<p>D finds it hard in her hectic college schedule to wash her hair every day–but otherwise it gets greasy so fast.</p>
<p>Anyone know a good shampoo or other solution? Of does she just have to live with her “burden”?</p>
<p>Shampoo justs removes the oil. It won’t stop it from accumulating. She’ll have to wash it daily, but she can find a hairstyle that doesn’t require drying or styling.</p>
<p>Is her hair short or long? If it’s long, just cutting it will save her time.</p>
<p>There are products that can be dusted into the hair and then brushed out, but my experience is that it takes just as long to do a good job as a quick wash ‘n’ dry. Save those for places where you <em>can’t</em> wash your hair…like camping in the desert or someplace where the water isn’t safe.</p>
<p>If she wears it short, buys a good quality ionic hair dryer, and uses a product like Quick Slip by Paul Mitchell’s Express Style (which shortens drying time), she should be able to cut the time enough so that a daily wash becomes possible. My hair becomes absolutely vile after 24 hrs so I feel her pain!</p>
<p>I’ve searched for years for a shampoo that would handle the oil in my hair, but haven’t found anything that works past the 1 day mark. I second the haircutting suggestion. I got a short wash and go style 20 years ago and haven’t ever gone back. (Yes, the style has changed over the years!) Even when we camp I heat up enough water to shampoo or I just can’t stand it.</p>
<p>If her hair has any wave in it, she could use some curl enhancing products and a diffuser to create a low maintenance style that isn’t a pain to do everyday. I do this sometimes…and it actually looks better when I just use the diffuser for a few minutes to get a good curl/wave started and then let it air dry. It’s kind of that ‘beachy’ Jennifer Aniston hair that is so in right now. </p>
<p>Long hair is fine…but having a hairdresser add a bit of subtle layering really helps this style work.</p>
<p>(Btw…Catwalk Curls Rock is the goo I use to make my hair curly. Aveda has some good styling creams as well…I just can’t deal with all the ‘smell’ that accompanies Aveda products.)</p>
<p>Two of my kids have very oily hair. We searched for quite awhile for the right shampoo. They both have to use Head and Shoulders. Every time they use anything else, we notice immediately. But they still have to use it daily.</p>
<p>An egg once in awhile seems to help. (I got this out of an old, old beauty book called “Secrets of Loveliness”, so consider the source 
)</p>
<p>I have oily hair. I use Suave Normal To Oily. It’s the only product that I have found succesful.</p>
<p>Another vote for any Suave shampoo variety for oily hair.</p>
<p>This may sound off the wall (probably is), but the most effective way my D found of dealing with the oil in her hair was dying it. The dye really changes the oil in the hair. Of course, your daughter may not want pink hair.</p>
<p>I also found that dying my hair (when I started going gray at age 22) cut the oil substantially.</p>
<p>Another plug for Suave–Suave Deep Cleaning shampoo with no conditioners!</p>
<p>Sometimes the ‘dryer’ the hair shaft is, the more oil will be produced to compensate.
One of the things I did when I had long hair-
My hair was down to my waist, so shampooing daily was out of the question (it would have damaged the already dry ends). </p>
<p>Get a hand held shower head. Tie long hair back and away from water. Carefully wet scalp around face, ears, neck- lather and rinse.<br>
It’s sort of a pain, but you can get away with shampooing the full head of hair once or twice a week. It doesn’t take long to wash and dry just the scalp area.</p>
<p>When my hair was longer and washing it everyday wasn’t possible, on the oily days I would put my hair in a bun, braid it, or just pull it back into a ponytail. If it’s pulled back and off your face, instead of looking greasy, it looks more like you have used one of those products that keeps the flyaways down.</p>
<p>Best thing you can do for your hair is let it air-dry anyway, and who doesn’t have time for a 3 minute shower anyway? (3 min shower was instigated my my dad during the energy crisis of 70s - he actually turned the water off so you learned how to MOVE!!!)</p>
<p>The process of * processing* the hair, with lightening etc, opens up the cuticle of the hair and also dries it a bit. When the cuticle is really tight, as with young healthy hair ( think fish scales) the oil just slides down the shaft, but processing does dry it out ( and also makes it easier to style)</p>
<p>I know that I have read that for oily skin not to forget to moisturize because oil and moisture are two different things, and if you strip the oil away from your skin, your body is just going to try and compensate and produce more, this article suggests the same thing is true for hair- maybe someone wants to try it?
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<p>I was not terribly focused on spending hours in the bathroom ever, however I still managed to take a daily shower even during my busiest, most stressful days. If you have long hair, how much longer does shampooing one’s hair add to one’s time in the shower? I have always kept my pathetically thin hair short and it barely adds any time to the shower. My D’s hair is thick, wavy, and below her shoulders. I don’t think she takes excessively long showers.</p>
<p>It’s not the shampooing that takes all the time, it’s drying it out afterward. Especially if your hair is long and thick.</p>
<p>Sometimes the detergent based shampoos, while making the hair ‘feel’ dryer, actually aggravate the scalp into producing MORE oil. It is a catch 22, similar to skin problems like acne (you dry the skin out with products, skin gets aggravated, produces more oil and gets worse). Try a medicated shampoo- perhaps coal tar based (believe it or not).</p>
<p>Jonathon’s regular shampoo is very good and has no harsh detergents or additives. It is designed for daily use and spendy.</p>
<p>I’m using some of those silicone anti-frizz products … find my hair dries relatively more quickly and smoother. I have very thick shoulder length hair. A really good cut makes a difference too.</p>
<p>I agree it’s not the washing time but the drying/styling time that’s too much.</p>
<p>Find a hair dryer marked “Ionic”. It really does speed drying time – though, being me, I have no idea why. But I switched a couple of years ago and not only is drying time cut significantly, but my hair feels smoother and looks shinier. You don’t have to buy a $300 dryer either, Conair is just as good as the pricier kind and are available anywhere.</p>