How often should someone with African American hair wash their hair?

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This is kind of piggybacking off my last post. I am half black and half white. I was raised by a white family. They never taught me the proper way to take care of my hair. It is a mess. I'm going to have to cut it off and start over. I was washing my hair about three times a week, and it is so dry and matted now.

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Every two weeks

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I’m black and I wash mine about once a week just because my scalp gets dry but I make sure to use coconut oil and castor oil during the week and sleep on a silk pillowcase or bonnet. I cut the ends once in a while when I feel I need it and overall it’s important to just keep your hair hydrated with oils because our hair requires it more. For you I would look into using more ethnic products like Shea Moisture at target and they have a description of the hair type on each bottle. Sometimes cutting your hair is the best thing for it, also be very careful with heat, try to only use high heat sparingly and ALWAYS use a heat protectant, I use the spray from TRESemme as it makes my hair incredibly soft. Hope this helps. I’m not an expert but this works for me.

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I don’t have African American hair but my two clients I take care of do. We wash their hair about once a week and apply moisturizer almost daily.

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I wash my hair once a week and deep condition afterwards every time

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My daughter is mixed... half black and half white. I wash her hair once a week with a moisturizing shampoo and conditioner and lots of leave in. Her hair is nothing like mine so it was a learning process. She’s 7.5.

How often should someone with African American hair wash their hair?

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