fine oily permed hair

Hi Liane :)Good morning! Glad I was able to help you.Yes, I guess based on my own experience with my hair someone can have an oily scalp but dry hair. Kind of a double whammy of sorts. I mean, you want to take care of your hair by treating the oily scalp with a good but gentle shampoo BUT you also don't want to dry your hair out too much either. One good way I've learned to do this, is when shampooing just concentrate the shampoo mainly on the scalp and use at least a couple times a week a nice deep conditioner or hot oil treatment. This is the method that seems to work for me best so far.Liane, this is just my opinion but you wrote and I quote "if I skip a day my hair gets that wet look on top". If you find this is your experience, then maybe your scalp needs that daily shampoo. If you find this has been your experience, then I would continue with the daily shampoo. You have to do whatever works for you!Hope I helped. If you have anymore questions, please let me know and I will be more than happy to answer them later on this evening. Okay?Have a great day and take care!!Maria :)Related Link:Maria In Mass

Maria,Since I'm growing my hair, I'm trying to be extremely gentle with it, but you reminded me of one way that I'm a little lax -- rinsing my hair with extremely warm water! In the winter, it just feel sooooo good to have warm water falling on my head and body! But it also obviously isn't good for either.Which is curious, though....in salons, almost without exception, my hair has been washed and rinsed in VERY hot water. In fact, sometimes I almost jump a bit in reaction to the water, which nearly burns me.To any stylists -- why do some stylists use such very warm water? You would think they would know it wouldn't be good for the hair!> Hi Liane :)> Like you, my scalp is also oily but my hair is very> thick, several inches below my shoulders, and normal> to slightly dry. My main concern with my scalp is that> I have a condition called sebborheic dermatitis which> often develops into something called folliculitis.> I've noticed that if I do not shampoo my hair> everyday, my scalp becomes even more oily which> irritates my scalp even more, more flakes appear, and> more little red sores develop.> Now if your scalp is just oily with no scalp problems> and if you've found shampooing everyday works best for> you, than I'd continue your regimen of shampooing> everyday. In a shampoo, forget about looking for one> created for those with oily hair as often the> detergents in oily hair shampoos are quite harsh.> Instead, look for one that is made for normal hair> with gentle ingrediants which contain no conditioners> or ingrediants that can build up in the hair. Always> rinse well, use the coolest water you can stand (won't> stimulate your scalp), and rinse rinse rinse. When you> use your weekly conditioner, just apply it to the hair> from the ears down and again rinse rinse rinse.> You can also make your own rinses if you like which> really help with oily scalps. One can be made with the> juice from a lemon mixed in a cup of water and another> with a cup of apple cider vinegar mixed in a cup of> water. Years ago, this is what I used on my scalp and> it really helped along with shampooing everyday with a> good gentle shampoo.> Hope I helped. If you need anymore help, please let me> know and I'd be more than happy to help. Just ask :)> PS. I never heard of Pears Daily Shampoo. Is this> available here in the US too?> *Hugs*> Maria

Hi,I have fine hair (but lots of it) which is normally oily. (if I skip a day of washing, it's grease city) Right now I still have an old perm (since spring '99)... My newest hair since the perm is down to the top of my ears and the perm has loosened quite a bit.. to just being a bit wavy... although when I brush it, it gets frizzy (just static I think).I am currently using Pears daily care shampoo every day and Pears daily care conditioner once a week. Once a month I use Tea Tree Shampoo to remove buildup. (just started this regimen).Before that I was using Pantene 2 in 1 for Normal hair.I was wondering what your various opinions would be on whether I should keep doing what I have just started... or change to something else? And if I should change... then what should I try?I noticed last time I bought shampoo that most of the shampoos available were 2 in 1's... didn't really want to get Pears but everything else was 2 in 1. (didn't notice before since I always bought 2 in 1 anyway)I was looking initially for shampoo for Oily hair... but all I found was shampoo for normal, dry/damaged, and colour treated hair. One was even for Normal to Dry hair.What should I look for then? Shampoo for Oily hair? Or shampoo for permed hair? Just a gentle daily care shampoo?Or a shampoo for fine hair?How often should I be shampooing?How often should I be using conditioner?How often should I use the clarifying shampoo? (Tea Tree)I'd also like to mention that in the past it has been very hard for a perm to take.... the alarm would go off several times for the stylist to check my hair, and each time the stylist would say "oh... it's STILL not ready!!... and she'd have to set the alarm again".Except the last time... my hair seemed to be done much quicker this time. And this is the best perm I had ever gotten if I go by the amount of tangles and dryness. Although that could be because I didn't use a blow dryer this time and I waited until my hair was dry before picking it and I never combed or brushed it. I do comb and brush it now though since my hair is almost straight again now anyway.