How often SHOULD you wash your hair?

Hi Gohan, I have read about the above, about too frequent washing can strip your hair of oils. I usually wash mine every other day, unless the weather is hot, and I sweat. I use herbal-based shampoos too; in fact, nowadays everyone seems to be going for organic and herbals.

i never really haven't been making any notes on how often i wash my hair until this dicussion. because there are those days i don't take a bath because the day is lousy and i got lazy. Well, at least i tried to stay away from people on those 'no bath' days

I have heard it is not good to wash your hair every day but I always wash mine at night and let it dry naturally, I just don't feel clean if I don't wash my hair once a day and i thin k it looks better when it has been washed..

I have heard that you should not wash your hair every day also. I normally do mine every other day unless it looks dirty sooner. I have a dry scalp and washing my hair every day makes it even drier.

It depends on your hair type. For long, curly/wavy locks like mine, that's daily. For fine hair...well, as long as you can go, the less you wash the better. Oily scalps are actually every other day, because washing daily actually increases oil production. Use dry shampoo on the off days if your hair is really oily. If you have long straight hair, every other day is fine. Really, the only hair type that should be washed daily is the long, thick, curly or wavy hair. The rest should be every other day or less.

I use to take oil bath every saturday .so,i wash my hair every saturday,it was practiced from my childhood.

I have also been told that washing your hair every day removes oils. I think every other day should be pretty good. At least that's what we do at our house. :) Nice to know you use herbal shampoo. I am always looking for good herbal shampoos.

From what I have read myself, you are not supposed to wash your hair every day. It strips your hair of it's natural oils and it makes your hair more prone to breaking or splitting. Instead, they say to wash your hair every other day, and on the days you don't wash your hair, to condition only the ends or to just rinse your hair with cool water.