Is it true that you should change shampoos every once in a while, because your hair gets used to the shampoo? And if so, is this true even if you're already using an expensive salon shampoo? Thanks.

RickJ

I smell an Urban Legend with that one. The hair itself is dead, and I don't see how dirt and oil can "get used to" the shampoo and therefore become resistant to it.

PS: Did find this here:
“It’s a load of nonsense. Your hair doesn’t have the intelligence to get used to something. People like to change their shampoo because of the smell or to try something different, not because your hair is suddenly disagreeing with it.”

mrs.pennell

You don't need to switch shampoos because your hair might be getting used to it. That is true. But if you aren't getting the results you used to get, you might need to get a clarifying shampoo to use every once in a while. Shampoos and conditioners have ingredients that can build up on the hair and weigh it down. Clarifying shampoos can remove this build up and allow your shampoo to do its job. I'm not an expert in hair care but I asked my best friend, who is a stylist!

orange

Thanks guys. I guess what I meant by the hair getting used to the shampoo is what you say Mrs. Pennell, that you don't get the same results as before. I've also noticed that shampoos only work nicely on my hair for a while and then my hair gets limp. A stylist a while back told me I needed to switch shampoos periodically, so I wanted to be sure... she didn't explain it well. The build-up idea seems more plausible. I will try the clarifying shampoo, maybe that's what I need, thanks!

kp2171

or you can do like my wife and daughter do...

they get tired of shampoo and want to change for whatever reason, send it to daddy workoff.

i dont care if my hair smells fruity. i dont care if it gives me more volume. soap = clean. yippie.

mrs.pennell

No problem! I have the same problem. My hair is really fine and I also colour it so I usually alternate between two shampoos. One is for fine hair so that it isn't really limp and the other one is for coloured hair so that my colour doesn't fade out too fast. That works for me!

orange

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Do you mean they give you the leftover shampoo and then buy another brand? LOL. My husband just uses whatever I use, so it wouldn't really work in my case, but thanks anyways, haha!

kp2171

yeah.

i hardly ever buy shampoo. when they get tired of the berry smelling, big volume, color retaining, curling-straightening-whatevering shampoo they give it to me to workoff.

i wondered once if she gave me the dog shampoo cause i thought we had some and then it was gone.... ?? =)

oh well. its just hair.

orange

Errrr... dog shampoo. Yuck. Haha. Men who don't care about their hair are so lucky because you have so much less to worry about!! I envy you!

kp2171

well when your hair is less than an inch long, there just isnt a whole lot you can do to it thats wrong.

wow. i just posted three times talking about my hair. thats, like, my quota for the year.

must go lift heavy things now. grunt. grunt. grunt. =)