really greasy hair

Ive started doing dreads the natural/neglect method with just using dr. bronners liquid soap. Ive been reading that you should wash your hair 1-2 times a week, but ive found out that if i dont wash my hair every day it gets really greasy.

So should i keep washing 1-2 times a week or like every day? I thought i read that your hair will stop producing alot of oil after you stop using shampoos with residue. So do i just need to stop being so impatient or wash my hair more?

 

When did you last use regular shampoo? It might take your hair a while to get used to it. Maybe try dr bronners every second day for a week and see how it goes, over time you will need it less often, I used to wash mine every second/third day and now I only wash when I get the itches which is about once a week.

What flavour/scent bronners have you got?

 

the last time i used a regular shampoo was about 3-4 weeks ago i think. I got dr. bronners lavender and tea-tree (gotta use the tea-tree since im getting itchies pretty bad and dandruff).

 

You've just gotta push through it Everytime you wash it, it'll strip down your hairs natural oils. Your hair will just adjust to how much you wash it eventually. I used to wash every 3 days, but i found it did more harm than good (i backcombed though, not sure about natural *shrugs*) Now i wash every 2-3weeks. Everyones different though, so just roll with it i guess.

 

for now, definitely do it every other day/every day if you want. Use sea salt water too, that worked like a fucking chaaaarm on my hair.

 

i think i have some of that ill have to go looking for it

 

At the begining I had some trouble with greasy hair since I have naturally oily hair. I was told that if you increase your hair washing to every other day for a couple of weeks then slowly increase the number of days between washings that your body's oils will adjust to that and not produce so much. I tried it and I only get oily if it has been almost a week between washings. If nothing else works you can always give this a try. Good luck!

 

no idea what to tell you. but thumbs up for going natural

 

I have naturally greasy hair after a couple days it can get bad. I've been washign every other day to every 3 days and that seems to be keeping it at bay. I plan on reducing that as my dreads mature more.

 

I went natural too and I didn't start using bronners until about a year in because it also leaves my regular hair quite greasy. I used all natural shampoo until I had more dreads than loose hair.