How often do you wash your hair?

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I only wash my hair once a week cause of having dyed hair. I'm sure some people might think it's disgusting but it's what works for me. I'm a little curious tho how often others wash their hair? 🤔

wheresmrcunnunglis · Accepted Answer

Depends if you have silky straight hair or coily kinky hair. so there is no golden rule and even then it varies based on ones scalps needs e. g. is their scalp dry or greasy which would determine whether their hair needs to be washed more or less.

My hair is coily kinky and I only have to wash my hair once a week to maintain cleanliness. and I remoisturize with products at least twice throughout the week to retain moisture. I understand the need is different from silky straight hair that tends to get greasy very quickly due to how easy it is to get to the roots from the strands.

Literalbillionaire17 · Accepted Answer

I wash my hair once a month. Let me explain, my hair his down to my butt in length. It is very thick and course. I would say my hair is 3C in texture. It👏🏽Is👏🏽a👏🏽lot👏🏽of👏🏽work. So once a month throughout the month I take care of it so there is no smell or dirty messes up there. I’ve found this to work for me personally. I find it also helps my hair grow because I’m not bothering it.

melanieeeB · Answer

Every 2-3 days, but when it's warm weather then nearly daily

cunnilinguist · Answer

Everybody knows human hair has an inbuilt self-cleaning mechanism that regular washing and shampoo destroy. The more you use it the greasier it gets and the sooner. It is also a known fact that if you stop using a shampoo it takes about a month for the self-cleaning to get restored. After that you never get greasy hair. Have you ever seen a chimpanzee or orangutan use shampoo? Or wash daily? Yet their hair is healthy and shiny, just like my hair. No grease. Or dandruff. I do wash it, about once every 2 weeks, sometimes a month apart. I do use shampoo once every 3-4 months, strictly for a few seconds after a haircut.

Shampoo kills organic cells by the way. If you were to place an insect on top of a drop with only its bottom side touching it would die in seconds. What do you think it does when it gets soaked into your scalp and skin? Some of the chemicals have been shown to cross the blood-brain barrier. It's good for ya. I make my own toothpase by the way (and bake my own bread, etc.) Why anyone would consciously choose to harm their own body is beyond me, but then we have smokers and people are into self-harm so nothing surprises me. Using shampoo is mostly cultural conditioning and brainwashing by ads. There's nothing healthy about shampoo and human hair has no need for it any more than the fur of animals that live in the wild and sleep in the dirt. Wash it with water every few days, is where I would draw the limit.

Everything with moderation.

matchrestore · Answer

I've got long, wavy/loosely curly hair. I wash it every other day, but I rinse and condition everyday. Exceptions if it got dusty at work or if I sweat a lot, I'll wash it even if I washed it the previous day. If I don't at least wet it it turns into a frizzy unmanageable mess.

Starlight007 · Answer

I was my hair every 2-3 weeks in winter and in summer every 2 weeks, because i am mixed race my hair texture is like a coily big afro type hair texture and my hair looses moisture easily, so I cannot wash it too often cause that dries it out and leads to breakage, I moisturize it with oils and butters frequently though, cause it dries out it's no stranger to drying out.

Tinana · Answer

My hair is usually in braids for a month so once a month. And it’s an Afro so I can’t wash my hair so frequently it gets super dry. 99.9% my hair is in braids so I just wash once a month. With box braids or extensions related braids. If I made braids with only my hair then once in two weeks. But I see my hair shed often when I wash it soo much.

Wsx2wsx2ws · Answer

I shower every other day but mostly I just rinse my hair with no shampoo. So no sooner than 2 days but most often once a week. If you research it this is more healthy.
I also use pure coconut oil in my hair. This not only keeps my hair healthy but rinses all the dirt out when I shower in the hot water.

Sour-rose · Answer

Every like two weeks? Listen, my hair probably ain't like yours. I got dreds. Dreds that take a good amount of years to actually get long and keep healthy. So washing them one day out of the week is a waste. They need time to get stronger, so washing them continously will keep them week and leave my hair soft and not dreded up at all.

TheUniqueOne96 · Answer

Sometimes once a week, sometimes twice a week, but the latter in more recent months.

I workout, have long hair and dry shampoo can only be used so much.

Midweek however, I do a co-wash, which is with conditioner only.

The other wash is shampooing twice and then conditioner, as I do put oil in my hair the night before and when I used to shampoo it once, it would still feel a bit greasy.

NathanDavis · Answer

against all advice from girlfriends and friends that are girls... I wash it every day and still looks good, so there... lol

pass_the_celery98 · Answer

I never understood the rule of don’t wash your hair every day it will strip the natural oils. Do we not wash our face or brush our teeth or wash our hands. I was my hair at least every 2 days.

MCheetah · Answer

Never and always. I have really short hair, so there's nothing to wash. But it automatically washes when in the shower, if that counts. Hair also annoys me, so I'd be bald if I could rock the look.

England4eva · Answer

If I could get away with washing my hair only once a week I would.

But my hair is naturally greasy, no matter how much I try to resist washing, it looks like I haven’t washed my hair for a year if I give it more than one day off.

Guy__ · Answer

I wash my body multiple times a day and so did hair until I found out that washing the hair is exactly what caused the itching. I can clean it but try to never wash it thoroughly or else It'll itch for days.

Lucy68 · Answer

2-3 times a week. For example if I wash it Monday I'll probably wash it again Wednesday. I live in the south so with rain, humidity, plus the heat yeah it's brutal

Spikey_uwu · Answer

I'd wash my hair every day if I could but unfortunately my hair is my nemesis and won't cooperate if it's washed more than once a week

Anonymous · Answer

Every Single Day. Because Florida is the absolute most hot place you’ll ever know

Ευδεμονια · Answer

I was them every two days but in summer I may wash them everyday because of sweating. I can’t wash them more because I lose hair stressing them too much.

FreyaRed · Answer

Most showers I take don't include hair wash. My hair feels like a blond straw after washing even with best hair care products. It's softer and easier to handle if it's unwashed.

fivetoes · Answer

I don't always make time to wash myself and my hair every time. Showering every day tends to dry out my skin. I don't have long thick hair like I did when I was younger so why bother?

Titanic1912 · Answer

Every day is bad for your hair because it gives you oily roots and brittle ends.

mermaidcancermoon · Answer

Im black my curls are pencil sized and they dont hold moistire or oil very well. It can become brittle and break off if i shampoo more than once a week.

MTC29 · Answer

Every day. I know that this is more often than needed, but it was what I was taught. Old habits are very tough to break.

Fuentes · Answer

Twice a week with conditioner so it dont get dry and cause dandruff

Jouth · Answer

^^^^

AviatorTom · Answer

I wash my hair 2-3 times a week, while showering, sometimes more often. I shower more often but don't always wash my hair.

Adronicus · Answer

Depends on my amount of activity, at most 2 days, if I been working or sweating 1-2 times a day. I also like to use leave in conditioner. My hair really stands out the way I style it.

josephinelcajon · Answer

Every time I shower almost daily unless I had a sick or lazy day

EaterPeter · Answer

Everyday. I think you mean how often shampoo. I shampoo every other day.

TCredo · Answer

By "wash" I'm assuming you mean use shampoo - which I do about once a week - but I get my hair wet every time I shower which is 1-2 times a day :)

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

I wash my hair in the shower with head and shoulders shampoo once a week.

erandal · Answer

Most days but I will skip the odd day if I am short of time.

serious · Answer

Normal washing (without shampoo) everyday and with shampoo 3 days a week.

dustybiker · Answer

Every other day, unless it needs it. (Gardening or other ick gets up in there)

OldSchool_Metalhead · Answer

One or 2 times a week. I have curly hair and washing it very often leads to more dry frizziness.

sheikalana · Answer

Preferably every other day but while I'm working I usually wash my hair daily as I need to use lots of hair spray on my hair.

Lyndsielee666 · Answer

Once a week for the same reason. Dry shampoo is my baby 🥴

petitedollbabee · Answer

Every second day. If I leave it longer then my hair gets super oily.

DarkWinterNights · Answer

I played around with different lengths of time. Everyone’s a little different. I’ve found every 3 days to be just right so my hair doesn’t dry out.

HaveNoName · Answer

I shower at least once every day but I put shampoo on my hair with a gap of 2 or 3 days. The first day of shampoo is always a bad hair day for me so I want to enjoy ar least 2-3 good days.

leighbee · Answer

Everyday though my depression is pretty bad again so would say I wash my hair 5 to 7 times a week

beebella · Answer

Either every other day or every 3-4 days. It depends on what kind of week I'm having. 😂

Anpu23 · Answer

I shave it almost every day. Kind of like shampooing it involves soap and water...

AssholeNumberOne · Answer

Every day, but only because my mom said I have to because of my excessive dandruff

XXblack88 · Answer

Every other day unless I been working out or something like that

Fireguy17 · Answer

unless I was at a fire, then it seems that even twice a day isn't enough to get the smell out.

TexasRed95 · Answer

My job is very physically damnding so I sweat a lot plus it is also extremely dirty. I HAVE to bathe after work every day.

Slim57 · Answer

Everyday, I'm not like you disgusting girls, lol I'm just kidding I know about the shampoo affecting the hair and drying it out and all that good stuff, as long as it doesn't smell it's fine with me

20yearsolder · Answer

I don't have any but I scrub my head daily

NoUsernameSelected · Answer

Everyday when I work in the office. Every second day on vacations or home office.

DaveJord · Answer

Every time I take a shower I wash my hair, which is line every day but never more than every other day. SO yeah once a week is a little nasty.

jamesgoldman · Answer

A couple of times a week more if it's filthy, smokey or I'm getting a haircut the next day

maximumpower · Answer

depends on length and conditions. most = once a day before bed to get rid of the crud. least = every third day.

TallAnon · Answer

Every other day I shampoo it, I used conditioner every day, but my hair is short enough where it does not seem to matter anymore.

Anonymous · Answer

After 3 or 4 days, or sometimes daily if we have sex.

deano1990 · Answer

5 days a week after work. I don't wash my hair on my days off!

jahaims · Answer

Every 3rd shower unless I was mowing or something like that.

MountAverage · Answer

Every other day with shampoo, and the days in between just water.

Surely · Answer

Every time that I shower. Which is usually every day.

Likes2drive · Answer

Depends, every other day or every day if it’s really hot out

Anonymous · Answer

I use conditioner every day and shampoo once to twice a week, it’s what my barber told me to do

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