To think that "training" really greasy hair just isn't possible for some people?

I got picked on at school, not to my face, but I could see them pointing at my crown. My parents wouldn't let me wash it every day.

Yes, it's strange, although I took "not washing" to be literally that!

She must be rincing her hair in between washes with shampoo, surely? Maybe with an atringent like apple cider vinegar to kill germs and remove oils. In which case, she is washing her hair, otherwise she'd be a bit pungent (to put it politely).

Mine is oily and I wash it every other day but only managed that after I no longer had a side fringe. I can’t wet it though on the second day, I have to wear a shower cap over it.

My hair is fine and I was washing it every day at one point, but I brought it back to every other day.

I generally just brush it on Day 2 but sometimes just wash the front section, if absolutely desperate!

I will say, one of the best shampoos I have tried for my greasy hair is the Keratase Bain Divalent and as my hair usually gets greasy overnight, it’s one of the best ones I use if I want to wash my hair evening before and it not be greasy the next morning. It’s expensive though so I use mostly when I want hair to look half decent the next day as opposed to my usual tied back!

Exactly same with me! It was an amazing time for my hair (my lips, not so much 😂).

Yeah I’m 51 and my hair has always needed a daily wash. The only thing that I can occasionally get away with is wetting it in the shower (so no shampoo etc), drying it, and maybe some dry shampoo. Can’t really see the point of that unless I know I’m going to be shampooing later that day eg after the gym.

Yes, that puzzles me, because the scalp gets sweaty and dirty, and so does the hair. Otherwise why do people in catering and health services wear caps and hats?

@TheJuryIsOut it doesn’t sound nice but I saw someone on TV many years ago and she had stopped washing it (apparently) and after a horrible few months of greasiness it looked like normal hair again (of course, she may have been lying). Always been curious but never actually
tried it. When I was younger I only
had to wash mine weekly but now it is every 2-3 days.

Three weeks without washing sounds quite a lot though. I suppose it works for her.

I have very straight fine hair (it looks thick as there is a lot of it) and I've tried going without washing but it feels like someone emptied a chip pan on my head the day after. I don't use conditioner either.

Bit the flip side is because my skin is so oily it is in really good condition for someone in their mid 50s. Forehead is wrinkle free.

So the grease is a good thing for me. I'm happy with my greasy hair!

I have to wash mine everyday because of my
job, I have friends who wash once a week my hairdresser can go 3 weeks without washing I would look like worzel gummidge. I think you have to just do what suits you

Yes my dermatologist has told me that “training” your hair to not be greasy is a myth. Think about it this way, would you only wash your face once a week? Absolutely not how disgusting, the skin on your face and the skin on your scalp is the same thing. Some people can get away with not washing their hair very often as maybe it thick or dry, but best believe their scalp is DIRTY, I can always smell when someone hasn’t washed their hair.

Damn straight.

I had to wash my hair every other day or the grease was noticeable, especially as a teenager. The one good thing about being post menopausal is the dryness of my hair! I can get away with twice weekly now with the help of dry shampoo

I did sink wash some parts of me, but I'm not sure it ever occured to me to try and wash my hair in the sink. Which sounds stupid now, even to me, but it had been drummed into me that washing "unnecessarily" was vain and immodest.

My parents' attitude is a mix of very conservative Christianity, beliefs they've invented themselves, and (I suspect) mental illness. I won't clog up the thread, but the shower situation was far from the weirdest thing in that house!

Ive tried and failed many times with this. I’m an oily person, very oily skin and quite fine hair. I can manage a day or two without my hair looking noticeably grim but to me it just feels rank. It itches and even if it doesn’t look bad, I can just feel that it’s unclean. I tend to wash my hair daily even if I’m not going out just because I want to feel fresh within myself. I’ve long since stopped caring what it looks like to others but I can’t stand feeling greasy and unwashed.

I thought you had to persevere and never wash it if you want it to settle completely @TheJuryIsOut once a week wouldn’t have trained it … my understanding is also it looks worse before it gets better

If I wash mine on a morning, it's generally ok until about lunchtime the next day and I can eke it out with dry shampoo but I don't love how that feels or how dull it makes it, so if I was going out that second night, I'd begrudgingly rewash on day 2. It's really annoying.

I have noticed that using a moisturising shampoo helps, I think because my scalp then might not feel as much need to add its own moisture (ie. grease) - I use the Aussie Moist one and then condition just the ends.

I've also read that drying your hair aftee washing is better than letting it air dry, and your hair is better for longer and that draws the oils out faster. I'm not sure I've consistently tested that to say if it's true.

I might look at the Aveeno apple cider vinegar one - thanks for the rec!

My face isn’t that oily and I hardly ever get spots, but my hair couldn’t be trained either. It’s also 36-hour hair. I tried in lockdown too and it was just awful. It’s crazy that we’d all been told so insistently that training our hair was necessary that the whole bloody nation decided they’d get on to that essential task in the teeth of a pandemic, as soon as we could do it without being seen! Silicone-free shampoo stopped my fringe separating and gives it more body, but didn’t do anything for how long I could leave it between washes. My scalp itches like fuck if I use dry shampoo so I’d rather wash it than put up with that. It is fine and thin, and it picks up cooking smells badly, but in the plus side it dries very fast.

I just think it's pot luck what your genes are. Some people produce a lot more oil and sebum. I am a person who never gets greasy hair ever.… I am more prone to dry. Never got spots. My hair holds the smell of shampoo for at least 5/6 days, I only need to wash it once a week and it's down to almost my bum and thick. It would be terrible for my hair to constantly wash. Maybe if you trialled a shampoo that’s supposed to be good for oil? But I’m not sure you can train.

I can not wash my hair everyday due to grease which I am pleased about as love washing it everyday and don't feel right unless I do.

I love all aveeno, it's the only shampoo i can use daily and it doesn't cause any irritation. Their moisturising products are really good for sensitive skin, too.