# How often do you Shampoo your hair? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 13, 2000, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shampoo-your-hair/29181 "2000-08-13T09:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shampoo-your-hair/29181/41 "2000-08-15T11:50:59Z")
I’ve worn my hair short for years and always washed it every 2 or 3 days. I don’t use a blow dryer very often, I never used a conditioner and my hair always looked healthy and shiny. Then, a couple weeks ago, we bought a hot tub. Now I have to wash my hair every night after I get out of the 'tub. My hair is dryish looking and feeling from all the washing. I bought some conditioner, and have been using it but it isn’t helping much. I’m going to have to do some research on conditioners and find something that works. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shampoo-your-hair/29181/42 "2000-08-15T12:17:01Z")
Due to very thick hair, I must wash it every day. If not, I go places and my “bed head” follows me everywhere I go. If, for some strange reason I cannot, or did not wash my hair on day 1, I wear my trusty hat to cover the mess up. 🙂 -Sam ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shampoo-your-hair/29181/43 "2000-08-15T12:53:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by boli \* > \*\*All of you every-other-day washers: do you shower daily? If so, do you let your hair get wet? I just can’t fathom this. I seriously know NO ONE that doesn’t wash their hair every day. > > I coat mine with so much goop to tame it down, there’s no way I wouldn’t wash that out every morning. I think if you condition it properly every time, you can avoid dry and frizzy hair. Also, I find that I lose **a lot** of hair if I don’t wash it every day. \*\* My wife showers every day, but only washes her hair every other or every third day. She has beautiful fine blond hair that does not get oily. I have to wash my hair every day or it becomes an oily mess. The interesting thing is, if I work really hard and my hair gets drenched in sweat, when it dries, it is no longer oily. It feels like crap so I wash it, but it’s not oily. ---
**Author:** ![Meephead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Meephead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meephead)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shampoo-your-hair/29181/44 "2000-08-15T21:37:30Z")
I wash mine every two to three days…more often if it is really dusty or dirty. I have very long hair that reaches my waist in the rear, but is short on top. It is, for me, the best of both worlds. I don’t have a real problem with oily hair unless I wear my hat alot. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shampoo-your-hair/29181/45 "2000-08-15T23:11:02Z")
My hair isn’t waist length yet, but it’s getting there. Still, I wash it every day because I’m just such a greaseball that you can tell if I haven’t. I usually use a shampoo/conditioner combo like Pert Plus, but I’ve noticed that sometimes that leaves a greasy build-up that makes it look like I haven’t washed my hair, so I also have a bottle of Neutragena clarifying shampoo that I use about once a week or whenever I’m feeling greasy again. I envy people who don’t have to wash their hair everyday. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shampoo-your-hair/29181/46 "2000-08-15T23:55:13Z")
I have to wash mine on a daily basis, otherwise it gets greasy and icky and I get zits along my hairline. FWIW, I have short, but thick, red hair, and I don’t use glop to style it, nor do I use conditioner or a blow dryer. OTOH, when I had long hair, (down past my shoulderblades) it was a pain to keep it clean cuz there was so much of it. Robin ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shampoo-your-hair/29181/47 "2000-08-16T04:03:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by boli \* > \*\*All of you every-other-day washers: do you shower daily? If so, do you let your hair get wet? I just can’t fathom this. I seriously know NO ONE that doesn’t wash their hair every day. > \*\* Shower caps make it simple to shower without washing your hair. You can also pin up your hair and take a bath. I was told by several black co-workers that washing hair daily would cause it to break off or fall out. I assured them that it would not for me and they seemed skeptical. At the time my hair was only to my waist and I did wash it every weekday. All of them were very scrupulous about personal hygiene and appearance; I know it was not out of laziness (like me on weekends that I am on my own) that they didn’t shampoo daily, but rather out of concern for their hair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shampoo-your-hair/29181.md?page=2)