Shampoo for Greasy Hair

[Pinkbanana]

A friend told me a few years ago that if you don't wash your hair for 10 days it starts to clean itself. Is this true?

I personally would not have thought so...but then again, Im no trichologist... I have always been told that you should wash your hair everyday...

Jelly belly you could always give it a go (not washing your hair for several weeks) and report back to us...

[Jojo]

A friend told me a few years ago that if you don't wash your hair for 10 days it starts to clean itself. Is this true?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1787

The above is an article in the Daily Mail, where reporter/journalist, Andrew Marr admits that he no longer washes his hair. People with dreadlocks also don't wash their hair, they simple rinse with some water, don't use shampoo and thats it.

Some articles state within a few weeks, others a couple of months (so they could in essence mean the same time scale) but it does happen...



I was always told washing your hair every day strips it of its essential oils, and therefore you shouldn't feel you HAVE to wash it more than every couple of days, unless you are a complete greasemonger that is

[Kim]

I wouldn't think it does, but I think after a point, it doesn't get any worse. There's this woman that I find standing outside the same supermarket every time in the next town, and she hasn't washed her hair for years. It looks disgusting, but I haven't noticed that it's got any worse.

[xTanya]

It doesn't they did an experiment on this morning once and the womans hair just continued to get greasy lol.

My hair is pretty greasy I used to wash it everyday but now I do it every other day and it does look better than it used to after not washing it so it can train itself not to get so greasy

[Pinkbanana]

I think its down the individual about the frequency of washing the ol' locks...

My hair is kind of combination and I wash it everyday because I use styling products on it, and it would look a total mess if I didnt.

Also this 'top' trichologist fella to the stars (Victoria Beckham goes to him... ) says that just like you wash your face everyday, you should wash your hair everyday. Though I guess its what works for you personally that counts at the end of the day.

[Abigail]

A friend told me a few years ago that if you don't wash your hair for 10 days it starts to clean itself. Is this true?

I personally would not have thought so...but then again, Im no trichologist... I have always been told that you should wash your hair everyday...

Jelly belly you could always give it a go (not washing your hair for several weeks) and report back to us...

Seeing as I'm on study leave and I haven't felt too good over the past few days, I haven't washed it for 5/6 days. It was propper greasy and I couldn't put up with it any more so my mum helped me wash it this morning. It took ages for all the grease to come out and it's still a bit greasy now.

I wonder how people with dreads manange to keep their hair grease free. It always looks so clean whenever I see someone with them.

[Jojo]

Apparently its where bits of hair break off and just sit within the dreads JB, from what I've read anyway

[Chloe O'brien]

About fifteen years ago I got my hair put in tiny pleats. It took about 8 hours to do but it lasted for 6 months it was great for the summer when going abroad as I didn't have to bother with hairdryers or styling products. I used to wash my hair every couple of days anyway. After six months I took the pleats out and there was about six inches of dead hair that came out but my hair was so soft and shiny that you wouldn't think it hadn't been washed properly for that time. So I guess it can be true that through time your own oils help repair your head. Though saying that my head was ichy for days afterwards.

[di marco]

A friend told me a few years ago that if you don't wash your hair for 10 days it starts to clean itself. Is this true?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1787

The above is an article in the Daily Mail, where reporter/journalist, Andrew Marr admits that he no longer washes his hair. People with dreadlocks also don't wash their hair, they simple rinse with some water, don't use shampoo and thats it.

Some articles state within a few weeks, others a couple of months (so they could in essence mean the same time scale) but it does happen...



I was always told washing your hair every day strips it of its essential oils, and therefore you shouldn't feel you HAVE to wash it more than every couple of days, unless you are a complete greasemonger that is

yeh i read that somewhere too. apparently it will go really really greasy to start with but after that the natural oils in your hair will start to clean itself. my mum said she read somewhere that if you had never washed your hair from when you were born (only with warm water) then it would never get greasy, but cos of little kids getting stuff stuck in their hair and cos of going in swimming pools and so having to use shampoo to get out the chlorine, your hair reacts to the shampoo and so depends on it to keep your hair from getting greasy. dont know if ive explained that too well but apparently it should work but cos our lifestyles will require us to use shampoo even on occassions this would never happen properly

[di marco]

another good trick if your hair is greasy and you dont have time to wash it, is to use talcum powder in your hair, put a bit in your hands, rub them together, then rub you hands over your hair, and then comb it through, as it dries the grease out and you cant see the talc in you hair at all

I heard they do that in hospital to people who are really ill and can't get out of bed. Does it work the same way as dry shampoo? I keep meaning to get some but it's expensive.

i have never used dry shampoo, but my mum did years ago, and reckons it is as good. i find it a godsend, especially if i dont have time to wash it before work, and it is cheap to as you can buy a bottle of talc for a quid, and you dont need much of it, i have had the same bottle of talc for several months now (300 g bottle) and there is still tonnes in it, give it a go, it is worth a try, at the end of the day, if using talc does not work for you what have you lost.

but i am sure it will, one of the girls at work suggested it to us months ago, and now a lot of us in the office use the trick, and everyone has said the talc dries the grease up,

i might sound really stupid, but whats this dry shampoo stuff? does it work the same as if you washed your hair with normal shampoo? would you use it alternatively with normal shampoo or could you use it instead of? not that im disgusting and dont want to wash my hair lol just that my hairs curly so i straighten my hair everytime i wash it which takes ages