I’m curious how often you wash your hair. Throughout my adult life, I’ve usually showered daily and washed my hair in the shower. I know this tendency can vary culturally and ethnically and also based on hair type. But I’ve been reading about women that wash their hair once or twice a week and I’m so surprised.
I’m white with straight, fine, thin, chin- to collar-length hair. I wash it nearly every day because it helps me style it and otherwise my scalp starts to itch and I would have product build-up. It’s not greasy on the 2nd day, but doesn’t feel clean, either. And if I’m in the shower and my hair is getting wet, why not wash and condition it?
I shower often…but if I washed my hair every time, it would just dry out. I do that about every 5 days. I don’t use any “hair product” so there is none to build up.
For most of my life (since teen years), I washed my hair pretty much every time I showered, so at least once a day. My hair started thinning several years ago, and I’ve started washing it only every 2-3 days. I also used a blow dryer every day for decades, and I only do that now when I need to dry it quickly.
2-3 times per week. It’s dry and doesn’t really look dirty/greasy even if I go 3-4, maybe even 5 days (though looks better clean) and needs a lot of conditioner plus blow drying to look decent and I just don’t have the time or patience most mornings. I wear a shower cap the days I don’t wash it or you can just pin it up if it’s long enough.
I’ve read about using a boar’s hair brush. Other than a round brush for styling, I don’t usually brush my hair (it’s thin, fine, shortish and straight and doesn’t really tangle). So maybe that would help me lengthen the days between washings.
About every 5-7 days! Have pretty thick, longish hair. It’s never been oily, though - and in recent years have had to pile on moisturizing leave-in conditioners, etc.
MIMomma - I think brushing does distribute the oils and helps. I’ve also used dry shampoo when it’s a day or two longer between washes than usual, lol.
Usually every third day. I don’t use any products (except shampoo and conditioner) and never blow dry it. I usually just brush it and let it dry in place. I have curly hair so this works for me.
I have gone from every day to every other and now only need to was twice a week. My hair is thick and wavy ( not in a good way) so it needs to be blown dry.
Every day. I don’t like the feeling of unwashed hair.
I’ve stood on a lot of risers with a lot of women (for choral concerts) and I know first hand that hair can look fabulous and smell awful, as in not clean.
From the time I was 13 or 14 years old, I washed my hair every day. I have very fine, but THICK and super curly hair I almost always blew it dry. About 5 years ago, I went cold turkey. Now I wash my hair every 5 or 6 days. Rarely I use dry shampoo one the last day before I wash it. I still use a blow dryer when I do wash it.
My hair is in MUCH better condition now than it use to be. Far fewer split ends, and on the occasion that I do let it dry curly, the curls are also more defined/less frizzy.
Even better than the condition of my hair: I have an extra 3 hours (at least) available every week. Over the course of a year, that’s an extra 10 days (calculating the saved time as awake time only) added to my life! I can’t believe how much time I wasted messing with my stupid hair.
