How long can you leave your hair unwashed!

[Eesha]

Not as icky as it sounds, but I could go a week. Just wondered if people leave it longer and could it make the condition better? I thought since I'm home, better try and improve my condition all over!

I shower every other day. If I leave it longer my scalp feels dirty and can end up itching like mad, which stops me sleeping. I've ended up having a shower at stupid o clock because of it.

I have to wash mine every day. I have fine hair and by the morning it feels soaked in grease. At a push I can go 2 days and other people say it doesn't look greasy but it definitely feels it and I feel dirty.

I usually last 6 days.

I thought I would try leaving it whilst WFH just to see what happened so nearly 4 weeks now.

The grease is down to chest level 🤮 think I'm going to cave and wash it...

Anytime I shower I wash my hair so for me just a day, not because it gets greasy it's just I want to feel clean all over and if my head's dirty it feels not right.

I used to wash my hair every day and if I didn't it was really greasy.
My hairdresser said this was because I was washing it too much and so washing out all the natural oils, etc, and it would be better for my hair to go down to washing it once a week.

He did say I would have to go through a greasy stage but, if I persevered, my hair would balance itself out, which it did.
I now wash it once a week but can go around 12 days before it starts to look greasy, if I've not used anything else in my hair.
I rarely use products on my hair though, but when I do, (usually heat protector & frizz serum ×1) then it does need washing after a week.

I actually have fine hair, but because there's so much of it it looks really thick.

2 days max. My hair would be greasy and I would feel so dirty. I've no idea how people can not wash their hair for a full week 😮

I wash mine every 3 days. Don't need to wash it more regularly than that as it doesn't need doing.

Every second day when at home but every day if I'm out and about or at work. Looks terrible on day 2 but I can just about get away with it. Very fine hair dry at ends and greasy roots. Lovely.

I used to wash my hair daily because leaving it for 1 day it would be so greasy. I now can go 2-3 days without washing it, but I had to persist for a while with days off in between washes (and looking disgusting) during the pandemic ive been washing my hair every 5-6 days. Today is day 5 and it is so very greasy but with very dry ends. I want to be one of those people who washes their hair once a week!

Usually every day in normal life but have been trying every other day since lockdown unless I have a work zoom meeting... can't bring myself to unleash my greasy locks on my work colleagues!

@MissBax I remember seeing that thing about not washing it for 6 weeks and it gos back to its proper state, when I was a teenager!

I was horrified. But I think it might work (provided you don't live in London etc),somewhere as unpolluted as possible.

Certainly straightening, blowdrying, washing every day has got to be bad for hair.

I’ve got dry curly hair. When I’m going in to the office I wash it twice a week (it actually looks best the day after washing it). As I’m not going into the office at the moment, I’m just washing it once a week.

A good week or so
Do you think it improves the condition not washing it for weeks ?

I've left mine 5 weeks now. Doesn't itch, just in a bun. Obviously I wouldn't go out out but thought I'd try it as an experiment!!

I look greasy after about 18 hours.

Thankfully I have dry shampoo which I use on the second day.

So I only actually wash it every other day.

I have always been hugely massively envious of people with dry hair. Those people that can go to a festival and doss in a tent for a long weekend and not even think about their hair. Bliss!

1 day . I couldn’t stand to be dirty .

4 days. My scalp gets itchy if I leave it any longer. I tend to wash my hair every 3/4 days. Day 4 hair needs to be put up as it is looking a bit greasy by then. Day 3 hair is more often than not still fine to leave down but has lost most of the volume so doesn’t look as good.

I think these things really depend on your hair type and lifestyle. Very fine hair probably needs washed every day or second day. Very curly / Afro hair can go a week or longer before it needs washed. Also things like people who work out a lot and sweat will need to wash hair more often. People who work outdoors or with animals probably need to wash hair more often due to animal smells/mud/hay etc. Pollution in cities can also make your hair dirt much quicker than if you live in a less populated area.

4 weeks tomorrow and counting.
Dies it look good?
Fuck, no, but since Im shielding and live alone I thought it a good time to see what would happen.
I dont give it a thourough brush, then comb, then rinse every day though.

4 days but it usually goes in a bun on day 3.

I usually wash it twice a week but at a push I could go once a week.

Usually around a week. But I’m tempted to wash my hair again the night before I go back to work proper - ie in the office. Whenever that may be. I’m on day 3 now.

Every 3/4 days for me.
My hair is incredibly frizzy and I use quite a lot of product to try and tame it so by day 4 it looks dull and lifeless unless I was out.

Six days. My hair hair nevers gets greasy, unless I eat something oily. I have dry skin and non sweaty armpits (two things which mean that greasy hair is less likely). I have straight, very long hair. I usually wash my hair three times a week.

I'm guessing most posters are European, each individual hair is fine and have straight or wavy hair? You certainly wouldn't need to wash coarse, very curly or ethnic hair daily!

Once a week here unless there’s a special occasion and I want to blow dry it nicely and have been this way for about 2 years. Very, very thick hair that takes an hour to dry and style. My hair grows about an inch a month and I wonder if it’s because of washing it less or just luck.