What is the longest you can go without washing your hair?

[hairqueen7]

3 weeks ,but I wear plaits under wigs.n I noticed after 2 weeks and about 2-3 days some braids start to get matted

 

[ScorpioBeauty09]

I've gone 28 days without washing but it's hell for my scalp and I have zero and I mean zero energy. 7-14 days is best and since I began my LHHJ I've stuck to that. When my hair was in braids for 3 weeks a while ago I washed my hair every day for a week because I was swimming and I think my hair really liked it.

 

[BostonMaria]

10 days. Anything beyond that I'll probably go crazy.

 

[Ajna]

I am on the seven day train any longer and my hair gets super dry and tangled.

 

[MrsJaiDiva]

I think if I tried to push it past 4 days, I'd scratch my scalp off. I can't even understand how I used to go two weeks!

 

[leiah]

10 days. I dont like to go that long

 

[Lilmama1011]

I use to go every to weeks but I'm accustomed to going very week so any days after that my hair is thinned out because the product and itchy

 

[FoxxyLocs]

The absolute max is 14 days. I usually go 7.

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[Shaima]

hello ladies....


not longer than a week, my scalp becomes oily and itchy!!!

 

[JazzyOleBabe]

I have done 6 weeks when I had extension cornrows.

 

[LovelyNaps26]

one month

i get crazy retention too but i only do this about once or twice a year with micro twists.

 

[gn1g]

i try to make it to two weeks, but seldom pass 7 days. this weekend I washed my hair 3 days in a row. i couldn't get it right then I had an aha moment I NEEDED TO CHELATE POO MY HAIR. Hopefully I will not wash it again for 3 weeks.

 

[LexiDior]

I can go a couple of months but i choose not to for the health of my hair and the sake of everyone around me.

 

[MummysGirl]

2-2.5 weeks (when in extensions)

 

[LightEyedMami]

Loose Hair = Weekly

Braid Extensions/Weaves = 3-6 weeks Easy ...and whats weird is with that "dirty hair" my hair tends to shed less, be thicker, and retains better....but i hate doing it because i actually enjoy the feeling of fresh hair .....

 

[beautyintheyes]

Loose Hair = Weekly

Braid Extensions/Weaves = 3-6 weeks Easy ...and whats weird is with that "dirty hair" my hair tends to shed less, be thicker, and retains better....but i hate doing it because i actually enjoy the feeling of fresh hair .....

I have found that out as well

 

[beautyintheyes]

I can go a couple of months but i choose not to for the health of my hair and the sake of everyone around me.

When you did this was there a set back or did your hair just not agree with you?

 

[temfash]

2 weeks max whether in extensions or loose hair.

 

[divachyk]

7-10 days but can go 14 if I put my mind to it.

 

[greenandchic]

3 - 4 days. My hair is gross any longer than that.

This.

I have gone as long as 6-10 days, but I was miserable after 4.

 

[chebaby]

i can go 1 maybe 2 weeks without shampoo but i co wash like every 2-3 days.

 

[Queensheba88]

7 days and by then i am itching like crasy

 

[Kindheart]

6 days max

 

[xNichex]

Untill last month I waited 6-8 weeks because my hair was in twists. Only this month I have tried to wash my hair every 2 weeks with the twists in.

 

[candy626]

I did my hair on Friday or Saturday and it's already greasy at the scalp area. I will wash 1x when straightened/rollerset but when it's curly, I just wash whenever. At least twice a week I will shampoo my scalp, then cowash my length. THis seems to work great for my hair so that my scalp gets cleaned but length doesn't get super dry.

 

[PeaceFlow]

I used to wash 1x or 2x a week, but since recently stretching to 3 weeks I get much better retention (4a/b). My hair feels pretty terrible after washing compared to my "worn" hair lol.

 

[ManeStreet]

3 weeks max. by the 2nd week Im so ready

 

[halee_J]

10 days, then my hair gets like hay, no matter how much moisturizer I put on it. My scalp would love every 3 days, but I've realized hair doesn't like that much manipulation.

 

[MilkChocolateOne]

2 or 3 weeks

 

[LexiDior]

When you did this was there a set back or did your hair just not agree with you?

beautyintheyes

No, I wasnt handling my hair as much so it grew. this mostly came from laziness when i had braids. but every once in a while I would get matting and knots. but over all my hair did fine it was just the smell.