A woman in her 30s shared how she has only just learnt how to wash her hair properly after watching a video on TikTok – and while she’s happy to have finally solved her problem, she’s sad she suffered with oily hair for so long
A woman has been left mortified after discovering she’s been washing her hair wrong for her entire life. She claims she only ‘learnt the truth’ after watching a TikTok video that explained how to ‘solve’ the issue she has been struggling with from childhood right up into her 30s.
Taking to Reddit, she said: “I just learnt why my hair has been so oily for nearly all of my life and I feel stupid.” She says she has been battling with oily hair “ever since she can remember” and has tried a variety of shampoo and conditioners to try to solve the issue – but her efforts have never made a significant impact. She said: “I looked into clarifying shampoo and like it helped a little bit, but 24 hours later it’s be a greasy mess again!
“Then I come across a TikTok that says people with oily hair might not be rinsing out their hair all the way/using too much shampoo or conditioner, and therefore leaving an oily residue on your strands.
“So I thought well, let’s give it a try. I washed my hair, and sectioned said hair into several parts when rinsing the shampoo out for a hair.
“I used the smallest fraction of my usual amount of conditioners, and again sectioned while rinsing. literally took 15 minutes to make sure everything was out of it.
“And you know what, my hair looks f***ing fabulous!”
She says she can now go two days without having to worry about her hair looking a “greasy mess” – but she’s so upset it’s taken her three decades to work this out.
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She added: “Do you know how many times I’ve just put my hair up in a bun because no other hairstyle looked good on me?
“Do you know how many times I’ve given up on curling my hair because my hair couldn’t hold a curl!
“I’m thinking of all the cute hairstyles that I could have had if I had known just needed to f***ing rinse my hair better for a minute or two in the shower!
“I’m in my f***ing 30s! How did I not know how to f***ing wash my hair!”
Commenting on her post, one user said: “Please don’t tell me you’re washing your ends and conditioning your roots.
“Shampoo is for your scalp and roots and conditioner is for your lengths and ends.
“The way you described it is that you’re using both products on all of your hair and that there would be why you’re having issues. Signed a retired hairstylist.”
Another user added: “This was a problem I ran into when I was a stylist. Client’s hair would literally get foam up when I would wash it because there was so much shampoo still on their hair.”
A third user said: “Same but different girl, I wasn’t washing stuff out properly as well and I was prone to build-up and dandruff. I felt stupid too haha. I section my hair now.”
