How often should you wash your hair? I was told by the woman that cuts my hair that I am washing it too often.

I have been showering everyday, still am and still will but have shampooed my hair every other day and now after this last visit she tells me once a WEEK! I do have wavey and dry hair but isn't this extreme?

you should at least twice a day..

I was told every other day up to three days. Your scalp may become oily but this can be aided by the addition of a little talc but not too much as it will make your hair dull and possibly gray in appearance. My hair is quite frizzy but I manage to tame the curls with a spray leave in conditioner that gives me ringlets. There are days when even that doesn't work so I resort to one of two options (depending on time). These show results for weeks afterward:
I take egg WHITES and saturate my hair, let it dry and wash/condition it out hours later or I take mayonnaise and let sit on my hair over night as I sleep (I put a towel down to save my sheets) and wash/condition out in the morning.
They both work but the egg whites do have a tendancy to leave little white pieces behind in your hair until you can shake them out when it dries.

Hope this helps!

I am told every other day.

I have oily hair, so I wash my hair everyday. Some people say that washing your hair everyday will dry it out, however this has never happened to me. I use mosturizing shampoo. I think that once a week is extreme unless you are of African decent. I have an African friend that only washs her hair once a week, so really it depends on your prefence.

yea umm maybe like every three or four days at the least but a week is kinda long to go without washing ur hair ( =

you should wash every other day and condition everyday. this lady must think you have dry hair. which could be from pools and straighteners or heat curlers

Ick, if i dont wash mine everyday then mine gets all greasy and gross looking. Some ppl that arent as oily could get away with once or twice a week but not me. When I was little i could haha

How often you wash your hair totally depends on how oily or not oily your hair is. A celeb stylist says you only need to wash the front of your hair, every other day. Just wash it when it gets oily.

no not at all my hair is pretty oily and i wash it every other day so dry hair can not be washed very often at all!!!!!!!!!!

maybe its just because you have dry hair,but you should wash your hair everyday if your hair gets really oily,I have to.

wash it once or twice a week with Redkin shampoo and conditioner, altough its expensive( $15 dollars a bottle) itll really help reverse the damage! i tride some for a month and my stylist asked what have i been doing to my hair because it was so healthy! you can get it at like vons or something, thats where i got mine...hope i helped

Once a week may be extreme, but apparently she thinks your hair is very dry and therefore damaged.
Try doing twice a week instead...

use hot oil treatments.. and shampoo for dry hair

maybe 2 or 3 times a week cut back

because when you wash your hair you strip the natural oils that keep your hair healthy