How often do you wash your hair? Would you mind it once a week?
By agonyaunt69
@agonyaunt69 (343)
Hong Kong
November 26, 2009 8:38pm CST
Hi everybody,
How often do you wash your hair?
I am living in a Chinese society. I wash my hair at least once a day as air pollution is serious in Hong Kong and my head is easily get sweating.
However, I do have people around me wash their hair once a week or even twice a month. Why? People who wash their hair once a week saying that their hair is not dirty, ha ha ha, and they said that it is unhealthy to wash hair every day. What I have been observed is that their hair is quite thick and dry, though they wash it once a week, but it does not look greasy. If they do not tell me, I really do not notice it. Luckily, it does not give a smell when I am standing next to them.
For those who wash their hair twice a month, they are mostly senior citizens. In the old Chinese society, it is our traditional and culture to choose good days in a month to wash hair. The best days that suits washing hair is mainly on the first and the fifteenth of each lunar month (the months in Chinese Calendar). This explains the reason behind. Therefore, some people in the aged group nowadays still follow this lovely tradition.
How about you? Any special tradition related to hair washing in your country?
I would very much love to listen to it.
Have a nice day!
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14 responses
@chriswolf (360)
• China
27 Nov 09
for me, at least once per two days.
in fact, i'd like to wash my hair once per day, especially when i have long hair.
i cannot bear it to have my hair washed once a week.
in that case, i don't even want to touch my hair at all.
it must be very smelly....
LOL
@agonyaunt69 (343)
• Hong Kong
27 Nov 09
Hi chriswolf,
ha ha ha ha ......
Yea, it is hard to bear!
So, we are both clean!
Have a nice day!
agonyaunt69
(2:20pm 27 Nov Hong Kong time)
@ersmommy1 (12587)
• United States
28 Nov 09
No special traditions here. I shower daily. But I wash my hair every other day. Otherwise my hair gets dry and brittle. I learn something new here all the time. I think this is a nice tradition.
@nautilus33 (1827)
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27 Nov 09
Hi! I wash my hair every two days, because it get's fast oily. I wash it every two days, because it is not good for the hair, to be washed every day. It loses it strength and brilliance.
@madteaparty (2748)
• Japan
28 Nov 09
I wash my hair once every two days, at it doesn't get greasy at all in only one day. However, it would be impossible for me to wait more to wash my hair. I know many people with long hair who say that they can be 3 or 4 days without washing their hair, as it's not greasy, but it usually IS greasy and disgusting looking.
I guess it depends on the person.
@wallacb3 (88)
• United States
27 Nov 09
It depends on what I've been doing. If I go work out or hair work the next day, I'll wash my hair the night before. Shower daily, but otherwise try to only wash my hair every other day. When I have to wash it daily is when I see the most damage to it. Daily shampoo dries hair out, and makes it more brittle. If you must wash it daily or more than once per day, I'd recommend putting in a leave-in conditioner. That way it will keep it's moisture. :) I think anyone who is elderly is more likely to have a tradition about when to wash their hair, regardless of region. People didn't necessarily shower everyday 60 years ago. In some places, cultures still believe that people get sick from bad spirits in the air or water. They might avoid taking a shower or bathing until the water can be blessed.
@frankiecesca (2489)
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27 Nov 09
There is no hair washing tradition here in the UK! We just wash as and when needed and for me as I have quite limp, fine and hair that gets greasy quickly I wash it every day if I am ging out of the home and if not then at least every other day!
@voldrox (7191)
• India
27 Nov 09
hi there friend, well i would not wash my hair daily, i have always been told not to shampoo my hair daily, i can see the effect, it has grown quite thin now, i guess i should not be applying chemicals on hair daily, instead apply some hair oil daily, i would also recommend not to use shampoo daily, once in three days is like what i do and i think that is fine or even once a week, but eh not once a month hehe... anyways if you shampoo daily and you don't see any thinning in your hair then probably it is not affecting you but it does to me, hey i forgot to mention i am from India... my hair is one of my top concerns now...
@checkmail (2039)
• India
27 Nov 09
Hello agonyaunt69 this is checkmail and do regularly wash mine hairs daily , except when am sick, cold and flu things.Yeah actually it an habbit of mine which mostly gets broken in some of mine native places as there is scarcity of water.So have to avoid using more water.Else the habbit again starts when i apply some oil to mine hairs, the next dat I have to wash it out.The only reason behind such habbit is to stay clean and healthy.You too have an nice Mylotting.
@WBtheMP3guy (227)
• United States
27 Nov 09
Hair? What hair? lol. Seriously, I shave my head. But, back when I had hair, I washed it everyday. My hair was down to the middle of my back, and I worked in a hot sweaty factory. That, coupled with the fact that my head looked like a haystack after a tornado every morning prompted me to wash it every day. Now I shave my head. I was going bald on top anyway. Not from hair washing or wearing hats, but from genitics.
@Dhinilshanker (395)
• India
27 Nov 09
dude.what do you mean by once a week,i wash my hair everyday.if i kept it like that without washing for a week,my head would get hot like a volcano.my head needs cooling and not bathing my head for one week is too much.im also a college student and if i dont gt my head cooled,i might get some kind of headache or migraine.but on top of that i excercise daily and the sweat be there on my head.thats why i wash my hair daily.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
27 Nov 09
Hi agonyaun69,Usually i wash my hair every day,before doing any thing in the house.My family used to take a bath daily so washing our hair also.We need to wash our hair daily because here in our place is prone to dust,and i really don't want to feel my hair thick and smells bad. Thanks,Good day!
@neelimaravi (1793)
• India
27 Nov 09
hi agonyaunt, frankly speaking, i wash my hair weekly twice, tuesday and friday. sometimes i am feeling tired that time i take head bath. it makes me fresh. i won't go out regularly. so, my hair won't be dirty. thankyou, have a nice day.
@soledadclickz (1106)
• Philippines
27 Nov 09
Hi. I'm a Filipino and here in the Philippines, almost all people take a bath and wash their hair every day. We always take a bath before going out of the house in the morning. Sometimes, we even take a bath twice daily. We could not tolerate any unusual smell or body odor because of too much sweating during the day.
