Are you one of those people who feel like their hair gets greasy almost instantly after washing? If yes, then let me tell you, first of all, you are not alone. Having an oily scalp is a very common phenomenon and nothing to beat yourself up over. After all, the main reason for our scalp producing sebum is to protect our hair.
Still, at some point, all we want is to find a way to tell our body to please stop producing so much grease. Luckily, there are a few things that you can start doing to prevent your hair from getting greasy too quickly.
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1. Keep your hands off your hair!
The first thing when you learn how to prevent greasy hair is to leave your hair alone! No constant touching, brushing it behind your ears or other things. If you have a habit of touching it to free up your face, consider trying out a few new hairdos that keep your hair away.
This tip might not sound like much. But once you start actually paying attention to it, you will notice how often you really touch your hair!
A very good trick for training this is to wear some thin cotton gloves like these* at home. I used this trick when I battled my hormonal acne and had to keep myself from picking my face. Every time you touch your hair with these gloves, it will feel a little weird, reminding you that you didn’t want to do this!
2. Find a good detangling balance
The second thing to stop your hair from getting greasy too quickly is to have a good look at your brushing or combing style.
Do you use a brush with hard bristles? And do you brush your hair constantly, starting from the scalp?
While getting a good scalp massage every now and then is very beneficial for your hair, you might want to ease off a little. When your scalp is already producing way more sebum than you’d like, you don’t want to increase that even further.
Make sure you have a good brush or comb, I prefer wooden ones*. (And I talk about all my reasons for using a wooden comb here.)
And then watch out for how you brush! Try to not massage your scalp too much.
Instead, pay more attention to brush the sebum from your head into the length. This stuff is actually very beneficial for your hair, especially for the length and tips!
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