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Come to think of it, I have no idea what "excess" even means in this context. How oily is hair "supposed" to be?
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I assume there's sort of a natural equilibrium that depends on the person and their haircare habits. My hair is super greasy when I don't change towels and (apparently) immediately after I stop using shampoo. I'm not sure why it got less greasy after that first bit, but I recall stories of others having a similar initial experience. I assume there's some mechanism in the scalp that regulates the oil. The oil in my hair is probably just a factor of the oil on my scalp.
My hair gets greasier the more I use shampoo. If I only wash it with shampoo every 2-3 days and use a little conditioner in between I get better results.
Yeah, I expect that there's a fair amount of variation between people. I was never satisfied with how dry my hair was when I washed it all the time, and whenever I didn't wash it it got incredibly greasy after about four days. I essentially had one relatively good day (the third day) for every three days if I washed accordingly. With my current methods, it's good pretty much every day, with some mild variation. (I chalk that up to the weather, but I dunno.)
I would highly recommend that, whatever your hair is like, don't use shampoo every time you shower. It strips essential oils from your hair and makes it dry and brittle.
so I know that's regular advice but I don't believe it applies to everyone.
and this is for a long time.
You know why that is? Because when you strip your hair of all that oil at once, your glands kick in and produce more. It's going to suck for a bit, but if you lay off it will get less greasy in the long run.
Yeah, its short enough that you can probably get away with it, even in summer. You're able to scrub the scalp effectively.
That said, even when mine was that length I had trouble, because my hair is insanely thick and its very humid here. Still, shampooing more than a couple of times a week is asking for trouble.
gotta get it treated with some special dermatamalogical shampooligig every once in a while
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Yeah, same.
My hair has great volume, texture, and etc., but I get dandruff if I don't wash it on an at least semi-daily schedule.
The ideal for me is probably once every three days washing my hair, but I shower 1-2 times per day, and must shower in the morning, or I won't ever feel like I've truly woken up for the day. The second shower depends on the day's activities and how dirty/sweaty I got.
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Because it seems to me that when you're going to be in that close of proximity with a person on a daily basis, the need for a daily shower then becomes that much more important. I'd feel bad about my lack of cleaniness touching my wife if I went over a day without a shower.
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It just seems messier and less pleasant.
Maybe he means just face and armpits or something?
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Pretty much, with where I live in Canada it's drier than most deserts for the majority of the year, these two showers a day guys would have skin like sandpaper if they tried it here.
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Pretty much. I rinse my hair as well. For me it's about time constraints. If I get in to that shower I'll stay there for a looong time which doesn't go well with getting to work in time.
It's also, as pointed out, a matter of skin care. I get all crusted up if I shower to often and pretty regularly you can hear medical advisers tell people to shower less. It's just not healthy to dry your skin out everyday.
During summers, I shower more often though.
So I usually bathe every two days (sometimes after three days) but I wash my hair every morning. If I don't wash my hair I can't style it right at all.
Of course, it's like 30 degrees here every single day, so it's always nice to have a cold shower to cool down.
I wonder how clean I get in a cold shower?
I wonder how clean I get considering I've been showering with a shower-bag for the past year and a half.
I wonder how much less water I've used in that year and a half considering I only use 3 litres to shower? How much water is used on average? How much time do you guys spend standing in the shower with the water on?
otherwise I feel gross and dirty
even then I usually give in because I feel gross
But I've lived in Europe for a few summers, and I've noticed that European homes tend to be less shower-friendly than ones in the US (i.e., showers are smaller or don't have a shower-head that lets you shower while standing up, the water heater is a lot smaller etc.).
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Same here. Very much *poof*.
I mean, a lot of people like volume or whatever, but it's kind of annoying for me. Especially since I have a lot of white hair, and by itself, all my hair looks like it was exposed to about 20 minutes of nuclear fallout or a few centuries of sun and wind.
Hair gel fixes that right quickly though.
And, that's another thing. Non-smokers can get away with skipping a shower or two. Smokers, especially if you do it in the house, please bathe daily. And open a fucking window.
Our ACs don't fiddle around with humidity as I'm pretty sure that most of yours do. Basically we just keep temperatures under control. At least in all the office complexes I've been/worked in. Someone will probably prove me wrong, which I very well might be.
And up here the standard shower is probably the same as on the other side of the pond. Showers in, say Spain, are normally smaller and the water heater is smaller in my experience. Europe is waaaaay less homogenous then the US, as someone pointed out before. For example, all the Nordic countries have central heating in the stairwells of apartment complexes. This I've never seen elsewhere.
Yeah, I've found that I actually take longer washing in a sink than I do when I take a shower. It's just easier to get started in the sink, so I sometimes do it anyways when I'm lazy and not thinking clearly.
And lay off the coffee. And please for the love of GOD understand that coffee is not a substitute for brushing teeth, no matter how strong it is.
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1 - ) Hot Showers, tons of steam and red skin
2 - ) Warm Showers, some steam not burning your skin off
3 - ) Luke Warm Showers, I would guess this is what getting peed on feels like
4 - ) Room Temperature
5 - ) Cold Showers, insert witty comment here.
Me personally, I like 1. And the more water pressure the better.
Sadly enough the best shower I've ever used was in my college dormitory. Those things were like a searing hot sand-blaster and I loved every minute of it.
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#3 if I just came in from mowing the lawn.
Like, my apartment's water actually doesn't get hot enough for me.
As for brushing my teeth, twice a day along with mouthwash - no floss. I can't stand the sensation of it at all. In fact, that's something I've just realised... I don't know of many people over here who floss. Huh.
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