How Often Should You Wash Your Hair If It’s Short?
How often should I wash my short hair?
How often should I wash my hair if it’s short? It becomes extremely greasy very quickly…
As you empty out yet another bottle of shampoo and conditioner, it’s time for you to know the answer on how often you should wash your short hair.
By @a2_hair_guru How often should I really wash my short hair?
According to hair experts, the optimum frequency of washing short hair is every 2-3 days. Over-washing your short hair – which means sometimes even more than once every day – will dry out your crowning glory. This is because the sebaceous glands of the scalp that produce sebum (e.g. hair’s natural oils) will begin to adjust by producing more of it.
Nonetheless, washing every day is totally fine as long as you do not suffer from tiresome hair styling. Let me break it down for you on how often you should wash your short hair depending on its type, texture and condition:
– If you have natural, very curly and/or kinky hair
Wash less often as short and curly/kinky hair doesn’t tend to look greasy quickly. Once per week would be ideal.
By Loriane J. – If you have naturally straight hair
You can wash your short and straight hair every other day to maintain a healthy sebum production.
By @kainandecanine – If you are suffering from any hair scalp condition
You may need to wash short hair more often if you suffer from any kind of hair scalp conditions (consult a dermatologist, really, especially if your problem is severe). However, you must not use products that strip off the hair’s natural moisture.
How should you wash your short hair?
Given the following pointers, how you wash your short hair matters too. According to hair experts, you must only leave your shampoo in the hair roots for (not more than) 2 minutes after lightly massaging your scalp. This is so that you can rinse and cleanse your short hair thoroughly without irritating the scalp. This will also prevent any potential scalp condition (such as dandruff).