I wash it every other day. I used to do every day, but two separate stylists recommended against that, so moved to every other day. I do exercise, but not super intensely, due to a bad knee, so not sure how that factors in.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 50 with thick colored hair. I’ve washed every three days all my life. I don’t want to blow out every day and I look my best with a blowout.

Never smelled dirty hair on anyone. I can see dirty hair but not smell it . Also, the clean hair smell is shampoo and product, not any inherent clean hair smell.

You are likely around people who wash their hair. It is hard to smell your own hair.

Everyone washes their hair it's just people do so at varying intervals. You have somewhat arbitrarily believe that 24 hours is the max you can go between washes in order for hair to be clean.

It's kind of like men and facial hair -- some guys need to shave daily to keep from looking scruffy whereas other can go a few days or a week and prefer to do so because shaving daily can be hard on your skin.

Anonymous wrote:Some people just do not notice their hair smell after a few days of not washing it because they are used to it. When you look at the head where the hair starts, you can just see it hasn't been washed.
I am also confused by pp, who says if she uses a lot of products, she needs to wash less. More hair products mean less clean hair; if anything, I would think that would mean you need to wash it more often.

You are just very unfamiliar with textured hair which needs way more moisture in it in order to look shiny and healthy.

Also some of you have interesting ideas about what makes hair "dirty." I don't think of product as making my hair dirty until they start to weigh it down or make it look dull. I also don't think sweating into my hair automatically makes it dirty -- we are all always sweating into our hair and our scalps are releasing oils and other things into our hair. Like from the moment you wash it. If you have straight fine hair that process might cause your hair to feel gross quickly -- those of us with textured hair don't experience that until day 2 or 3 (or even longer in certain cases).

If I washed my hair daily it would look really bad -- like frizzy and fried with weird texture (I will get weird straight sections and it won't relax into it's normal pattern because it's so dray). Even if I put in a leave in and use deep conditioner -- I've tried. Daily washing is just extremely drying and many of us have hair that can't handle it.

Anonymous wrote:I’m 50 with thick colored hair. I’ve washed every three days all my life. I don’t want to blow out every day and I look my best with a blowout.

Never smelled dirty hair on anyone. I can see dirty hair but not smell it . Also, the clean hair smell is shampoo and product, not any inherent clean hair smell.

You are likely around people who wash their hair. It is hard to smell your own hair.

I’m 50 with thick colored hair. I’ve washed every three days all my life. I don’t want to blow out every day and I look my best with a blowout.

Never smelled dirty hair on anyone. I can see dirty hair but not smell it . Also, the clean hair smell is shampoo and product, not any inherent clean hair smell.

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Anonymous wrote:I have thick hair and wash it twice a week. It doesn't smell unless I have been working out a lot and in that case I use a dry shampoo until I can wash it.

Do you think dry shampoo makes the smell of sweaty, post-workout hair go away?

I guess it is like the perfume. Some people spray it on when they are gross smelling, and then they are reek of BO and horrible mix of BO and perfume. It is difficult to endure such a strong smell if you are next to that person.

Some people just do not notice their hair smell after a few days of not washing it because they are used to it. When you look at the head where the hair starts, you can just see it hasn't been washed.
I am also confused by pp, who says if she uses a lot of products, she needs to wash less. More hair products mean less clean hair; if anything, I would think that would mean you need to wash it more often.

Anonymous wrote:I have thick hair and wash it twice a week. It doesn't smell unless I have been working out a lot and in that case I use a dry shampoo until I can wash it.

Do you think dry shampoo makes the smell of sweaty, post-workout hair go away?

I have thick hair and wash it twice a week. It doesn't smell unless I have been working out a lot and in that case I use a dry shampoo until I can wash it.

This really isn't a new trend. My stylist told me back in 2009 not to wash hair every day.

Anonymous wrote:People washing their hair every few days: do you not exercise or are not at all active?

This was my point on page 2. If you don't exercise, no worries. But people who do need to at list co wash or rinse after a workout.

People washing their hair every few days: do you not exercise or are not at all active?

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Anonymous wrote:I wash mine once a week and it looks great. Used to wash every day but it’s bad for your hair and scalp.

Ok, but what about the smell? People around you can smell the grossness.

Agree. I can definitely smell the dirty scalp/hair smell if I get somewhat close to someone that washes hair infrequently.

I think if you are inactive, you can probably get away with every other day without a smell. But I exercise most days and work up a sweat, so of course I’m going to wash my hair daily. I have curly hair and feel it looks better with daily washing. The curls are refreshed and bouncy

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Anonymous wrote:I wash mine once a week and it looks great. Used to wash every day but it’s bad for your hair and scalp.

Ok, but what about the smell? People around you can smell the grossness.

I don't think hair smells at all. How close are you getting to these women? B.O. smells much worse.

Hair definitely smells.

I am the OP, and I am confused about how people cannot notice the dirty scalp/hair smell. It is pervasive.

NP. I think these infrequent hair washers must just be used to the dirty hair smell and therefore no longer can detect it.

Just like a lot of people with pets don’t realize that their house smells like their pet.

Anonymous wrote:Curly girl here. Curly hair = dry hair, and washing it every day just dries it out more. I wash 2xs a week and condition my curls day.

Same for me..