what's the longest you went without a wash(c'mon confess!

[Aggie]

Pre-LHCF I only had my hair washed at the salon, so usually every 2-3 weeks. However, if I was wearing a weave or braids it would easily be 2-4 months between washes.

, what she said.

 

[Live4Me]

Pre-LHCF I once washed my sew-in weave one time in 4 weeks! Gross. It smelled.

Also, in H.S. I heard that not-washing your hair was the way to get good growth. So me and my girls were washing no more than 2x's per month. At most. But strangely, I hated waiting that long. My inner LHCF must have been calling me! LOL!

 

[that_1_grrrl]

2 weeks pre-LHCF. That's the longest I ever went. Normally, I would wash once a week. If I felt lazy, I would just wait until the next week.

 

[MizAvalon]

Years ago when I was wearing crochet braids, I went 9 weeks!

 

[topnotch1010]

2-3 weeks. I had bad allergies and should have been washing more often, but after 2.5 weeks, my eyes would itch from the product build-up. I used to hate washing my hair. When you know better, you do better. It's hard for me to go 3 days without washing now.

 

[supermodelsonya]

I wore sew ins sometimes for 5-6 weeks before I knew you could wash them. They smelled awful and looked nasty.

Not wearing a sew in, the longest was maybe a month.

 

[Quest4healthyhair]

2.5 weeks is the longest I've gone without washing my hair.

 

[RockCreak]

Let's see...before I became Niko's cousin I used to wash my hair every 2 wks. With braids, 1 per month.

But wooo chile, I am a cowasher for life!!!!

 

[Junonia]

I've gone one month. I work a second job during christmas and working 7 days a week, I'm tired and lazy.

ETA: Prior to LHCF, when I wore braids I would go 2 months. That was a big mistake.

 

[MoniintheMiddle]

Wow! I thought I was going to reveal a true confession at 3 weeks until I read some of the posts

 

[unique4lyfe33]

I wore glue in weaves before LHCF and only washed my hair when I removed the weave to relax. Relaxing day was wash day. No water touched my head before touch up time once a month

same here

 

[sheba1]

Ohhhhh no I'm NOT tellin! In my defense, I didn't know any better and I'll never ever ever wait that long again.

 

[bedazzled]

Pre- LHCF -
um 3 months in braids, & probably 2-4 months from laziness to be blatantly honest. My mother and family have always told me as a teen to wash my hair once a week, to keep up the maintenance of hair as far a style wise..But as a child my mother washed my hair probably once a month. So I carried the practices that I was used to as a child. After my father told me a story about when he was younger, sitting in the barbershop and one of the barbers finding roaches in a mans afro - I decided to wash my hair once a week and I did it for a good while, sometimes once every two weeks but no longer would I go 3 or 4 weeks without a wash.

After LHCF- Now I hate going ONE week without a wash. Ugh, after two days - I feel like my hair is dirty. I remember having to stop washing the week before my relaxer and I thought I was gonna die. I kept smelling my hair, running my hands through it to make sure its not greasy..I'm trying to keep it more simple and continue to wash once a week but I love 3x a week washes.

 

[manter26]

umm u still didnt say how long you went

i'm guessing it was at least a month or 2 (maybe 3). I honestly don't remember that far back. But in HS/college I washed weekly maybe every 2 weeks if i didn't feel like doing it.

 

[Skiggle]

5 months...
erplexed

*Don't judge me*
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[uwrong]

When I wear braids i usually dont wash it. Nothing ever happens
So about 2 month give or take a few days

 

[DaDragonPrincess]

I went a month without washing with a sew-in, and I will never do it again. ​

 

[Austro-Afrikana]

A friend of mine washes her hair like every 2-3 months! Whether in weave or not! And when she isn't in weave she puts dax on her hair everyday!

 

[Evolving78]

2 to 4 weeks. i was trying to grow dreads and was told to just clean my scalp. i started getting bumps on my forehead and my hair was sticky from the beewax.

 

[Black Hoya Chick]

one time i waited......6 weeks! O_O

i had just left for college and did not trust any salon except mine at home, so i waited for a weekend when i could come home. that is when i realized the salon dependency was TRULY out of hand