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CO Washing?
Aug 10th, 2005 at 4:31pm
 
My hair is extremely oily and greasy, I can't go 36 hours without washing before my scalp physically starts to hurt. I'd like to try a CO washing or another method but I think it may do more harm than good.

So my question is this: What washing method do you think would be best, how often, and with what product?

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Re: CO Washing?
Reply #1 - Aug 10th, 2005 at 5:07pm
 
Well, since everyone's hair is different, all I can offer you is my own experience.  I also had hair that would go super greasy if I didn't wash it every single day.  I decided to try CO washing, and my hair LOVED it.  After a couple of weeks, I even found that I could skip a day and only CO every other day.  I suspect because I wasn't stripping off the natural oils with shampoo every day, and my scalp had therefore cut down on oil production.

After a few months of CO, my hair went through another transition, and became WAY overconditioned.  I was using a fairly heavy conditioner, so that may have contributed.  However, I decided to switch to COW-C about a week ago, which is working terrific for me.  I am still washing every other day, although I'm trying to get to where I can wash every third day.

It's all a work in progress, and, like me, you may find that your hair periodically changes it's mind about what it likes.  Keeps us on our toes!

So my suggestion is to go ahead and give CO a try.  It can't hurt, and it might help.  Good luck!
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Re: CO Washing?
Reply #2 - Aug 10th, 2005 at 7:17pm
 
My hair gets oily too. What I have been doing is a CWC, and I just wash my roots so the oils don't build up. I have found with this method, I can go 2 days, which is a great thing for me.
I use Bio products from Bath and Body works, but they've been discontinued. For the first C you can use a light conditoner, and then a heavier conditoner for the second C.
But like divewench said everyone's hair is different, and you have to find what works best for you.
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Re: CO Washing?
Reply #3 - Aug 30th, 2005 at 8:04pm
 
Sometimes when you wash too frequently or with too strong of shampoo, it will casue your scalp to over produce sebum (oil).  Try this first... dilute your shampoo (half and half) with water.  Then try CWC for a while instead of jumping right into CO.  See if your scalp stops being so oily with the diluted shampoo.  Hope that helps.




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Re: CO Washing?
Reply #4 - Oct 5th, 2005 at 1:34am
 
Being new here, I need help with the lingo.  What is CWC?
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Re: CO Washing?
Reply #5 - Oct 5th, 2005 at 1:41am
 
CWC refers to a "washing" routine that starts with conditioning the hair, then shampooing, then conditioning again.
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