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Hey guys :) I have been battling a naturally oil scalp during my hair growth process. I typically have to wash at least every other day it seems. Yesterday I purchased some new balancing shampoo that my wife's hair stylist mentioned for my scalp type/hair type. I want to be able to go at least 2 days in between washing. Here is a hair pic today at work after using it yesterday morning. I am at 17 and a half months growth. Yay ! Take care all.
I hope it works out for you.
But for me, I found a a mere shampoo couldn't change my genetics. At 58, I still have the oily complexion commonly associated with teens. Still get the occasional zit to.
It's tiresome. Only shampooing every day keeps me from that ever so appealing greasy, stringy-haired homeless look.
I've got an oily scalp, too. It may sound counterintuitive, but the thing that works for me is using a moisturizing shampoo for dry hair.
Years ago, a friend told me that oily hair shampoos strip the hair of natural oils, and then your scalp works overtime to produce more, so you end up with oilier hair by the end of the day.
Sounds strange, I know, but ever since I started using a very mild, moisturizing shampoo, my hair hasn't been as oily looking. So if this new shampoo doesn't work for you, consider a moisturizing shampoo....
Hey Patrick Brands,
Awesome Hair, Bro!
I water wash every day, just about. I shampoo on Sun. and Wed. I condition on even numbered calendar days.
Keep posting progress pics; I want to see how the balancing shampoo works for you.
Your long haired bro,
Raymond
Hi Patrick,
Speaking of "counterintuitive"...
I've found (even to my own surprise), that if I want to stretch the # of days between shampooings, that giving my hair & scalp a good thorough brushing (when the hair is DRY ONLY, not wet) not only helps distribute the natural hair oils further down the hair shaft, but also makes your scalp feel re-vitalized and pleasantly "tingly".
I have an oily scalp, too; but for the past several years now, I only shampoo usually just twice a week, sometimes even stretching it to every 4 or 5 days -- and yet my hair rarely looks or feels "greasy", thanks to regular brushing in-between shampoo days.
It used to be very common for women from the era of my grandmother's generation to go for several weeks, even MONTHS, without shampooing their hair -- because women with long hair had a tradition of "brushing 100 strokes" with their favorite hair brush, instead of the regular over-shampooing that modern-day women or longhaired men tend to do now.
- Ken
I am one and a half or two years past my last shampoo, I do not remember any more precisely. Getting rid of sebum by letting it cover the length of my hair (combing +fingers). Shampoo is really overlooked. For someone coming from a dayly basis shampoo there may be an awkward phase transitioning to no shampoo (or one every month, which is as good as none). A couple of months probably. Or less. Depending on the delay for your scalp to adapt and reduce sebum production.