Washing your hair used to be really, dare I say, simple"

You wet your hair, you shampoo it, sometimes you shampoo it twice, then you rinse, apply conditioner, then you do a final rinse, and you’re done! Your hair is clean, you feel fresh, and you get to go on about your day without giving your hair-washing experience a second thought.
Then somewhere between 2013-2016, it started to become trendy to go a day between washes, and that quickly escalated to going as long as possible (within reason) between washes because “shampoo is bad”.
Dry shampoo did and still does, save so many of us when we’re trying to extend our hair between washes.
And this feeling of accomplishment about going a few days between washes shifted our feelings of wash days to something less positive. And people began to wonder, “Is it bad to wash my hair every day" Should I TRY to force myself to go a few days between washing"” As a former, though still licensed, hairstylist, I wanted to share my take on hair washing in this post.
In general, shampooing your hair every day is not inherently bad. It doesn’t damage your hair, it doesn’t damage your scalp. It does one thing: it cleans your hair and scalp of dirt, oils, product build-up, pollution, and anything else you may not want sitting on your head.
As long as you follow it up with a good conditioner, and maybe let the conditioner sit on your hair for a few minutes to really give it some time...