair type on to my son who hated his hair as well. One day I looked at him and realized that his hair was smooth and looked super healthy. He told me he only washes it once a week now and he just had to get past the transition period. Well I finally stuck to it (I picked a week where I wasn't going anywhere) got through the initial greasiness and now my scalp has totally adjusted. It never gets oily at all anymore,.only if I were to go longer than a week without washing (though I do wash it about 2x a week.) I shower every day and I rinse my hair every time, but only shampoo 1-2x a week. Now my hair is soft and healthy and doesn't get nearly as frizzy. It has even grown out much faster too, and my hair color lasts so much longer.
I have a thick hair and I wash mine everyday. The whole idea of not washing your hair everyday based on my MDs advice is debated among Medical Doctors lol so whatever you think is tolerated by your hair then do it. I honestly cannot stand the smell and stench of an unwashed scalp. No amount of dry shampoo can mask that smell I’m sorry!
Usually every 2-3 days. I'm so embarrassed that it took nearly 30 years of having hair to figure out that the trick is just to wash it when it feels dirty.
Those women who only wash their hair once a week have different skin to mine.
I was an everyday hair washer for years. I believed the myth that washing your hair every day was one of the worst things you can do for it, so I cut down to 1-2 times a week. My hair eventually stopped getting so oily and got used to the new routine! I also started using much better quality products which helped so much.
Used to be once a week but I heard it’s actually worse to leave your hair for a long time as the scalp gets clogged with dirt so I like to do every 4/5 days
Scalp massage, double shampoo
Every other day if I’m not lazy, every 2 days if I am lazy. I used to be able to get away with like a week when I was younger but my scalp decided it wanted to become more oily so I wash it more often now 🤷🏻♀️
It’s important to wash your hair when it gets oily and/or has a lot of buildup because not doing so leads to an unhealthy scalp and can lead to hairloss. For some people they may need to wash daily and some people much less often. Just pay attention to your scalp and what it needs
I shower daily, but wash my hair only once a week. On hair wash day I do a hair mask, shampoo & conditioner and a hair oil for the length.
I have thick, coarse and porous hair. There's no way I could wash my hair daily. My hair's so thick I have to separate it into sections and wash them separately or else I can't fully rinse the product out. Then it takes me over an hour to blowdry if I do. Once my hair gets wet it holds onto water.
I just use dry shampoo during the week, and towards the end I style my hair in braids or a bun until hair wash day.
I have color treated (bleached) straight, fine hair and a lot of it! I shampoo it on a schedule of Sun, Tues, Thurs night/Fri morning. I use a basic hydrating shampoo twice a week and the third I rotate a blue shampoo and a detox shampoo since I have well water. I use a conditioning mask twice a week typically on Mon and Fri.
I do however use the Oligo 18-1 spray every time I shower or brush/curl my hair and it works wonders! My hair feels really soft and strong, plus it helps me get the tangles out!
Twice a week for me. My current hair color/style is fairly high maintenance (dyed copper, fine/straight hair in a butterfly cut), and I can’t fathom doing the whole rigmarole more often than that. Every time I wash I’m following with a pigmented gloss (actually I have to mix two colors to get what I like) that sits for 10-15 minutes. After the shower it’s rough dry with a blow dryer, then full dry with a blowout brush, then curling/velcro rollers, then finishing.
It’s all an incredible pain in the ass but god damn my hair looks incredible.
I have fine hair but a lot of it and found using davroe scalp care shampoo and conditioner(only mid lengths to ends) let me go atleast 4 days before needing to dry shampoo the last day before washing, other shampoos id dry shampoo every second day.
I did that for a few bottles and now use nak protect and can go 3-4 days comfortably.
I didn’t have to ‘train’ my hair and let it get gross in this time either the shampoo just really helped control the oil and help my scalp I guess?
I have looots of medium thick hair that is slightly wavy. I wash them ever other or every third day, depending on my cycle. I use dry shampoo or just water on my front section on the days between the washes
Every day (if I leave the house that is).
I have fine, wavy, dry-leaning hair that looks like absolute crap if I don't wash it daily and I don't particularly like it tied or in some updo, so daily it is.
I have dabbled with washing it less frequently a few times. Makes zero difference.
I have 3C hair so I only shampoo it once a week, but it’s a *deep*, *deep* wash lol so it takes a long time of me scrubbing my scalp and lathering my hair. I co-wash twice a week. Otherwise I just wet my hair to style it.
My husband has 2A hair and he shampoos 2-3 times a week but co-washes every day. His hair is amazing and I’m jealous.
Once a week. My wavy hair is low porosity. I'm lucky I can keep it not-oily for a few days till I need to wash. This is a new thing for me, though, so my scalp starts getting itchy when I need to wash it, but sometimes it won't be convenient for me to wash it that day.
I can't wash every day because my hair mats when I shampoo it and then I have to use a hair mask. Hair masks aren't cheap, unfortunately.... And it takes like an hour to wash just my hair
My hair is crazy soft though, especially first day after wash. I straighten it. It holds shape well, so that one straightening session lasts till next wash. Curls if I want, too. I *do* use heat though
You do you. If your hair looks and feels good just do what you're doing!
I have super thin hair, but a good amount of it, it's wavy and it's dry AF. I shampoo every 3 to 4 days. Sometimes I'll be a lil extra lazy and do a conditioner only to extend it another day or two.
I was in Japan and Taiwan in May, my hair needed a completely different schedule though, atmospheric conditions also make a difference.
My hair needs to be washed every day I have super oily hair when I was 12 to 15 I would wash it every few days but now I am 37 I have to wash it every day.
My hair is crazy dry from bleaching , and it never produces oil. It goes opposite.. gets dryer and dryer each day, so I wash it to make it look more hydrated and shiny... unfortunately, my hair is so thick as well, so it's a nuisance to wash every day... so I usually wash it every 2-3 days because I'm lazy.
I have long wavy hair and shampoo three times a week on my workout days, but only because I'm lazy. Otherwise, I'd wash it every day because it looks and feels better. Everyone's hair and scalp are different, hair training is bs, wash your hair as frequently as it needs. Your scalp NEEDS to be washed, otherwise you're going to develop issues.
Everyone has different needs. Some need to shampoo daily and others don’t. There is no wrong way to do it.
For me, I shampoo daily. If I don’t my scalp will get all oily and itchy. I might skip a day every so often though, when I’m feeling too lazy lol.
I have thick, but fine wavy hair. If I blow dry and straighten I can do every other day (with dry shampoo) but if I let it dry naturally I have to wash every day or I wake up with a tangled mess. I really prefer to wash daily though because I hate the feeling of even slightly dirty hair.
I have thick, wavy, grey hair that I dye Auburn that's long. I can go a week without washing my hair. I try to do it every 5 days. I have a lengthy routine that sometimes includes Olaplex #3 and most of the time a hair mask. My hair rarely gets oily but my scalp will get dry if I wait too long to wash it.
Another fine, thin hair person here-it’s daily for me, too. I found that it didn’t matter what products or shampoo I used, I was going to get greasy regardless. So most washes I use a moisturizing set, then a clarifying shampoo and deep conditioner about every 2 weeks or so.
From birth, my (49f) hair was washed every day and has always been very long but fine. It would get oily so fast so I felt it was necessary to wash it daily.
The past 2 years I started "training" it and now I only need to wash it maybe twice a week. It's so much healthier and it saves me a lot of time. Plus, those expensive shampoos and conditioners last a lot longer.
i have wavy medium thickness hair and stopped using shampoo about a year ago, and now i just rinse with water or do an egg wash every week or so. it works for me because my hair regulates its oil production so that im not going through cycles of oily and not oily between washes
I have very thick straight hair, it doesn't get oily easily, has good volume and keeps it shape so I do about three times a week. People with fine straight hair tend to need to wash it more often, don't listen to people who preach about "training your hair" or that washing too much will damage it just do what feels natural and healthy for your hair.
I have curly hair and I shampoo and condition once a week because it’s a whole process. My partner has straight hair and shampoos and conditions every other day.
Everyone is so different. If I washed my hair as often as my partner does, it would be very dry. And if he only washed his hair twice a week, it would get really oily. It really depends on your hair texture and your scalp condition. Also, if you work out and get very sweaty on a regular basis, you may need to wash more often. If your routine doesn’t dry your hair out then I think you’re doing all right
Once a week.
I have really thick, long hair. I'm really lucky my hair doesn't look greasy until about day 5.
My sister on the other hand has really fine hair and washes it every second day.
I shower every night but wash my hair every other shower. I’ve found that going longer just makes my hair feel greasy and my head itchy and gross. I have found that brushing my hair well on the nights I don’t wash it helps to distribute the oil and makes my dry shampoo work better so it looks fresher the next day.
Fine, thin hair, so I wash daily! No problems at all. My hair thinning is hormonal and has nothing to do with washing. I've been forced to not wash for a month here and there due to surgeries and it was horrible. The oil on my scalp makes my scalp hurt.
Every other day to every two days max. I have 1c/2a hair and I sweat everyday. If I go more than 2 days it gets itchy.
My partner has 3a hair and he washes once a week but conditions every time he showers, so very different hair types and routine.
i used to wash my hair once a week and then moved up to twice a week and now it's every other day. My hair just does better when it's clean and my scalp feels a lot better now than it did when only washing once a week.
Mostly daily. Recently had my haircut by someone new and had her/other stylists crowd around me asking what I washed my hair with because it was so shiny and healthy.
Had to awkwardly say, "Head and Shoulders, no conditioner" LOL. Everyone's different though! I have tried every other day (and many different nicer shampoos) but even if my hair doesn't get obviously gross looking, my skin actually will break out if I don't wash my hair daily. Depends on the humidity/weather a lot for me though!
Theres nothing wrong with washing your hair every day. I know everyone on social media likes to act like you've commited a crime, but really there's nothing wrong with a daily wash. It's just about what makes your hair feel good.
If I'm swimming and working out, I might wash my 3x a day.
The no/less wash thing works for some people and always has. The wash every day or more thing has worked for some people and always has. Whatever works. Try it all and figure out what works for you.
Thin fine hair and every 3-4 days.
When I was using better shampoo and conditioner, every 7 days. But it really jumped in price and now sort of out of my budget so I had to change.
Obviously hair type and texture and skin all play a role, but I think what you use is also a big part of it.
Every other day. I have fine, wavy hair and it looks oily and flat fast if it’s not washed. Shampoing and air drying them instantly make them look good and voluminous.
My hair is a very lightly wavy texture, fine, just quite a bit of hair on my head (I would never go as far as to call it thick though). I lead a mostly indoors-lifestyle but I do work out and have two kids and work. All said and done, I shampoo maybe 3 times a week tops. I give myself a blowout after I wash and dry my hair, coast on that style for a day or two, then do either claw clip styles, high ponytails, pig tails, or braids to extend the wear-time before I have to wash again. If I’m having an week where washing is just too much task-wise, my routine hairstyling can buy me about 4 days between washing. However I draw the line when I look permanently wet, so 4 days between washing is as far as I’ll go.
Once a week is my normal schedule but summer time brings swimming and sweat, so if I swim I wash it after or if I’m at a baseball game or something and sweated my face off. But normally it’s once a week mostly because I have so much hair and I’m lazy, and I don’t usually get oily. But there’s nothing wrong with washing everyday.
I used to wash my hair every day bc it just gets greasy so fast but C B A with that anymore, I wash mine like twice a week? I don’t go out much so when I don’t have anything to do I just have it in a greasy bun at home and if I do something spontaneous I dry shampoo it.
Once a week. I have wavy hair naturally but it's keratin treated and it's really thick. I use absolutely no products in it and I'm so inactive that my hair pretty much never gets sweaty (if my hair does get sweaty, I wash it). My hair starts to look greasy around day 6 so I just use dry shampoo for one day and then wash the next day. I also only condition once a month.
Pandemic taught me what my hair can do. Three days max if we’re keeping it social but 4-5 days if we’re lounging at home. Dry shampoo can really help.
I’m also white with mostly straight hair, hair type really matters. I had a blonde friend with thinner hair & it would get visibly greasy after ONE day!
She’d never be able to do my 3+ days.
So it depends on your hair/scalp.
Women with textured hair do it weekly and they seem to be fine so I guess it kinda depends.
Thick curly hair. Used to have to shampoo every other day at the least or else I’d get that icky smell. Menopause has changed that so now maybe two or three times a week. That being said, I still wet it (though not soaking) to keep from getting too icky and to make it styleable in the morning.
I really can recommend using dry shampoo to extend the time you don't have to wash for a day or two.
Check your shampoo if it contains silicones or sulfates. Silicones settle in your hair and over time you have silicone buildups that might lead to oily or greasy hair. Sulfates strip not only the oils and dirt from your hair but the natural oils your scalp produces as well.
I would just wash your hair and if the next day it's already to greasy, use dry shampoo and then wash the day after that. Try to extend the times you would need a wash.
But if you end up washing 3-4 times week, then so be it. That already is better than 7 times a week.
As long as your hair is healthy and you feel comfortable.
Just make sure your ends are hydrated with some kind of oil or leave in (I use a very lightweight oil/serum and I have thin, fine hair)
I have very thick, slightly wavy hair. I wash it every 4-6 days, using dry shampoo in between washes.
During covid lockdowns I did a little experiment to see how long I could go without washing it. I lasted about 4 weeks, but it was rank. Before that I had been washing it every other day, and it got greasy so quickly. I think not washing it for a few weeks did help a little, but it wasn't a pleasant process 😂 I didn't use any product at all, and tried rinsing with water a couple of times but it made my hair a weird texture, almost rubbery.
I mostly did it because I have so much hair that washing it so often was just a huge pain in the ass. It takes so long to dry and style, and I was sick of doing it so much.
I have very fine, dead straight hair, but I have a lot of it. I have been shampooing my hair nearly everyday for years and it is extremely healthy and long. I tried to ‘train it’ during the pandemic and it did not work.
Do not listen to what you ‘should’ be doing. Do what works best for your hair and what’s going to make you feel more confident.
I was on the every day method, but decided to change to every other. I struggled with oily hair for the first week, but my scalp adjusted to not having it stripped of oils every day, produced less and every other day works perfectly.
My hair is so much healthier.
I have fine straight hair (but a crap-ton of it) that becomes an oil slick after a day or so, and I generally wash it 3-4 times a week depending on how often I work out. That said, I used to wash it everyday for literal years and never had any problems with it getting dry or unmanageable. If shampooing every day works for you, don't stress out about it. It's not as bad as other spaces on the internet would have you believe.
Me too, fine, straight, heavy, lots of it, scalp, face, everything oily, daily wash, only thing it can't do is hold a curl. Still doing it daily on the wrong side of fifty, like others wrote, the oily skin and hair (and decades of sunscreen and now tret) have me looking a lot younger than my less oily peers. Haven't dealt with the hair loss peers are dealing with, it's not as thick as when I was younger but I have friends who are putting in temporary extensions for special occasions, I still have enough hair for two people. Only time I've not washed it daily was illness or surgery, it got so gross so fast. The not washing daily is recent, back in the day schools emphasized washing everything daily.
Mine is fine and wavy and if I don’t wash it daily, it hangs really limply and looks terrible - I never have issues with dryness.
I have dealt with hairloss when I don't shampoo daily. I use a simple drugstore shampoo and conditioner ( Loreal or Gliss Kur ) and it works great for me. I think we should normalise different scalps have different needs. I am European and have fine thin hair so washing it daily is what keeps it healthy.
Same, the only reason I don't wash every day is out of laziness. I only wash my hair purposefully on the weekend, throughout the week it's just when I have enough time to blow-dry other wise everyday is slick bun day for me 🥲
I have straight hair and wash my hair every other day, otherwise my scalp gets itchy. My hair is super healthy so don’t listen to people who say washing your hair frequently is bad, some people need it.
Agreed! I have fine hair that i keep straight and i have tried varying points throughout the years training my hair to be washed less. It never works! I even tried washing once a week for a month and my hair didn’t change. It needs to be washed every other day or it gets oily. This new trend of hair washing 1-2 times a week is great if it works for your hair, but its annoying how every hair stylist now acts like its so wrong to wash it frequently!! Sorry i have natural oily hair and skin and i like shampooing!!😭
Hairstylists and some other people act like its a crime to wash your hair daily or every other day I’ll never understand why. 😭
They might understand as they see a lot of daily washed hair.
Mine looks at me like I’m crazy when I tell her I do. I have very fine strands but long, tight coils and it just gets so tangled and ratty I can barely get through it after just one day. I love my hair, but when it was straight I skipped days all the time no problem. I’m 51 and I think perimenopause changed it to naturally curly, and I do love the way it looks…
Daily. It’s an absolute myth that it’s automatically always wrong to wash daily. Everyone’s hair is different and has different needs. If your hair requires daily washing to stay healthy and not greasy and to look how you want it to then daily washing is right for your hair. It’s super odd that it’s become such a taboo to wash your hair daily lol
I am so tired of stylists who preach to me that my hair shouldn’t be washed every day. It NEEDS to be washed every day. “No no don’t wash it, train it.” Train it? Nonsense. If I go more than 36 hours without a shampoo, my hair gets so greasy it looks wet. My face is the same, I’ve also struggled with shine. On the plus side, I have far fewer wrinkles than my peers! So I guess it’s a trade off.
i went a YEAR washing my hair every other day to “train” it to be less greasy. 1 year later my day 2 hair is just as greasy as it was in the beginning. I will always wash it everyday
I tried training my hair for years. Would even only wash once a week. But my hair looked feral and was full of dry shampoo. Nothing changed, it never got any better as people tried to profess.
Me too! This makes me so cross!
Yes! When working from home I tried washing it less and less. And not only did my hair never get “trained” I noticed that my hair loss increased (like actual hair volume, not the number of hairs falling out). After I went back to daily or every other day, my head and scalp responded better. Still have the hair loss but at least the volume is more constant.
I think when we talk about "training" hair, it's actually talking about repairing the skins oil barrier on the scalp. If your oil barrier was messed up from over shampooing, then "training" can work, in that it's giving your scalp time to rebuild the oil barrier. But that literally only works if the oil barrier was actually messed up. It's like vitamins: if you have a deficiency, they'll make a big difference. But once the deficiency is solved, then there's no further "upwards" you can go from there...
People really be out there thinking you can train hair like you would a dog. I get laypeople thinking that, but actual hairdressers? You’d think they’d know better. I don’t understand the obsession with tryna get people to be less clean. It’s just a bit odd. If we recognise our bodies get dirty through the day and need washing daily, why not our hair? It goes everywhere the rest of us do…
Do people also not realize that it’s not just hair, but scalp? Like yeah, the ends of my hair might not get dirty every day, but my hairline is one of the first places I sweat if it’s hot or if I exercise. To me, not washing my hair is the equivalent of not washing my armpits every day in terms of how gross it makes me feel.
I think it’s different for everyone, my head never gets sweaty when I exercise but my son looks at an exercise machine and his hair drips it’s crazy. I am curious if it’s related to skin type though as everyone I know with oily skin has to wash their hair daily whereas sahara dry me over here only has to wash twice a week & that’s just to get my bounce back.
Oh my god “my head never gets sweaty” wow that’s crazy I’d say the first 5” of my hair get ALLLLLLL WET & SWEATY when I work out or do any serious cardio. I’m a real sweaty wet puss. Thankfully my hair is straight ish but it still is incredibly inconvenient.
Your son could have overactive sweat glands (also known as hyperhidrosis.) I have the kind that mostly affects my face - and it can be super embarrassing - then the embarrassment makes me sweat even more. (I also flush very easily, so I often look like a wet strawberry.) My face starts dripping as soon as the thermometer goes above 70°F. I'm a weirdo who sweats more *after* I get out of the shower - even if it's a cold one! I can't wear makeup in the summer because it melts right off. I have a bit of social anxiety because of this problem. I think that people are probably looking at me and assuming that I'm sweating because I'm nervous, guilty, lying, or on drugs. Luckily, I'm at an age where I can blame it all on hot flashes, but the reality is that I've been like this since I was a teenager. It sucks. I've seen a dermatologist about this and there really aren't many options that have worked. The prescription topical treatments burn my face and the oral meds make me tired and give me dry mouth. I'm not willing to have any invasive procedures done, so I just deal with it. Let me tell ya, hyperhidrosis sucks!
I guess I'm one of those idiots haha. My hair used to look so greasy before I got home from work after I washed it in the morning. Washed 1-2 times a week for about 6 months (during covid, worked from home) and to this day, my second day hair looks as good as my first day hair. What is that, if not hair training? Should I call it something else?
So, hair training is a myth in that if you’re already washing the right amount for your natural level of oil production, then you can’t alter that natural level of oil production by washing less. Your scalp doesn’t magically sense the amount of oil on it and adjust accordingly, leaving oil on your hair will only result in oily hair. *However* you can irritate your scalp by over washing, and sometimes that irritation will result in an overproduction of oil. If you consistently wash too often and your scalp is angry and oily all the time, then you can get it to calm down by washing less. It will be extremely oily at first, and then it will be less oily after it stops being so irritated. It’s not “hair training,” it’s literally just allowing your scalp to go back to its default state, but this is the reason the hair training myth persists, because the people it works for have no idea they created the problem in the first place and think washing less will work for everyone.
Yeah, I prefer my second-day hair.
Tbh it could be a bunch of things allowing your hair to stay clean at home: your home air is cleaner/ touching hair less/styling less/less pollution/less dust/summer winter, changing humidity etc. Environment plays a huge part and when I know I have to extend my current wash to a couple of days I won’t touch it and I can extend the wash. How you sleep/ bedding fabrics.. a lot of things make a difference. Another thing I know I do is when I sleep with the duvet covering my head my hair gets greasy, if I force myself to sleep with the duvet down, I can extend my wash time… hope this helps!
I think the understanding of the problem statement is wrong? The theory is washing your hair daily might remove natural oils from the hair and make it dry and itchy? But I also heard that your hair naturally produces enough oil that you don’t have to oil it again? Don’t know which one is true.im guessing the hairdressers are going with the prior theory
i have a hard time believing training works on its own. i have very thick frizzy hair that gets oily after about 3/4/5 days and i’ve spent half my life trying to “train” it to last a week. it simply doesn’t. your hair will keep producing oils no matter how long you don’t wash it for. double shampooing has worked wonders for going longer between washes, but i don’t think most people can train their hair.
I remember this YouTuber I used to watch would always say that she only washed her hair once a week and used a ton of dry shampoo and then a couple years later she mentioned that she’s washing her hair more often and that she had started to loose a lot of hair because of all the dry shampoo
Yep, I also experienced hair loss after using dry shampoo 2-3/week. It really freaked me out. Now I reach for it only in emergency
Cornstarch works really well too and doesn’t have all the chemicals
I think it’s less about chemicals and more to do with clogging the hair follicle
It’s not the chemicals that make your hair fall, it’s the dry shampoo clogging the hair follicle.
forreal, everyone tells me to “train” my hair but every time i’ve tried i just feel gross. idk about y’all, but i can *feel* the grease on my scalp, and that’s enough to bother me and get me to wash it the only ways i can go longer is if i dry shampoo the night before and in the morning. but i can only get away with it for a day, because piling on a shit ton of dry shampoo in my hair also feels gross after a while. so most of the time it’s easier to just wash it, plus i love showering haha
I donno dry shampoo doesn’t do it for me.I feel like my hair sticks to the scalp after it.i _have_ to wash it with wet shampoo
it usually didn’t for me either, but i really like the Purezero Dry Shampoo. it’s still not my preference to use dry shampoo, but sometimes it’s just one of those days yknow. but i get that, if it feels icky it’s like may as well wash it
I "trained" my hair for years.. I'm talking pushed myself to only wash it max 3 times a week (I was WFH for a bit so I was able to push it)...and guess what? Didn't change a thing. Still unmanageable by the second day. I have straight semi-fine hair.
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This thread is so validating for me. I shampoo at least daily, even twice (morning and before bedtime) as a very oily person. Oily skin, scalp, EYELIDS (the bane of my existence) and have to use blotting paper when I'm out in public to manage the shine. The one upside is that I often get complimented on my hair looking shiny and healthy (this is with 2x daily shampooing y'all. 6 hours after my shower the oils return.
BuT yOu’Re CaUsInG tHe OiL bY oVeRwAsHiNg Like people don’t know their own bodies. Same, I’ve always had oily skin and hair. I get so many compliments on my hair, I’ve had strangers stop me in the street to compliment it. And I regularly get IDed for things you can buy at sixteen at nearly forty (I know I don’t look sixteen and they’re being over cautious lol but clearly it doesn’t look like I’m nearly forty). It’s a pain to manage but we do well in the long run 😂
I agree! I started to lose so much hair in the past 2 years and finally made the connection that’s when I started the curly girl method that included not washing daily…well that results in a not so healthy scalp which contributed to my loss. Back to washing regularly and my loss has been cut in half. I’m now taking oral minoxidil to restore what I lost 😞
People don’t think about the scalp! They don’t realise it’s just skin like any other that secretes oil and sweat, only it’s trapped under hair so needs even more care to keep clean. I have a really cheap scrubby brush in the shower I use in small circles when I’m shampooing, soooo satisfying!
Yea it’s gross when it’s broken down like that! I can’t believe I fell for it. Yes those scrubbers feel amazing. I’m obsessed with feeling the air on my scalp after it’s freshly washed and dried haha I’ll never go back!
I also wash my hair daily! Agreed that daily hair washing being bad for you is an absolute myth. A few years back, I went through a period of stress-induced hair loss and washing it daily actually not only helped it look better, but having a clean/unclogged scalp accelerated the regrowth. To this day, I wash my hair almost daily (about 6x per week). I’m not sure how people wash every 3-4 days, especially if you work out regularly.
I also wash my hair daily. I work out every day and I sweat so much there’s no way I can’t wash it.
Canadian here with all 4 seasons and dry skin. I wash my hair once a week in the winter, and twice a week in the summer. In the shoulder seasons I just make my best judgement. My husband and daughter have naturally oily skin, and they wash their hair every 2-3 days depending on the climate and season. When we travel in warmer climates, they sometimes have to do it daily.
Same! But it's more like 1-2 days a week in the winter, and 4 days a week in the summer
Everyday unless I’m not going anywhere. Fine thin hair
I have fine, thin, but a little wavy hair, and I wash it every day when I shower. I use a gentle shampoo, but not much of it. My hair seems to pick up smells easily, so washing everyday works for me.
I had been shampooing every day from my teens to just a year ago (so around 20 years), and my hair is not more damaged than other peoples'. the only reason I stopped shampooing daily is water scarcity in my country. nowadays I was it every other day. I have fine wavy hair, but very dense, so sweat gets trapped easily and my scalp gets disgusting very quickly. I always shampoo twice when I do wash it, and it has made a huge difference in appearance. on days when my hair looks busted but I feel like shampooing would be too much, I still do a quick rinse with only water and apply conditioner to my ends. your scalp will definitely tell you if you wash too much, or too little. to be honest I think it's better to have a clean scalp and treat your potentially dry ends, than walk around with dirty hair lmao.
I wash my hair with shampoo and conditioner every 4-5 days. I have slightly wavy hair. My hair starts getting greasy around day 4-ish, but it’s a low level that can be corrected by dry shampoo if needed. Plus I don’t have the time!! Oh my god, it already takes me an hour just for the shower itself when I wash my hair. Pre-shampoo, followed by shampoo, followed by conditioner that sits while I wash my body. Then once I’m out I have to apply leave-in conditioner and hair oil, otherwise my hair will be a frizzy ugly mess. If I let it air-dry, it takes most of the day to dry. If I blow dry it, I risk it getting frizzy. Washing hair is so bloody time consuming, I’m impressed by anyone who does it every day! I guess straight hair maybe dries faster, and isn’t such a hassle when it comes to preventing frizz? Anyway you should always do what your hair needs. If you need to wash it every day, then wash it every day!
Same. I wash every 3-4 days and only apply conditioner to my ends. I have thick hair so I can brush the excess oil production down and be fine. I also do my high-intensity workouts on wash days to avoid walking around with a sweaty scalp. I live in a hot climate so sometimes it’s unavoidable, in that case, I usually do a light wash with a small amount of baby shampoo.
It’s definitely a hair-type difference - mine will air dry in about 10 minutes and takes about 2-3 minutes to blow dry straight 🤷♀️ Shampoo + conditioner takes me ~ 3 mins and if I use any more products than that, they weigh my hair down!
10 minutes to air dry!!!! Bloody hell 😂 girl I am jealous! Also jealous of the quick shampoo time. My god it takes me AGES to make sure the shampoo is scrubbed into every inch of scalp. I have very thick hair, so it’s just… a lot. It’s an entire arm workout. Sometimes I have to bring my arms down to give them a break 😂😭 and get some blood back in my fingers If you can do it that fast, I can definitely see how it’s easier to wash your hair more often! 😅 that’s really cool. For me it’s an entire journey I need to mentally prepare myself for every time lmao
I know! My friend takes well over an hour, and I can imagine that’s so exhausting! If it helps though, her hair looks AMAZING all week and I’m sure yours does too! Mine will go flat by the end of the day, which is annoying
I am the same - I hate washing my hair, but it is super greasy after 3/4 days, so usually I wash it on day 3. But it’s quite a procedure every time - I also have slight waves, quite a lot of (finer) hair and the frizz problem. Plus, my hair is bleached and takes ages to dry. I was at the hair dresser today to wash and dry, since I had surgery last week and didn’t want to wash it myself during the first few days. Even the hairdresser said, my hair takes super long to dry (with their professional equipment).
Yes I empathise! Every time I’ve had my hair dyed professionally or a similar treatment, the hair dresser always comments how thick my hair is, and they need to go get more product because they always need more than they thought! And yes I’ve also had comments about how long my hair takes to blow dry 😂
Shampooing every day isn’t inherently wrong. If you have fine, oily hair, it’s perfectly fine. Just don’t use very harsh, stripping shampoo and always moisturize your ends. I have had oily hair all my life and tried “training” it for years before just settling on the fact that it made me absolutely miserable. I went to a derm for hair loss (which I thought was caused by my daily washing) and it turns out it was just my PCOS. She recommended I wash my hair whenever I feel the need to and just use a gentle shampoo. My favourite is the Genesis line from Kerastase, but Dove Summer Revive is also great as a cheaper option. Also, invest in a scalp massager. The kind with thick silicone spikes. It helps remove buildup so much better than my fingers and it’s pretty inexpensive considering it lasts forever.
Do you use it when you wash your hair? I have one but have only been using it after I get out of the shower for scalp serum, but this sounds way more helpful!
I use it when shampooing since I don’t use any leave-in treatment on my scalp
Well today is hair wash day so I’m about to try this out. Thanks! 😊
Depends on your activity level too honestly, if you've been sweating so you definitely should wash your hair that day. But if your activity level is minimal and you don't use products that much, therefore you don't really deal with product build up, you definitely can stretch your washing days to every two or three days. I wash every two days bc I live in a hot and humid country and my activity level is just 🫠 I definitely work up a sweat
Totally agree. Age might also be a factor. And just just your lifestyle/needs in general. In middle and high school I washed my hair pretty much every day or it would seem greasy to me. I think teenage hormones may have been a factor, and also I lived in central Florida and the way my school was laid out I spent a lot of time walking outside. In college and the first year and a half of my career I washed like twice a week (starting because I shared a dorm bathroom with girls who all had much shorter and thinner hair than me and acted like I’d ruined their whole day if I took a 20 min shower). Now I work from home, sitting at my desk all day, in my very air conditioned house, so I can get away with once a week or just however long until either it bothers me or I have plans. My hair is very thick and fairly long and takes *forever* to air dry or blow dry so honestly I do probably avoid it more than most people lol. There are soooo many factors.
i have straight hair and i shampoo every 3 days
Me too. Although living in the hazy, hot and humid northeast in the summer I sometimes wash every day.
My dermatologist told me I should wash as much as I could, not as little. I prefer to follow her guidance than Reddit. I wash it every other day, but my hair is not as fine and not as oily. In the summer and when I work out I sometimes wash it every day. It depends on my scalp, I always focus on having a health scalp. After I started following that my hair is strong and healthy. I also have fine and straight hair.
Twice per week ideally. But sometimes I need a bit more and make it 5 times per 2 weeks. I don't mind my hair being a tiny bit greasy as long as it's not itchy.
Straight hair and shampoo every single day otherwise it’s a petroleum rig over there 😂 No regret at all.
Daily. It's what works best for my scalp.
I should add that I have a pixie cut and strong hair, plus very sensitive skin that feels best when it's clean. The shampoo dogma used to be that all hair had to be shampooed daily and that this was universal. Now we've overcorrected to say that no one should shampoo daily, which is just as silly. There is no one shampoo regimen that will work for everyone, and you should wash at the frequency that best serves your own scalp health and hair goals.
Daily. I'm uncomfortable otherwise because I don't like the feeling.
>I have straight hair and shampoo every time I shower (every day), but after looking on hair care subreddit it looks like I’ve been doing it wrong all along apparently No, you are not. It's a myth that you shouldn't wash your hair everyday. It's also a myth that you can "train" your hair to become less oily and more clean by bizarrely skipping washings. I tortured myself for decades believing this nonsense. Now I wash my long thick hair with 2B and 2C curls everyday because I need to. Do what's right for you.
It depends on the person/activity really. Previously I would shampoo maybe every 3 days or so but since I'm currently in a tropical country and there's a heat wave going on, I've been sweating buckets. I've resulted to shampooing everyday. I even changed to a gentler sebamed everyday shampoo. My mom been using a baby shampoo saying that it was better for her especially since she shampoo everyday too lol. To each their own I guess.
Typically 2-3 a week (every other day, sometimes every third day), although subject to change if it looks like it needs it / I woke up too hot and my hair is a frizzy mess. For reference, I have medium-thick wavy hair prone to frizz (also has a coarse patch). I’d say medium damage from heat styling and bleach from having my hair done
Daily. It's straight (I'm half-Chinese, half English) and comes down to my waist. It's in great condition.
Daily. I tried to wash it every other day and my scalp became so oily, flaky, and itchy. Never did that again. 🥲
I shampoo every day
Every day. I used to go 2 or 3 days for years then woke up one day and suddenly my head is producing so much more oil. 🤷♀️
I have coarse, low porosity hair that isn’t the least bit oily and I shampoo everyday because I just really enjoy washing my hair.
Daily, as suggested by my dermatologist. I have VERY oily hair (it never looked clean no matter what.) I told her about that and she recommended a shampoo for dandruff that’s supposed to help with oilyness too and she said to not skip it more than once a week.
Every day. I don’t feel clean unless i wash my hair. Ive tried to just take body showers but every single time i feel “gross” as if I didn’t shower. Something about washing my hair and the back of my head makes me feel clean and fresh. I have really thick hair that i blow dry and straighten everyday, and it’s super healthy! My hairdresser was shocked when i told her i wash it every day and use heat.
Once or twice a week
Every 5 days! It’s not for everyone, but it works for me! I did have to train my hair, and it adjusted. The last day before a wash I usually have it up, but it doesn’t look bad. I use a powdered dry shampoo the last 2 days.
Is your hair healthy? Is your scalp itchy or gross? If it's not you're doing it just fine. Wash your hair when it gets dirty. Don't be afraid of sulphates or silicones. Do try to limit heat and processing. If nothing's wrong, you don't need to fix it.
Once a week generally and that’s only because I’m super lazy. I’d like to get myself on an every 3-4 day schedule, so that’s what I’m working towards. My hair is just crazy dry atm, either too much blonde or hormones or heat damage, so I’m using more products to try to get it back to a more healthy state.
Depends. If I’m not doing anything sweaty I can go a week in between washes. Easily. If I wanted to I could probably go longer but that skeeves me out. If I’m getting sweaty then I rinse daily, just water. Then I’ll shampoo and condition every 3rd day. I’ve got thick, coarse, low porosity curly/wavy hair. Basically it’s a hot mess. lol.
Obligatory “shampoo is for your scalp, conditioner is for your lengths,” so the first order of business is to pick a shampoo that addresses your scalp. Then, wash as often as your hair gets dirty (be it oily or sweaty or what have you), or, as often as you need in order to style it the way that makes you happy. That’s it. That’s the whole deal.
Once a week here. Used to be once a fortnight. I don't get super sweaty. Trained my scalp to produce less oil. I usually dry shampoo day 3 and maybe day 5
I’m also just once a week! I have very thick hair, and my hair dresser told me I have more of it than anyone she’s ever seen. I have SO MUCH hair. It’s also very dry (and incidentally so is my skin). If I brush it every morning and spray some dry shampoo on the roots on day 3 or 4, it still looks clean by day 7. And honestly thank goodness because it takes me hours to dry it and style it so the fact that I only have to do it once a week is a blessing.
I cannot imagine having to wash it more than weekly, what an effort!
The bare minimum I can get away with tbh! Every 3 days tends to look best generally, but in the summer sometimes I have to wash it multiple days in a row and it gets rough. I've recently been using the fructise argon oil serum on damp hair which helps a lot!
I have to wash every day during every season but winter be cause of pollen. If I don't I end up having an allergy attack in the middle of the night and have huge swollen eyes in the morning. You do you. Use conditioner if your hair feels dry.
I have fine, straight hair. If I wash it daily, it looks like I haven't washed it in weeks. It becomes strangely greasy almost immediately. Its really weird. So I have to find that sweetspot where I stretch out the time between washes as much as possible, without my hair actually becoming greasy..
Fine straight hair here too!! I’ve found my routine also varies on how long my hair is (the shorter it is, the more often it gets washed for styling reasons). But right now, on the path to mermaid hair, it’s about every 3 days
Every 3 days, and use dry shampoo in between. I’ve found that when I use higher quality shampoo I need to wash less often without getting greasy in between. I know not everyone can spend $20 on shampoo, but I look for deals/ sales/ coupons, and stock up when I can. In the end it’s not much more money, because I use less of it and less frequently!
I found the same thing with my fine, straight, but oddly thick hair! Salon level shampoo is expensive but helps a lot compared to when I used Pantene or Garnier. For dry shampoo, I’ve just recently started using it at the end of Day 1 (so before bed if I showered in the AM, or the next evening if I showered at night), before my hair actually feels greasy. It soaks up the oil as I sleep, and it’s helped extend my Day 2 and Day 3 hair without getting that powdery dry shampoo look
Usually every other day. I’ve went through times where I washed my hair daily and I didn’t have any problems. I prefer how it looks and feels.
Usually 4-5 times a week .
About 3x/week but I condition it almost daily. Wavy to curly hair that’s both thick and fine if that makes sense. I workout a lot but daily shampooing makes my hair feel coarse and frizzy. Conditioning leaves it soft and more manageable.
I, personally, wash my hair once every 3-4 days… but like you said, it’s such an individual thing. I have wavy hair that I usually wear straight.
Three times a week
Every other day or 2 days. But if I go out, it should be everyday. Really depends on my activities
Every day and sometime twice if I get really sweaty at the gym. I have oily skin and oily hair. I have to wash my hair everyday. Even if I wash my hair late in the day, by the next morning it's oily. I have tried getting my hair used to being washed only two or three times a week, but that doesn't work for me. Plus, it's gross to have sweat in your hair and I work out everyday. Honestly, there's nothing wrong with not washing your hair everyday but this not washing has become a trend that people are pushing without considering that some people do have to wash their hair daily. If your hair is not very dry and isn't damaged, then keep doing what you're doing if it works for you. You're not doing it wrong. You're just not doing it the same as people who think they're always right.
I have fine straight long hair and I need to wash my hair everyday otherwise my hair is a greasy mess. I still have shiny healthy hair with daily shampooing.
I have fairly curly hair, so I try to go 4-5 days without shampooing.
i have fine/coarse straight hair, oily scalp/dry ends and i wash it 2x a week. it would get super oily if i did it every other day. do what works for you
My hair girl just told me that it’s okay to wash your hair everyday, you just need to use the right shampoo for your hair. :)
I got thin and oily hair so i have to wash it everyday because i have to look healthy at work and not like a slob. I got the hair from my dad, he only wash it 2 days a week and it’s still extremely oily so i don’t by into that less shampoo means less greasy hair. It’s genetic. My mom never get greasy hair because she has a dry scalp and hairtype.
I have wavy low porosity hair. I used to wash my hair every other day. It would get oily. I used a shampoo and conditioner and air dried my hair. I slowly reduced the washing frequency and now I can go up to 3-4 days without washing. I found that washing with shampoo twice, using a conditioner, leave in conditioner and gently blowdrying makes my hair stay good looking for longer. I followed the advice of this YouTuber blowdry professor. It worked for me but like other people have mentioned everyone's hair is different.
Do what’s right for you! I wash every other day. If I don’t my scalp haaaates me. I’m so sick of hearing about how we ALL need to “train” our hair to only be washed a couple times a week. That doesn’t work for everyone’s hair/scalp.
Every couple days because I’m active. But when I used to not work out, I washed only once a week.
Curly girl, 3b/3c combination hair. If I'm being diligent? 2x a week. If I'm lazy AF? Double cleanse 1x plus a restorative mask. If I go a full week, I do feel pretty gross on the last day.
For me 3-5 days seems to work best, I have very fine but very thick wavy hair. Every day and it's really fuzzy and wild, more than 6 days and it's heavy and oily.
Daily, typically. I have fine, straight hair, but it’s long and I have a lot of it. It gets noticeably greasy within 24 hours, so I wash it daily or every other day (whenever I shower). I’ve tried “training” it to make it stop getting greasy and it never worked. Within 24 hours, it looks greasy. After 36 hours, my scalp itches. After 48 hours, my scalp hurts and I start getting acne in my hairline. I can’t go long without washing it. I have no issues with dryness or brittleness. The only problems I have are that it lacks volume if I don’t use products and it doesn’t hold a curl well (but that’s just my hair type, not the fact that I wash it daily). Both of my parents have fine, straight hair that they need to wash often, as well.
Every 4-6 days. I am usually really desperate for a shampoo/my hair looks like crap by the end of that time though. If I still had to go into an office every day, I’d probably go back to every 2-4 days so I could look more presentable.
Not trying to start a big debate or anything, I just wanna share my personal experience. I have always had issues with my fine yet coarse hair that gets super frizzy and unmanageable. I tried washing less and it would get so greasy right away,.it was gross and I couldn't handle it. Well, I passed my hair type on to my son who hated his hair as well. One day I looked at him and realized that his hair was smooth and looked super healthy. He told me he only washes it once a week now and he just had to get past the transition period. Well I finally stuck to it (I picked a week where I wasn't going anywhere) got through the initial greasiness and now my scalp has totally adjusted. It never gets oily at all anymore,.only if I were to go longer than a week without washing (though I do wash it about 2x a week.) I shower every day and I rinse my hair every time, but only shampoo 1-2x a week. Now my hair is soft and healthy and doesn't get nearly as frizzy. It has even grown out much faster too, and my hair color lasts so much longer.
I have a thick hair and I wash mine everyday. The whole idea of not washing your hair everyday based on my MDs advice is debated among Medical Doctors lol so whatever you think is tolerated by your hair then do it. I honestly cannot stand the smell and stench of an unwashed scalp. No amount of dry shampoo can mask that smell I’m sorry!
Usually every 2-3 days. I'm so embarrassed that it took nearly 30 years of having hair to figure out that the trick is just to wash it when it feels dirty. Those women who only wash their hair once a week have different skin to mine.
I was an everyday hair washer for years. I believed the myth that washing your hair every day was one of the worst things you can do for it, so I cut down to 1-2 times a week. My hair eventually stopped getting so oily and got used to the new routine! I also started using much better quality products which helped so much.
Used to be once a week but I heard it’s actually worse to leave your hair for a long time as the scalp gets clogged with dirt so I like to do every 4/5 days Scalp massage, double shampoo
I wash my hair 2-3 times a week. It doesn’t get greasy like some peoples hair, it just loses volume when it needs a wash.
Every other day if I’m not lazy, every 2 days if I am lazy. I used to be able to get away with like a week when I was younger but my scalp decided it wanted to become more oily so I wash it more often now 🤷🏻♀️ It’s important to wash your hair when it gets oily and/or has a lot of buildup because not doing so leads to an unhealthy scalp and can lead to hairloss. For some people they may need to wash daily and some people much less often. Just pay attention to your scalp and what it needs
My hair is crazy dry, wavy (formerly super curly) and twice a week works for me. Double wash, too.
Sorry I’m OILY and I have to wash every 2/3 days* STRICT or I am an ~oil slick~
I wash every second or third day. I have straight shoulder length hair.
I shower daily, but wash my hair only once a week. On hair wash day I do a hair mask, shampoo & conditioner and a hair oil for the length. I have thick, coarse and porous hair. There's no way I could wash my hair daily. My hair's so thick I have to separate it into sections and wash them separately or else I can't fully rinse the product out. Then it takes me over an hour to blowdry if I do. Once my hair gets wet it holds onto water. I just use dry shampoo during the week, and towards the end I style my hair in braids or a bun until hair wash day.
I shampoo my hair about as often as I go to the gym
I have color treated (bleached) straight, fine hair and a lot of it! I shampoo it on a schedule of Sun, Tues, Thurs night/Fri morning. I use a basic hydrating shampoo twice a week and the third I rotate a blue shampoo and a detox shampoo since I have well water. I use a conditioning mask twice a week typically on Mon and Fri. I do however use the Oligo 18-1 spray every time I shower or brush/curl my hair and it works wonders! My hair feels really soft and strong, plus it helps me get the tangles out!
I have coily hair, I shampoo & condition once a week.
Twice a week for me. My current hair color/style is fairly high maintenance (dyed copper, fine/straight hair in a butterfly cut), and I can’t fathom doing the whole rigmarole more often than that. Every time I wash I’m following with a pigmented gloss (actually I have to mix two colors to get what I like) that sits for 10-15 minutes. After the shower it’s rough dry with a blow dryer, then full dry with a blowout brush, then curling/velcro rollers, then finishing. It’s all an incredible pain in the ass but god damn my hair looks incredible.
Once or sometimes twice a day, and I have thickish beach wavy hair.
Very thick, but fine and highlighted hair. Once every week to two weeks. I did train it, but the damage helped, too.
I have fine hair but a lot of it and found using davroe scalp care shampoo and conditioner(only mid lengths to ends) let me go atleast 4 days before needing to dry shampoo the last day before washing, other shampoos id dry shampoo every second day. I did that for a few bottles and now use nak protect and can go 3-4 days comfortably. I didn’t have to ‘train’ my hair and let it get gross in this time either the shampoo just really helped control the oil and help my scalp I guess?
Daily. I have very short hair and use product every morning which needs to be washed out. When I had long hair I'd wash it every 3 days.
Every other day, 3 days max. My hair is just an oily mess if I’d don’t
I have looots of medium thick hair that is slightly wavy. I wash them ever other or every third day, depending on my cycle. I use dry shampoo or just water on my front section on the days between the washes
Every 2-3 days
Every day (if I leave the house that is). I have fine, wavy, dry-leaning hair that looks like absolute crap if I don't wash it daily and I don't particularly like it tied or in some updo, so daily it is. I have dabbled with washing it less frequently a few times. Makes zero difference.
I have 3C hair so I only shampoo it once a week, but it’s a *deep*, *deep* wash lol so it takes a long time of me scrubbing my scalp and lathering my hair. I co-wash twice a week. Otherwise I just wet my hair to style it. My husband has 2A hair and he shampoos 2-3 times a week but co-washes every day. His hair is amazing and I’m jealous.
My hair is fine but I have a lot of it, so I wash it probably 3-4x a week, sometimes more, sometimes less depending on how sweaty I've been and such.
Everyday. No exceptions
Once a week. My wavy hair is low porosity. I'm lucky I can keep it not-oily for a few days till I need to wash. This is a new thing for me, though, so my scalp starts getting itchy when I need to wash it, but sometimes it won't be convenient for me to wash it that day. I can't wash every day because my hair mats when I shampoo it and then I have to use a hair mask. Hair masks aren't cheap, unfortunately.... And it takes like an hour to wash just my hair My hair is crazy soft though, especially first day after wash. I straighten it. It holds shape well, so that one straightening session lasts till next wash. Curls if I want, too. I *do* use heat though
Every other day sometimes every three days if it is a weekend and I’m not working.
Twice a day
You do you. If your hair looks and feels good just do what you're doing! I have super thin hair, but a good amount of it, it's wavy and it's dry AF. I shampoo every 3 to 4 days. Sometimes I'll be a lil extra lazy and do a conditioner only to extend it another day or two. I was in Japan and Taiwan in May, my hair needed a completely different schedule though, atmospheric conditions also make a difference.
My hair needs to be washed every day I have super oily hair when I was 12 to 15 I would wash it every few days but now I am 37 I have to wash it every day.
My hair gets wet in the shower daily and conditioned. Shampoo oy on Sunday and Wednesday. Works for me.
My hair is crazy dry from bleaching , and it never produces oil. It goes opposite.. gets dryer and dryer each day, so I wash it to make it look more hydrated and shiny... unfortunately, my hair is so thick as well, so it's a nuisance to wash every day... so I usually wash it every 2-3 days because I'm lazy.
I have long wavy hair and shampoo three times a week on my workout days, but only because I'm lazy. Otherwise, I'd wash it every day because it looks and feels better. Everyone's hair and scalp are different, hair training is bs, wash your hair as frequently as it needs. Your scalp NEEDS to be washed, otherwise you're going to develop issues.
Everyone has different needs. Some need to shampoo daily and others don’t. There is no wrong way to do it. For me, I shampoo daily. If I don’t my scalp will get all oily and itchy. I might skip a day every so often though, when I’m feeling too lazy lol.
I have a lot of hairs and they're all frizzy. I'd shoot someone if I have to wash every day. I can go a week and a half.
I have thick, but fine wavy hair. If I blow dry and straighten I can do every other day (with dry shampoo) but if I let it dry naturally I have to wash every day or I wake up with a tangled mess. I really prefer to wash daily though because I hate the feeling of even slightly dirty hair.
Every three days
I have thick, wavy, grey hair that I dye Auburn that's long. I can go a week without washing my hair. I try to do it every 5 days. I have a lengthy routine that sometimes includes Olaplex #3 and most of the time a hair mask. My hair rarely gets oily but my scalp will get dry if I wait too long to wash it.
Another fine, thin hair person here-it’s daily for me, too. I found that it didn’t matter what products or shampoo I used, I was going to get greasy regardless. So most washes I use a moisturizing set, then a clarifying shampoo and deep conditioner about every 2 weeks or so.
Depends but usually around 4 days
From birth, my (49f) hair was washed every day and has always been very long but fine. It would get oily so fast so I felt it was necessary to wash it daily. The past 2 years I started "training" it and now I only need to wash it maybe twice a week. It's so much healthier and it saves me a lot of time. Plus, those expensive shampoos and conditioners last a lot longer.
Every 2-3 days.
1-2 times a week. depends on what's going on. my hair doesn't get oily easily and washing too often dries my hair out a lot.
i have wavy medium thickness hair and stopped using shampoo about a year ago, and now i just rinse with water or do an egg wash every week or so. it works for me because my hair regulates its oil production so that im not going through cycles of oily and not oily between washes
My scalp starts itching by third day.I have a long hair but I do wash it every third day.Its just too much work!!
I have very thick straight hair, it doesn't get oily easily, has good volume and keeps it shape so I do about three times a week. People with fine straight hair tend to need to wash it more often, don't listen to people who preach about "training your hair" or that washing too much will damage it just do what feels natural and healthy for your hair.
I shampoo, apply conditioner then dry my hair to 80% and apply live in conditioner too, to make my hair manageable 😭
I have curly hair and I shampoo and condition once a week because it’s a whole process. My partner has straight hair and shampoos and conditions every other day. Everyone is so different. If I washed my hair as often as my partner does, it would be very dry. And if he only washed his hair twice a week, it would get really oily. It really depends on your hair texture and your scalp condition. Also, if you work out and get very sweaty on a regular basis, you may need to wash more often. If your routine doesn’t dry your hair out then I think you’re doing all right
Once a week. I have really thick, long hair. I'm really lucky my hair doesn't look greasy until about day 5. My sister on the other hand has really fine hair and washes it every second day.
It depends on hair types. I was told that the natural oils are good for the hair. Do I do it once or twice depending on the state of my hair.
I shower every night but wash my hair every other shower. I’ve found that going longer just makes my hair feel greasy and my head itchy and gross. I have found that brushing my hair well on the nights I don’t wash it helps to distribute the oil and makes my dry shampoo work better so it looks fresher the next day.
Fine, thin hair, so I wash daily! No problems at all. My hair thinning is hormonal and has nothing to do with washing. I've been forced to not wash for a month here and there due to surgeries and it was horrible. The oil on my scalp makes my scalp hurt.
Every other day
I alternate shampoo days with conditioner only days but my hair gets soaking wet every day. I also swim and caps only do so much to keep my hair dry.
Every other day to every two days max. I have 1c/2a hair and I sweat everyday. If I go more than 2 days it gets itchy. My partner has 3a hair and he washes once a week but conditions every time he showers, so very different hair types and routine.
almost daily , if i skip a day my hair becomes greasy looking and i have scalp psoriasis
i used to wash my hair once a week and then moved up to twice a week and now it's every other day. My hair just does better when it's clean and my scalp feels a lot better now than it did when only washing once a week.
I have thick wavy hair and shampoo about 3 times a week
Mostly daily. Recently had my haircut by someone new and had her/other stylists crowd around me asking what I washed my hair with because it was so shiny and healthy. Had to awkwardly say, "Head and Shoulders, no conditioner" LOL. Everyone's different though! I have tried every other day (and many different nicer shampoos) but even if my hair doesn't get obviously gross looking, my skin actually will break out if I don't wash my hair daily. Depends on the humidity/weather a lot for me though!
Theres nothing wrong with washing your hair every day. I know everyone on social media likes to act like you've commited a crime, but really there's nothing wrong with a daily wash. It's just about what makes your hair feel good.
If I'm swimming and working out, I might wash my 3x a day. The no/less wash thing works for some people and always has. The wash every day or more thing has worked for some people and always has. Whatever works. Try it all and figure out what works for you.
Every 4 to 5 days It’s way to much work to wash, condition, dry and style every single day
Thin fine hair and every 3-4 days. When I was using better shampoo and conditioner, every 7 days. But it really jumped in price and now sort of out of my budget so I had to change. Obviously hair type and texture and skin all play a role, but I think what you use is also a big part of it.
Every other day. I have fine, wavy hair and it looks oily and flat fast if it’s not washed. Shampoing and air drying them instantly make them look good and voluminous.
My hair is a very lightly wavy texture, fine, just quite a bit of hair on my head (I would never go as far as to call it thick though). I lead a mostly indoors-lifestyle but I do work out and have two kids and work. All said and done, I shampoo maybe 3 times a week tops. I give myself a blowout after I wash and dry my hair, coast on that style for a day or two, then do either claw clip styles, high ponytails, pig tails, or braids to extend the wear-time before I have to wash again. If I’m having an week where washing is just too much task-wise, my routine hairstyling can buy me about 4 days between washing. However I draw the line when I look permanently wet, so 4 days between washing is as far as I’ll go.
Once a week is my normal schedule but summer time brings swimming and sweat, so if I swim I wash it after or if I’m at a baseball game or something and sweated my face off. But normally it’s once a week mostly because I have so much hair and I’m lazy, and I don’t usually get oily. But there’s nothing wrong with washing everyday.
Once a week at most.
I used to wash my hair every day bc it just gets greasy so fast but C B A with that anymore, I wash mine like twice a week? I don’t go out much so when I don’t have anything to do I just have it in a greasy bun at home and if I do something spontaneous I dry shampoo it.
I shampoo it every day. I have fine, straightish hair. I workout every day and sweat so much so I have to wash it every day.
Daily. I've always done this and my hair looks great.
I have curly hair I only use shampoo 1-2 times a week
Once a week. I have wavy hair naturally but it's keratin treated and it's really thick. I use absolutely no products in it and I'm so inactive that my hair pretty much never gets sweaty (if my hair does get sweaty, I wash it). My hair starts to look greasy around day 6 so I just use dry shampoo for one day and then wash the next day. I also only condition once a month.
Pandemic taught me what my hair can do. Three days max if we’re keeping it social but 4-5 days if we’re lounging at home. Dry shampoo can really help. I’m also white with mostly straight hair, hair type really matters. I had a blonde friend with thinner hair & it would get visibly greasy after ONE day! She’d never be able to do my 3+ days. So it depends on your hair/scalp. Women with textured hair do it weekly and they seem to be fine so I guess it kinda depends.
Thick curly hair. Used to have to shampoo every other day at the least or else I’d get that icky smell. Menopause has changed that so now maybe two or three times a week. That being said, I still wet it (though not soaking) to keep from getting too icky and to make it styleable in the morning.
Every day. I have fine wavy ish hair, but a LOT of it. If I can’t wash my hair even for one day I get super grouchy
I really can recommend using dry shampoo to extend the time you don't have to wash for a day or two. Check your shampoo if it contains silicones or sulfates. Silicones settle in your hair and over time you have silicone buildups that might lead to oily or greasy hair. Sulfates strip not only the oils and dirt from your hair but the natural oils your scalp produces as well. I would just wash your hair and if the next day it's already to greasy, use dry shampoo and then wash the day after that. Try to extend the times you would need a wash. But if you end up washing 3-4 times week, then so be it. That already is better than 7 times a week. As long as your hair is healthy and you feel comfortable. Just make sure your ends are hydrated with some kind of oil or leave in (I use a very lightweight oil/serum and I have thin, fine hair)
I have very thick, slightly wavy hair. I wash it every 4-6 days, using dry shampoo in between washes. During covid lockdowns I did a little experiment to see how long I could go without washing it. I lasted about 4 weeks, but it was rank. Before that I had been washing it every other day, and it got greasy so quickly. I think not washing it for a few weeks did help a little, but it wasn't a pleasant process 😂 I didn't use any product at all, and tried rinsing with water a couple of times but it made my hair a weird texture, almost rubbery. I mostly did it because I have so much hair that washing it so often was just a huge pain in the ass. It takes so long to dry and style, and I was sick of doing it so much.
2, sometimes 3 times a week. I always double shampoo and use a clarifying shampoo maybe once a week or every other week.
I have very fine, dead straight hair, but I have a lot of it. I have been shampooing my hair nearly everyday for years and it is extremely healthy and long. I tried to ‘train it’ during the pandemic and it did not work. Do not listen to what you ‘should’ be doing. Do what works best for your hair and what’s going to make you feel more confident.
2-3 times a week. Co-wash only. Otherwise I have a dry fried black cotton ball on my head.
I was on the every day method, but decided to change to every other. I struggled with oily hair for the first week, but my scalp adjusted to not having it stripped of oils every day, produced less and every other day works perfectly. My hair is so much healthier.