How often do you wash your hair?

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Frankie Bridge has said on Instagram that she's now gone 4 days without washing her hair.

I wash mine once a week - is everyone else doing it every day?! AIBU to think 4 days is nothing?

I wash mine every day but it's long and I feel like all the dirt and smells of the day cling to it.

I have extensions and get a professional salon blow dry once a week which lasts. I cant stand washing my own hair!

Twice a week. I used to do it everyday because it was oily but actually it stopped getting so oily after I started washing it less (on the advice of my hairdresser).

Sometimes I use a bit of dry shampoo on the roots in between washes but it doesn't need it often.

Twice a week! Mine is very long to my hips and incredibly thick, there is zero chance I’m washing it everyday, it takes hours!

Once a week. I have thick, curly hair. It takes too long to wash and dry it to do it more than that. It's also very dry/coarse, and doesn't go greasy very quickly as a result.

Always every other day but as I've got a little older, I am finding more and more I can leave it to every 3 days, provided I am not going anywhere smart on the 3rd day and am happy just to have it tied back.

Every other day by habit or every 3rd day but I find I'd probably need a bit dry shampoo by day 3. I have mid back length hair and it's probably shoved up in a bun 5 days a week at least

Once a week for me. I have long hair that only really gets greasy at the roots. Drying it so it doesn't resemble a birds nest is also a massive faff and probably damages it so mostly I wash it on a Saturday evening and put it in a plait and then go to bed. If I'm feeling more energetic I put coconut oil on it, partially blow dry it then put it in a plait and go to bed!
I also get very dry and flaky skin if I shower too often as well. It's always been a balancing act between being clean and being an itchy flake monster.

Twice a week

@whywhythough I like to leave my conditioner in for about 8-10 minutes as my hair is very, very dry. Hard keeping the hair out of the shower spray for 8-10 minutes!

Mine can manage 3 days without a wash at a push. I used the lockdown too to extend it, it used to be every day.

Every other day. It’s very short - standard ‘short back and sides’ approach - so it’s easy to do and tends to get manky if I try to eke it out to 3 days.

Mine's quite short so I can wash it every day - never miss. I do it in the shower otherwise it feels horrible.

Every 3-5 days

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Am i missing a trick?! I have hair above shoulder-length which is fine altho a lot of it, and i wash it every other day. I can sometimes eke it out to a 3rd day if my hormones aren't against me, and ive had it pinned up. Once a week?! This would be amazing!

For most people, the more often you wash your hair, the more often it needs to be washed. I experimented with this when I was more hippy-ish in my very early 20s and I could easily go 3 weeks without washing it and it would be bouncy and shiny and look freshly washed for about 19 days. I wash it weekly now and it looks great for 5 days. Day 6 is a day for a ponytail. And by day 7, it needs to be washed. In hot weather I need to wash it more, especially if I've been wearing a bike helmet. And if I wash it after 3 days, 2 days later it starts feeling like it needs to be washed again.

Every other day generally. I might let it slip slightly during school hols (I work term time), but not often as usually I'm out and about anyway

Usually every other day, occasionally every third day, sometimes every day.

Depends on whether it smells of cooking which I can't bear, or whether I wake with it all over the place & it's easier to wash it than fight with it

I wash mine every 3/4 days it takes ages to dry with being so long my fringe seems to get greasy quickest and I have known to just wash my fringe and leave the rest putting it up in a messy bun so it doesn't show any grease which may be there.I'm so lazy sometimes as it takes a good hour to dry.

Don't you other weekly washers find your hair gets physically dirty though, marks pillow cases, looks darker if blonde, smells a bit of cooking? Not judging, as I wash weekly, but have all these issues, which I dislike. Any tips for keeping it 'clean'?

Daily here. I have PCOS and if I leave it more than 36 hours I look like I’ve pulled a shift in a chippy!

If I’m in a hurry or really can’t be arsed I will use dry shampoo but the following day it’s awful and I need to shampoo and rinse at least 3 times to get the grease out!

Every 36-48 hours. I average 4 times a week. My hair is thick, gets greasy incredibly quick and starts matting if I leave it any longer. I also straighten it so it's a 30-40 min effort every two days.

I've tried leaving it, I've tried different shampoos, not drying it, putting it up, nothing works. I also have a hormonal imbalance (hirsutism) so that's probably why it behaves like this. Every 2 days it is!

I exercise every day and get very sweaty so every day

Generally every other day. If I want to wear it down it needs to be freshly washed as it gets greasy really quickly. When I wash it in the morning it's on its way to greasy by the evening.

@5128gap I never find my pillow has a discolouration but if I've been somewhere they're cooking something very pungent there might be a whiff possibly?

I never really cook food at home though, eat a lot of salads, etc.