How often do you wash your hair?

I have heard it is healthier to was every other day than to wash everyday. My question is for those of you that wash every other day or less. How do you style your hair on the days in between and what do you do about dirt and oil? I go to the gym on a daily basis and my hair gets pretty saturated so it really needs washed. What I do is wash and condition at night (allsoft) and just wet it down in the morning to put some product in it to style. Is washing everyday ruining my hair? I do use the blowdryer every morning but not for long periods of time. Anyway, I was just curious. Thanks

I only wash my hair once a week, on Sundays, using either herbs or clay.

However, on Wednesdays I apply fresh lemon juice to my scalp and rinse it out with water.

If I exercise and get sweaty headed, I simply rinse with hot and then cold water.

I usually wash it every day. I cannot stand it if my hair is even a little bit greasy. But I have heard you can train your scalp to go without washing a bit longer. I really should start trying that, because washing long hair daily is a bit timeconsuming, considering the time it takes to dry and my not wanting to use a blowdryer.

But I agree with demodoll, how fast your hair becomes greasy definitely depends on the climate and how active you are. Air pollution is no friend of clean hair either.

Thanks for the responses. My hair is getting kinda dry and I think it is because I wash so much but I don't know what else to do. I don't think I could stand not washing everyday. I also live in a humid climate, sweat a lot. Not to sound gross but after one day my scalp itches terribly. Should I be using some oils on the ends where it is dryest maybe? I do get regular trims and I use good products but maybe there is something else I need to be using?

I don't like my hair the day I wash it.

I'm with Lyris...My hair looks better the 2nd, 3rd or even 4th day, in the winter.

My wave settles down, I have more styling product in my hair and I like that texture better. The styling products we have now, are so wonderful...light, clean, flexible hold brushable even with my 3 day's worth of products layered on.

I have very dry skin in general, I wish I had more oil.

Some shampoos seem to keep hair cleaner longer.
My daughter with her 15 year old oily skin swears the Alterna shampoo gets her an extra day or two.

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it depends on what kind of weather you have
I live in a tropical climate, very humid, very very sticky and greasy, but d*****t i cant seem to stop washing everyday. it just feels dirty, by not washing it. s**t i shower 3 times a day because weather is unbearable. Other than drying does overwashing your hair gives any side effects

Hi,

I personally shampoo my hair everyday. My hair is about 1/3 down my back and is naturally curly. As many of you already know that the nature of natural curls is to be dry. When I do not shampoo every day the air pulls the moisture right out of it. (air; central heat and air inside) Shampooing with the proper shampoo (mine is All-Soft) can replace it with the proper moisture, not the dirty greasy stuff that comes from your scalp. Think about it, would you take the oils from your face (T-zone are) and use it as a skin moisturizer? yuck.

Granted some people do not have to shampoo everyday because thier scalp does not produce alot of oil.

I know alot may not agree with me but I do have my hands in about 30-40 different heads of hair a week.

I used to have to wash my hair everyday, I felt like I had just woke up all day if i didn't. But wiithin the last few years I have found that going 2,3 sometimes 4 days without washing, my hair looks thicker, holds the curl better. (I always had to dirty up my hair to get it to curl).

The way I dscovered this was an accident, I had an early morning appt and just didn't have time to wash, dry & style, so I just plugged in the curling brush and hoped for the best...I was going to the horse arena so it didn't really matter if it looked bad. Plus, i was using Millefollium on my scalp to darken it so it didn't look so thin and it takes a bit longer to put that stuff on (I won't go out without it). I was pleasantly surprised at how well my hair curled and looked and held all day, plus the millifollium was lasting twice as long. Call me cheap, I don't care.

I wash every other day (or more often if I've been swimming or sweating a lot). If I don't wash my hair every other day, the top of my head looks greasy. Ugh.

I wash everyday.  I can't stand to have greasy or dirty hair.  I love having clean fresh smelling hair.