Help - how to wash thick, greasy teen hair!

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We’re having trouble with DD12’s hair and I wondered if anyone could offer any advice. She has very thick, long hair and now puberty has hit it is getting greasy. The problem is that she is struggling to get her hair clean when she washes it in the shower, it generally seems to hold onto the grease or possibly some of the shampoo. We’ve been trying different shampoos and using a squirt bottle to get diluted shampoo to the roots but it’s not really helped.

If I wash it for her in the bath, it’s ok but obviously she doesn’t want me to do that every time.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

I have mid back length very thick coarse red hair and I can't get to my scalp properly its so thick I'm best off using a scalp/shampoo. I brush my hair put before I wash it wash twice usually as I only wash it once a week its such a chore. My hair is dry though, never gets greasy. I use a leave in conditioner

Paul Micthell Shampoo number 3.

-shampoo twice (make sure it’s the right shampoo for her hair type), but I f washing daily, might only need to wash once. Really scrub the scalp when washing and don’t touch hair often during the day because it goes greasy more quickly.
-tie hair back at night and as much as possible during the day too.
-get a portable backwash that attaches to your sink so you can wash her hair - you’ll pay about £60.
-take her to the hairdressers and her her hair thinned out.

Also I can't stress this enough - you cannot leave greasy hair to dry on its own. You need to use a hair dryer and make sure the scalp is bone dry.

More great ideas, thank you all.

So true about not leaving it to dry naturally! Drying thoroughly is a must

@thatsnotmyslimfast

-shampoo twice (make sure it’s the right shampoo for her hair type), but I f washing daily, might only need to wash once. Really scrub the scalp when washing and don’t touch hair often during the day because it goes greasy more quickly. -tie hair back at night and as much as possible during the day too. -get a portable backwash that attaches to your sink so you can wash her hair - you’ll pay about £60. -take her to the hairdressers and her her hair thinned out.

Really good advice!

Good idea to get a portable back wash.

The amount of mums who end up bringing their DDs into the shop for shorter haircuts because of this very reason is so common.

Yesterday a mum brought her two DDs in and they both had hair all the way down their backs. 12 inches chopped off for the older one who was also 12yo because of the same reason to make her hair easier to manage. And 19 inches chopped off for the younger one who was 9yo because the mum was at her wits end with head lice.

You could try getting her hair thinned out first, but it that doesn’t help, consider chopping some length off. Then when she can look after it herself at that length or the greasy stage passes, she can grow it back and get used to looking after it bit by bit as it gets longer.

Good idea from @HairdresserMum about cutting some length off, but easier said that done because 12 year olds going into their teenager years are at a difficult age.

Put your foot down if you need to though. You’re still the parent at the end of the day. It won’t directly stop it getting greasy, but it will be easier to manage when washing.

The body shop used to do Annette shampoo that was really good for greasy hair, if they still do it then that might help.

*a nettle shampoo

I'd give it a wash with fairy liquid once at the scalp to break it down ... I do this maybe every 3-4 months just to remove product build up

I know I know 🤣

But it probably needs a good clarifying shampoo to remove the grease

Then a deep condition on the ends

I use high end shampoo the rest of the time but blow dry a lot and get patches of product build up .

I use tgel for oily scalp. I found that it didn't matter what I done I constantly had a grease build up on my hair from my teens and everytime move away from this shampoo I really struggle.

Best to buy it on Amazon (and sometimes Asda).

Good luck!