How often do you wash your hair?

Conditioner is a scam.

Used to actually wear a shower cap in the shower.

When my hair is long, it gets very Pert commercial / male model when it's clean - when it's not, it looks awesome. My dad used to call me Barfly. Anyway, I recently shaved my head to find it covered in nasty rash / acne, had to use that ol' stripper's trick and Witch Hazel the shit out of it just to reduce the redness. Awesome.

I had a nightmare once about rash/acne/fungus shaped like cactus growing out of my head. You sir are living the dream.

Wow, my body is just gross.

(This is the most disgusting thing I've written on this board since the belly button thread.)

I've been looking at photos of my younger days and am somewhat astonished at how sleek, shiny, smooth and utterly straight my hair used to be. Now it's just frizz, where no matter how much I comb in the morning it turns into alfalfa. I've been experimenting with different shampoos, scheduling showers different times of the day, doubling conditioner amounts or not using any at all.

Finally I just decided to not wash my hair for a day - and then 2, and then 3. And what I've found is that I had some of the sleekest, shiniest hair I've had in over a decade... and nobody seemed to make any comments about the "greasy" aspect. It sure felt greasy, but only compared to norm - when actually looking the mirror, my hair only appeared to be moist; but not gooping to the point where I could wring my hair out and make it into butter. Case in point, my better hair days where spent in down in San Francisco where the air is moist - for the past decade I've been living here with Denver, and with it's obvious implications of being one of the dryest cities in the nation.

I've done some research and hear from numerous sources that washing your hair on a daily basis was only popularized in the 80's, when frizzy hair was at its fashionable peak. Somehow that just stuck, and people have been doing it ever since. I'm not one to believe conspiracy theories, but admittedly I have to kick the bucket and say that there is a degree to where your hair should retain some of the oils it produces - and not have them constantly washed away and replenished by artificial means.

I stopped washing my hair with shampoo last Oct actually and it's become my favorite hair ever (I used to hate it). Just thoroughly rinse it in the shower every day (or every time you shower).

gooping to the point where I could wring my hair out and make it into butter

A+ grossout imagery, I will now wash my hair straightaway.

I've posted on other threads about how much healthier my scalp and hair are now - maybe use shampoo (non-sulfate, anti-inflammatory, neem-based) once every month or two, usually just rinse really well every morning. The only product I use daily is awapuhi moisture mist (Paul Mitchell), which is basically water, castor oil, and salt. I still color it, which never fries it anymore because both my hair and scalp have enough natural oil to protect them. It's been 4 years since I started experimenting with not shampooing and it's worked out well for me.

I do remember ad campaigns back in the early 70's that focused on washing your hair not just every day, but lathering up twice.

i guess i'm gross but i wash my hair every other day. i usually take showers late at night, and my hair is usually really poofy the morning/day after. but the day after that is usually 100x better.

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My hair has been thoroughly shitty the last year or so...stiff, dry, frizzy, prone to breakage, every awful thing. I think I should probably use one of these "conditioners" I've heard so much about but I am a dude and basically an imbecile as far as anything past basic hygiene is concerned.

I stopped washing my hair with shampoo last Oct actually and it's become my favorite hair ever

My anniversary is June 2009. It's not for everyone. Some people's hair really does get greasy and awful. Mine was a haystack before, and now it's hair.

when i don't wash my hair at least every couple of days i look like kramer &/or jerry when they had the low flow shower heads