How often is it best to wash your hair?

When it comes to hair washing, we will find that if we wash our hair more and more frequently, our hair will become oilier and oilier faster. And every time we stay up late, our hair will be very greasy when we wake up the next day. Everyone will set a time for washing their hair. In fact, there are different maintenance methods for different hair types, so there is not much basis for this. So how many days is the best time to wash your hair?

How often should you wash your hair?

Everyone should choose how many times to wash their hair per week based on their hair quality, as well as the seasons and activity space.

Oily hair: If it is summer or people with oily hair, due to vigorous sebum secretion, the hair will be greasy, thick and coagulated, easily tangled and not smooth. Therefore, in summer and people with oily hair, you should wash your hair once a day to ensure clean and healthy hair.

Normal or dry hair: The frequency of hair cleansing can be adjusted to once every 2 days or once every 3 days. If the temperature rises or if you often exercise outdoors, your hair will be easily exposed to strong ultraviolet rays and dust in the air. To avoid hair damage, it is also advisable to wash your hair every day.

Patients with hair loss: Unless you have extremely oily hair, it is recommended to reduce the number of times you wash your hair. There are two reasons for this. First, people with hair loss have a large amount of hair in the regression and resting stages. Washing their hair too much will cause their hair to fall out faster and create psychological pressure. Second, the hair of people with hair loss is relatively fragile and easily breaks during the washing process. Patients with seborrheic alopecia can wash their hair once every two days, while patients with common alopecia can wash their hair once every three to four days.

The number of times you wash your hair in winter should be reduced by 1-2 times compared to summer. If you wash your hair every day, you can reduce the amount of shampoo you use or use shampoo every other day to reduce damage to your hair.

What should you pay attention to before and after washing your hair?

In addition to the frequency of washing your hair, the scientific nature of washing your hair is also very important. For people who know how to wash their hair, washing it every day will not cause much damage to their hair. For people who do not know how to wash their hair, even if they do not wash their hair frequently, the damage to their hair caused by washing their hair once is equivalent to washing their hair several times. Here are some common sense about shampooing that you need to know:

1. Don’t use shampoo that is too irritating. This varies from person to person. If you feel your hair is itchy, rough, dry, and cannot be washed clean after washing, it means that the shampoo is too alkaline for you and you need to change to a milder one.

2. Do not pour shampoo directly onto the scalp. The normal practice is to pour shampoo into the palm of your hand and rub it into rich foam before washing your hair. This can wash your hair more thoroughly and reduce shampoo residue.

3. Do not use excessive shampoo. The problem of shampoo residue needs to be taken seriously. If you use a lot of shampoo every day, some shampoo may remain on your scalp every day, which will cause considerable damage to your hair over time.

4. Don’t comb your hair or sleep with wet hair. When the hair is wet, the hair scales open. At this time, the hair is very fragile and cannot withstand friction. If you comb your hair and sleep at this time, the hair scales will be in a terrible state and hair loss will increase significantly.

5. Don’t scratch your hair with your nails when washing it. The correct way is to gently push the scalp with your fingertips, which can both remove dirt and promote blood circulation. Because there are many bacteria in the nails, once the delicate scalp is scratched, it is easy to induce infection.

6. Wash your hair less when you are sick or during menstruation. People's bodies generally have poor resistance during this period. Although washing your hair itself will not make you sick, the water on the scalp will absorb a lot of heat when it evaporates. If not handled properly, it is easy to get headaches and colds.