How often should you wash your hair?

Meant to add that when I was working I washed my hair every morning and still do if I'm going anywhere in particular, but since retiring I sometimes leave it for a day or so. It's very fine and goes floppy and lank very quickly - not a good look!

Blimey - all this hair washing can't be good for the environment!

I suppose you could say that about showering/bathing as well...

Ana, I would also say that about showering and bathing, if done to excess! But then I lived on a narrowboat for twenty years, and the need to be careful with fresh water has never left me!

At home in Scotland, every other day when showering. If I am in the south I can go longer . I think it depends on the water! While in Oz I wash it at least once a day in the shower after the beach - it's so hot and sweaty! (Not that I am complaining)

My hair is very dry and frizzy, so I only shampoo once weekly. I do, however, wash it through most days with plain warm water, then smooth a bit of conditioner in to freshen it up. It works for me!

I have to say my hair is thick and wiry and never goes greasy or lank or flat! If it needs washing it gets a bit stiff (all the hairspray?) but looks fine and doesnt smell. ThAts after 3 or 4 days. And for the record my mothers didnt smell either! . I think it may depend on your hair type. I have friends with thin fine hair who say it goes greasy and flat if they dont wash it every day.

I'm amazed at how frequently some people wash their hair. My hair is very thick and needs a lot of taming as I blow dry therefore I do it as infrequently as possible - about every 6 days. I think I need some weight training for my arm muscles, maybe it would be easier then.

Every morning and no conditioner

About 2 or 3 times a week, but I have to tame it every morning!
When I am in Oz I wash it every day (and usually have it cut shorter when I'm there).

Even though I am not usually near a beach like you Marmight (it gets very dusty in the Outback!).

I find twice a week is ample and use conditioner once a week.

Jalima . I find my head gets very wet where the hair meets the back of the neck and the sweat also trickles down the sides of my face - yuk . Sadly all this fluid loss has no effect on reducing my weight!

My hair is really thick and grows outwards so I get it razor cut every 4 weeks. It's washed and conditioned, blown dry and spiked with gel every day.

Oh razor cut! I haven't heard of that for ages.

Every day.

My eldest son, who has wonderful, thick, curly, dark hair, went through a stage when he said he'd read that if you don't wash your hair it begins to cleanse itself and actually makes your hair more luxurious. So he stopped washing his hair. The first month it looked minging (a Northern word) but after that it did look damned good. Wanted to wrap him in a towel and put him under the sink tap though - like I used to do with him in 1976 when the water shortage was on.

I wash mine most days.

Every day in the shower. I rarely use conditioner and I know that it probably strips away the natural oils but I just feel unclean if I don't wash my hair every day.

I wash my hair every day. I agree with Chicklette, hair has quite a distinctive smell. Also I have curly hair, which can't be tamed without blow drying .

When I went out to work, I washed my short hair everyday because I woke up looking like a coconut. Now though my hair is long enough to last several days between washes, especially if I spent time on it because I was going out somewhere. Can't stand an itchy scalp though.

My hair is coloured and fades more quickly if I don't use certain products to protect the colour and conditioner is one of those products. I don't use hairspray very often, but if I do, my hair needs washing much sooner. The only time I don't condition my hair is the last time I wash it before it's due to be coloured and then I use a basic shampoo to remove traces of products that might stop my colour taking well.

GNs who don't need to wash their hair everyday are very, very lucky; my hair's short and fine and if I leave it it plasters itself to my scalp which isn't a good look.......
It only takes me a few minutes to wash and blow dry my hair.

As often or as rarely as you like. There are no universal shoulds about hair washing.

I tend to wash mine weekly. I have found that, when I have been in a hotter climate, it needs washing less often. It is longish and thick and takes ages to dry to so I don't like doing it more frequently and it seems fine. I use matching shampoo and conditioner and go through loads of the latter, especially on the ends. I feel it 'tells' me when it needs a shampoo so I am guided by that.

Once a week - no conditioner, very mild shampoo (plant-based) . No other hair products, no styling...

Twice a week I used to wash it every other day but it tends to be dry at the ends so often I just use a dry shampoo on the roots.