Hair Training Isn't Real... And I Have Scientific Proof | The Truth About Hair Training

[@augustalavenderblue7353]

I feel so gross when my hair gets oily that I decided I was just going to start washing it every other day a little while ago. I was like "I’m trying to prevent having oily hair by having oily hair? This isn’t helping my life" lol

[@AbbeyYung]

😭😭😭 so true lol

[@Megmeg123]

AMEN TO THIS!!! I have washed my hair every other day for as long as I can remember and will never not LOL. I feel gross the next day and just ignore it so I’m not washing literally every day but…the struggle.

[@Megmeg123]

We love a queen who is humble enough to say “I’ve learned more and now I’m changing my opinion”. 👏

[@Oranaiche1]

Glad someone is finally talking about this. I tried hair training for literal years and thought I was doing something wrong because my hair never stopped being greasy the day after I washed. There’s nothing wrong with washing daily if that’s what your hair needs. There’s also nothing wrong with throwing the grease up in a bun. 😅

[@bluezy710]

There have been others who have talked about it, including scientists on KZbin. People just don't go research. They want everything handed to them.

[@nadiageorge890]

Try salicylic acid serum on ur scalp

[@bonnigans8014]

I love how you’re always learning and willing to make adjustments based on what you learn, and share them publicly! That’s a really great quality. Thanks for your continued research and sharing your findings!

[@AbbeyYung]

Of course thanks for watching 😊

[@michelleb5184]

So happy to hear this. I tried for years to train my hair, but there isn’t a single dry shampoo that keeps my oils at bay for an entire day. I’m just a greasy gal. I have to wash every day. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been shamed for being a daily washer. I’ve also tried so many products to assist with air drying and it always looks flat and gross. Blow drying it is! With heat protectant of course 😊

[@Joannabanana1989]

I have the same hair as you and started using olaplex 3 and amika’s soul food mask. They have transformed my flat greasy hair! I only need to wash twice a week which is unheard of for me.

[@Joannabanana1989]

I also hate dry shampoo! It makes my hair look 100x greasier than before.

[@ohio_nights]

@@Joannabanana1989 I absolutely love that amika mask! I have blonde, thick, coarse hair that just… isn’t soft. The hair strand is dry and rough and the amika mask is one of the only things I’ve found that gives me softness that actually lasts until the next wash. Obsessed!

[@hotchocolatekiss4078]

You should use pureology strength cure shampoo/conditioner it’s soooo clarifying and will strengthen the bonds in your hair at the same time! I swear by it. It’s expensive but a little goes a long way bc it’s the only thing I’ve tried that allows me to wash every other day without looking greasy.

[@streetfamily6909]

Love the way you still talk about topics even if they are controversial. It’s one of the reasons why your my favorite.

[@AbbeyYung]

Thank you so much for watching ❤️

[@stealthis]

It should never be controversial to refute "common knowledge" with science. Anecdotes are not scientific. They are correlation at best, nonsense at worst

[@kathryngrace9038]

Great research! I’m so happy to have confirmation on air drying vs blow drying. I have been convinced for years that blow drying my hair helps me go an extra couple of days between washes. I’m glad to see science backs up this theory.

[@AbbeyYung]

Right!! So interesting

[@happytobehere200]

Oh great point! I’ve thought this also! I get so much more wear when I blow dry

[@KaterinaMelnik37]

Finally this needed to be said. So many people don’t wash their hair cuz of the myth that the more they wash it the greasier it gets so they “hair train” yet their hair still looks gross even a year into “hair training”. I use to think so too then I noticed my hair and scalp is actually 5x healthier from more frequent washing & now it doesn’t fall out as much as when I’d only wash it 1-2 a week

[@puffball4484]

Girl yes. I knew a girl in high school who was doing this hair training bs and her hair was gross. Hair needs to be washed.. how often depends on you.

[@georgiajumeaux6490]

You generally lose between 50-100 hairs a day I think, but washing less frequently would generally mean that you've had a couple of extra days for hair to fall out of the scalp but stay in your hair. So you would normally look like there's more hair loss when washing less frequently. Not that I think you're wrong though! You know your hair 😊

[@sevyncalhoun2766]

I love that you put time stamps too. So helpful. This channel has become my favorite for info and it’s always presented in a way that makes sense and is also factually correct.

[@AbbeyYung]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@anner4598]

I have been told sooo many times to wash my oily hair less and it made no sense to me. I also have oily skin and would never consider not washing my face in order to "train" my sebaceous glands. I believe they also teach this myth at some beauty schools as someone I know told me she learned it there. Thankfully my hairdresser does not peddle this nonsense!

[@joey4222]

Thats a really good point! I wouldn't try to "train" my oily face, so why my scalp too

[@vinillo4ka]

I’m glad you educated yourself on hair training topic. I always new there was no such a thing, but I did not want to comment about this on your channel as I really appreciate your content.

[@katrinawishh4875]

Thank you for brining this up because this is a struggle I have. My hair is just irrationally oily and I have to use medicated shampoo almost daily to keep from having an itchy, painful scalp. So many women have tried to convince me that the shampoo is the problem.

[@jennysheets3763]

So interesting about how the drying method changes oiliness! I need to try blow drying - you're slowly convincing me that my habit of avoiding even low heat may not be what's best for me. Thank you!! ♡

[@katherineschull5039]

I feel like people compare the most ridiculous things (ie, I’m taking better care of my hair because I wash it less). It truly doesn’t make sense that we choose to let other people’s decisions make us upset.

[@dbh7670]

It’s a myth

[@AnaPie896]

Exactly! Like I have thick naturally curly hair so I will need to wash my hair less and likely do wash my hair less than someone with fine, straight hair. We’re both taking good care of our hair by doing what works best for us

[@khalilahd.]

I always wondered if this phenomenon was real but it’s really nice to see you go in depth and actually do the research so thank you! ❤

[@AbbeyYung]

Of course! Thanks for watching ❤️

[@alysemelancholies]

Thank you for this video! I tried for 8 months to train my hair and no matter what my hair was greasy the next day. I started feeling so down because I thought I was doing something wrong even though I was doing SO much to prevent oil and promote healthy hair. I started to realize that at day 4, my scalp would become super itchy, which I had never experienced. I was having bad buildup of dry shampoo, which I noticed after itching my scalp and having gunk under my fingernails 🤢. I started not listening to everyone on the internet and started washing every few days or about twice a week and my hair is so much better for it. Definitely listen to your hair and do what’s right for you.

[@kristilambert3416]

same with the dry shampoo...itchy lol

[@PS-fk5zv]

Lol I wish I could turn back time and just wash my hair. In my 5 years of highschool I gaslighted myself into thinking that leaving my hair as greasy as possible was making it healthy and be less oily.

[@AbbeyYung]

😭😭😭😭

[@karmachambers7209]

The BEST of research is here! …..You are the Queen of hair knowledge!

[@AbbeyYung]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@thecreatedvoid117]

THANK YOU! It’s so hard to have this discussion with people that are convinced hair training works and aren’t able to see that there are a lot of variables regarding how something that works for one person doesn’t work for another. I always ask them to “please show me the legitimate studies backing up your claims.” Let’s just say it never happens. 🙂

[@marens1896]

Reading the comments and it’s plain to see how many people feel the same way and carry shame around having greasy hair. I have been self conscious about it since middle school. Well done! Love to see this kind of help in content.

[@rachel9658]

I also always felt like my hair looked greasier when I air dry it- very interesting to hear that there is actually science behind that! Great video.

[@AA-bk1oe]

It's crazy how so many people love to give advice about training your hair. Like, did i ask lol. I have a skin condition and you're telling me all i need to do is not wash it. Maybe i should wash my face and my acne will just disappear or if i just wake up early, i'll become a millionaire.

[@anon-mx4jx]

The hair training myth is annoying me for many years at this point. I have a very, very oily scalp and all I can find online about the topic is this bullshit. I need a real solution and NO, I am not washing my hair too much! Following this logic my hands should be dripping in oil because I wash them multiple times a day.

[@AbbeyYung]

Dripping in oil 😂😂

[@gabriellef651]

Changing to a more cleansing shampoo and using the 2x wash worked to allow me to move to washing every other day with very oily skin and scalp.

[@anon-mx4jx]

People who think hair training worked for them are just using dry shampoo or they finished going through puberty which is when for many people hormone and oil production even out a little anyway. And also colouring your hair can make you think your scalp produces less oil when in fact your much more porous hair is absorbing it all. I had way less oily hair when I bleached it.

[@KyubinSlay]

Thank you queen. I let the no-poo and hair training girlies make me think there was something wrong with me and my super oily hair, but now I just live my life and wash like every other day haha. Also for all the other oily hair girlies out there, I highly recommend the l'oreal elvive clay rebalancing shampoo. It's a life-saver! I can now go a few days without washing if I have that shampoo. Do not try the native shampoo if you have oily hair. Worst my hair has ever felt!!!! SO COATINGY AND GROSS!

[@KyubinSlay]

I've also heard the ouai detox shampoo is good and might try it soon. I know Smokey Glow works with them so she might have a discount code. Also if you have dandruff like me, I use T-Gel shampoo every few washes and it works like a charm.

[@Amy19959]

I love that l'oreal shampoo too! It definitely helps my hair stay cleaner longer

[@AbbeyYung]

Of course ❤️ I need to try that shampoo I’ve never heard of it!!

[@KyubinSlay]

@@AbbeyYung it’s seriously a game changer!

[@makeupeclectic]

It's such a good shampoo for oily roots!

[@emilybuckland2307]

I'm so glad you made this video. I feel like there has been so much fear mongering and shame about washing your hair multiple times a week insinuating you are damaging your hair. For someone who can really only go 2, maybe 3 days, before having really oily hair I wash multiple times a day when I need to and my hair is perfectly healthy. I've always hated the concept of "hair training" and glad you put research out here to back that up!

[@eobrien1]

Idk if there’s science behind it, but your instinct about boar bristles removing sebum is absolutely right. I have always been told by hairdressers-and it’s absolutely my experience too-that boar bristles help move the sebum off your scalp and better distribute it over the shaft of your hair. It’s one of my biggest hair “secrets” for years to keep me from having greasy roots and dry ends. I swear by it when I need another day until washing.

[@AbbeyYung]

Yesss!! I totally believe this

[@user-mt8kn9wb8g]

@@AbbeyYungIt there any other brush besides boar bristles? I’m muslim so I can’t use that ..

[@angelus_n0vus]

Girl I haven’t been following you for very long so I apologize if this has been discussed elsewhere, but have you considered pursuing a masters or PhD in chemistry/cosmetic science?? You’re so intelligent and have a scientific spirit. Thanks for your awesome videos ❤

[@Cassielynn_]

This kind of science and debunking is so amazing and finally saying the things I already believed in against the “trend” of how people took care of their hair or would tell me to care for my hair. I am someone who has to wash their hair every other day and air dry in the summer, blow dry in the winter as my hair won’t dry fast enough. Please keep doing these kinds of videos because is spreads the scientific awareness of stopping people from believing in the lies people get on a bandwagon about.

[@lunagrace2872]

I get so tired of people saying if you get oily hair your should try training your hair. I mean it really makes no sense. There are 3 main factors on how often you should wash your hair/how fast your hair gets oily. 1. The most importantly is your genetics and you can’t change that 2. Where you live, cold climate = slower to produce oil, hot climate = going to sweat and produce oils like crazy 3. What kind of job/labor you do. Inside ac not doing physical activity or doing physical laboring jobs outside Also, the misconception that shampoo and conditioner harms the hair if I remember correctly was about shampoo from the 80’s. Most shampoo/conditioner won’t damage your hair if you wash it daily even cheaper options should be relatively fine. People who “train their hair” probably could always wash their hair ever 3-7 days but never knew it because they never tried but their other people who’s limits is ever day to every other day. Don’t be ashamed on how often or not you wash your hair.

[@LauraLVTGW]

Thanks Abbey! I have followed so much of your advice, I now only wash my hair twice weekly. I don't have a lot of sebum. However I have fine, low density hair, that doesn't hold a style without a lot of product. So twice a week works for scalp and hair health for me. Thank you for all your hard work!! Many blessings!💖💖💖

[@kristilambert3416]

Hey Abbey🥰 Would you consider doing a vid on the best volumizing sprays..not dry shampoos. Love the video

[@laura10777]

I so appreciate your willingness to address tough topics! And I love your willingness to do all the research to back your information and help us understand. Love this channel!

[@AbbeyYung]

Thank you for watching 🥰

[@germbuster324]

Finally someone said it. I’ve been trying to train my hair for about 6 years now. Both has ever worked for me. I really hate the feeling of dry shampoo and grease, which is mainly a sensory issue for me. I’ve always felt like I was doing something wrong because these people on the internet with wash day perfect tell me that it been 2 weeks since their last wash. I will go three days tops without washing my hair but man it’s rough getting there. I have spent about a month in the hospital over the past 5 months without showers (don’t judge me; I was really hoping I’d be able to go home and shower) Thank you for this video validating my thoughts since I was a small 17 year old

[@chamorrojen1905]

This type of video is why I love Abbey. She does her homework and references sources - RELIABLE sources. Key word: reliable, not some random person that wrote an article on a random blog. This is why I know her videos are based on solid research and not her own bias on any topic. This is RARE in our world now 🤣 love you, Abbey!! ❤

[@angelus_n0vus]

EVIDENCE-BASED, scientific information. Abbey is awesome 🙏

[@chagoot1024]

What she did here took real guts.

[@sankey1988]

Yeah when I was on the pill for years and didn't have oily hair or skin. Then came off the pill had 3 kids in 5.5 years and then all those hormones gifted unwanted oily skin, hair and adult acne. There's no training that shit and I really thought I could. Just have to accept if I wanna have clean hair I need to wash every two days. The acne on the other hand ugh even tret and a good skin care routine doesn't help it 😭

[@nitzeart]

I never even considered hair training because I have dandruff and thus, very oily scalp. The limit for me is 2, maaaybe 3 days before I start looking like I poured olive oil on my scalp and it can get very itchy. So not washing your scalp for more than say a week seems like torture for me (because I have gone about a week without washing my hair because I just didn't leave the house). Those people ho don't wash their hair in like a month are mad people. Also, I need strong surfactants, so I love sulfates.

[@AlyH89]

I never realized how different scalps and hair types can be until I had my little girl. I have super oily straight fine hair and she has curly dry to the bone hair and scalp that I only wash once a week. I wash every day but she can go weeks and not get oily.

[@AbbeyYung]

Yes!!! So true

[@marens1896]

Don’t forget what Abbey researched about puberty, that may change as she gets older!

[@chelseal654]

In the middle ages, people cleaned their hair by combing it daily with a fine wooden comb. There's a program featuring historian Ruth Goodman who explains how this works. By keeping their hair covered and combed, they were able to keep their hair and scalp clean without washing with surfactants.

[@Madamchief]

Thank you so much for the validation! blow drying definitely keeps my hair cleaner for longer. Every time I try to air-dry, I just have to wash again the next day unless I want that homeless-chic look haha

[@TheEncodedRose]

I started “hair training” when I was about 17 and after about 6 years I realized my hair was never going to not be greasy by day 2 (I have naturally super oily hair/skin). Not only that but dry shampoo clogging my scalp probably didn’t help. So I’ve felt like this was true for a while, but thought maybe my hair was just so much more oily than average. Thanks for doing the research and breaking it down!❤️

[@rachmaninovwasemo2313]

My hair actually thins more when I don't wash my scalp as much because I have dandruff and it becomes inflamed.

[@Xturnia]

Blow drying and reducing sulfates to less than once a month have helped me tremendously. My hair used to get so oily it would feel and look wet 😭 Now it just goes flat if I don't wash it for five days.

[@nicolesaldarriaga2643]

Love this! You’ve quickly become my favorite resource on YT. Sooo well researched, well spoken, even keeled. You’re my comfort channel! Do you have any videos about using the soft (boar?) bristle brush? I’m super interested in them but wondering if the bristles will be damaging to my dry hair…

[@maartjejans9523]

THANKYOU for sharing evidence based information and explaining it so well! I have to wash my hair daily (can sometimes skip a day with the help of dry shampoo). Thats the way it is and hate getting pushed by people to train my hair..

[@lexvirgilio]

Girl I can’t express how blessed I feel ever since I found your channel. You have brought so much knowledge and wisdom to light for me and I can’t thank you enough!!! The love,research, time, and effort you put into every single video is SO appreciated and never go unnoticed!!! So much love for you!!!!!

[@AbbeyYung]

🥹 thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️

[@peasnap3000]

So glad to have found your channel. I really appreciate the detailed scientific explanation. I know a lot of skincare influencers that provide this info, but have been having a hard time finding someone that does the same thing with hair. It also doesn't hurt that your hair is extremely similar to mine!

[@lindabeautytalk]

Great video as usual. You inspire me a lot in creating my own content here on YT as well. I have been watching videos where this Mexican dermatologist who has a book available in English says that we should wash our hair every day and maybe every other day if you have a dryer scalp. I think he says this based on the perspective of the hygiene of the scalp but not looking into the impact that water can have on the hair. However, I agree with you it’s perhaps a matter of needs and preference.

[@lindabeautytalk]

Also yeah I have also noticed the same with blow drying. My hair definitely gets less grease using a blow dryer plus it just gives more volume than just letting it air dry.

[@aliblock2242]

My mind is blown by this!! Just found your page and I am so glad I did! My hair has been changing dramatically over the last two years, after being pregnant and postpartum! This is great info. Thank you!

[@makeupdoll7413]

This reminded me of a girl on YT who said she washed her hair every day, her hair was luscious, very very long and healthy, I think like all the things about hair it's all due to genetics, hormones, diet, vitamin intake and lastly it's due to haircare, your hair won't magically become thick and long just because you wash it less. For me personally having normal hair which only becomes greasy if I use too much conditioner or if I didn't clarify in a while and dry if I don't use the right products, I wash my hair twice a week just because it's the right solution for my hair not because I force myself to not wash it, for example I'm not able to go for a whole week without washing it as my mom who naturally has curly hair even though she always straightens it now...

[@natxcvii]

I am obsessed with this type of content Abbey!!!❤

[@AbbeyYung]

Thanks for watching! ❤️

[@iBe_Sarah]

I noticed when I started bleaching all of my hair, I could go a week between washes because my hair wasn't greasy. Then when I started letting my natural hair grow back, my scalp has been a lot greasier so I have to wash every 3-4 days instead. I know now that the bleach was damaging my hair and stripping out all of the natural oils. You hear so many things about how often you should or shouldn't be washing your hair... just do what you want!

[@carbonwildflower]

I wish I could like this 1000x times! Thank you 😅

[@maev3032]

Wow! This blows my mind 😱 I started training my hair over a year ago and treating it better literally thanks to all of your videos but my hair still gets greasy after one day and I was wondering if I was just not using the right products for my hair or doing something wrong 🤷🏼‍♀️ It makes sense now if hair training is not a thing 😅 Well, now that I know this, I might have to think about going back to washing my hair maybe twice a week because I can't get it to look as good as yours after day 4-5 (I have similar hair to yours: a good amount - although not as much - of naturally blonde fine hair). I also only use natural products, which means I don't use dry shampoo in a spray but in a powder and it just doesn't do the job as well as spray; but at least it's got no toxic ingredients in it. Thanks for sharing your new knowledge, it gives some perspective on things 😊 And as for the hack of blow drying and not air drying, does that mean you don't air dry at all? I remember in one of your videos, you said you'd let your hair air dry about 80% and then blow dry. So, I'm just curious as to what you do now?? I literally went to the hairdresser's today and they gave me that hack of blow drying to prevent the hair from sticking to the scalp and absorbing as much oil, all the while giving more movement. Thanks for all those tips 😍

[@SammieSea]

Abbey you are the best. I appreciate this video so much. As someone with both highly oily skin and hair and sebbhoreic dermatitis I have tested Hair Training myself for a number of years and never saw an improvement. I love how you back up all your claims with science.

[@moonstar7374]

Great video! Educational with common sense. And I feel you on adding that extra wash day 😅 I went to washing once a week looong time ago bc of convenience not hair training, even though I have curly hair and that is what’s advised. I learned about hair training way later and was glad to learn from your video today about how it’s a myth. Makes sense. Lots of my styling and hair treatment habits I learned on my own through trial and error, only to learn why it works later on through videos like yours 😆 Anyway as always Thx so much for the video & lots of love 💕

[@AbbeyYung]

Thanks so much for watching! ❤️

[@anotheremma4565]

I recently tried to go from washing alternate days to washing twice a week and while I was able to get it done using combination of dry shampoos and hair oil, my hair was definitely flaky by day 4. And I also noticed a significant increase in hairfall directly from the scalp (not breakage) when I go too long between washes. I am now back to alternate day washes with a couple cheat days here and there and my scalp is happy for it. Hair is such a YMMV thing that blanket statements just don’t hold true for most people.

[@hijlaa]

I wash my hair every other day and I love when my hair is at its cleanest. Glad to know that I can kindly tell my hairdresser off when she tells me to start washing my hair less lol

[@AbbeyYung]

A clean scalp feels so good lol

[@sasandbernard7862]

I did a research project on shampoo for my public speaking class. Found a veeeery long book (over 700 pages) that had hard data on this. It was pretty exciting to be able to correct disinfo in a random school project.

[@AbbeyYung]

Omg so cool I want to read it

[@sasandbernard7862]

@@AbbeyYung Feel free, here’s the pdf. www.canadiancosmeticcluster.com/uploads/3/7/9/8/37984461/epdf.pub_the-science-of-hair-care.pdf

[@user-ti6xr3om6y]

Ive washed my hair every time i showered since i was a kid. It was difficult to separate the two. This meant daily as i went through puberty. Then i worked at nursing and hroup homes and felt disgudting if I didn't wash the germs out of my hair, especially during covid. Now im in my late 20s and trying to figure out what is actually healthy for my hair. Ive gone from every day to every other day, not because im training my hair, but i think ive been in the trap of "if i dont wash tonight my hair will be super greasy by noon tomorrow." Im learning different hairstyles, sleeping in braids, and trying to not just wash on impulse. But if i go longer, my scalp gets SO itchy, my face neck and back feels oily, i just feel gross. Im sensitive to dry shampoo and dont think they are actually healthy. If my hair is oily and itchy, im going to wash it. Im shifting towards not washing proactively before i need to, and trying to actually let my body tell me what it needs.

[@Yogi-Bajogie]

I used to have fine hair and lots of it, but now that I'm an old lady, I have fine and not very much hair. I have found a comfortable system for me is twice a week. I was a daily washer, but it was too much work, and honestly with the blow drying and flat iron, or curling iron, I was creating a lot of damage. Thank you Abbey for the solid research and truth telling. YES...we are actually training ourselves lol:) P.S. I 100% believe that blow drying helps stretch wash days out!

[@warmekip]

I have had whole arguments with people over this and I’m so glad to see I’m right. Scalp training is such bullshit😅 my scalp and hair were in pretty bad condition when I didn’t wash very often and when I started washing every other day again it got SO much better.

[@angelag669]

I have been saying for years what you just said. You don't train you scalp to produce less oil, you train yourself to get used to your hair not being washed every day. I used to wash every day when my hair was straight because I just liked the feel of really clean hair. When my hair turned curly due to menopause, I didn't want to have to style it every day. I found through trial and error that I can go 2 or 3 days between washes. Both my scalp and my face got more oily in my later years so I adapted to those changes. I hope more and more people realize that this method is a lot of hooha and stop perpetuating this myth.

[@strc5225]

Please,could yo do an update hairroutine?how do you shampoo,hydrate,moisture,treats...and please,what diet or supplements do yo recomend??what are your favorite products for winter time?THANKS!

[@AbbeyYung]

Just recently posted one!

[@ducklingscap897]

She just posted one like 3 weeks ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5vFmqODqNNrpqc Also supplements, if you mean vitamins and biotin and these things, are proven not to work unless you have a serious deficit. The average person shouldn't develop a serious deficit and if you do then speaking with a doctor or nutritionist would be the best option to see how you can get in better shape. Just to take biotin as an example because I feel like this is a common supplement advertised for healthy hair. Just because you increase your biotin intake doesn't mean you'll increase your keratin production. If your body has enough biotin (and it does if you aren't sick or have a particularly restrictive diet or something like that), the excess biotin consumed as a supplement will just be eliminated in the urine.

[@Captain_Kirk]

If there are people in this world whose scalps produce coconut oil or argan oil, then I would agree that this valuable nourishment for the hair is not wantonly removed by daily washing. However, as long as it is only sebum in the form of sweat and dirt, I refuse to leave it on my head any longer than necessary. Apart from that, I find it unhygienic and disgusting.

[@griffithamber]

thank you!!! the “advice” of washing my oily hair less never made sense to me

[@user-mt8kn9wb8g]

I used to be very conscious about my hair too in my teens and twenties. I couldn’t leave the house as I felt very dirty from the greasy hair and used to wash my hair almost all days. Now I’m almost 39 I found a healthy balance and wash 2/3 per week. It gets a little greasy by day 3, but nothing a bun can’t handle. A bun was unthinkable then hahaha, but with age and 2 little kids aside, you learn to be a bit relaxter ..

[@ClarissaNitihardjo]

YES THANK YOU! I always think that it's only me that feel like air drying vs. blow dry makes my hair even greasier. I live in a tropical country and I cannot fathom people who live here and only wash their hair 1x a week. I've seen their hair. They have bad hair day more often than having good hair day. So I wash my hair every other day or everyday if it's very hot and humid

[@kristilambert3416]

I usually wash on the 5th day except. My scalp gets too itchy from volume sprays. That's perfect for me since my hair really doesn't get oily. ❤️

[@RAEV3NN]

I read the title as hair thinning isn't real and you have scientific proof 😅 cause I was like I definitely have proof 😂

[@ceciliacooper1462]

Yes, Abbey! Such a great video. Thank you for all the research you did. What a controversial topic that now we can put to rest. Just do you! Love it. And now off to blow dry my hair 🤯

[@hamzabakht6958]

Okay but one thing confuses me. Why do we say to not overwash our face like 3 times a day because our face becomes dry and the skin then produces more sebum to compensate that. Also it is famous that if we keep our skin hydrated and moisturized, we can reduce the amount of sebum the skin produces. If the skin produces sebum in whatever amount regardless the tropical applications and training, why do we say all this stuff when it comes to facial skin?

[@TheUlia11]

Such an informative video! So touching on how nothing we do affects how much oil our sebaceous glands create (washing more or less) is it also a myth that overly drying the skin on our face or body will cause the skin to overcompensate by making more oil? I've heard this been said to people with acne or oily skin that hydration and moisture will make the skin produce less sebum 🤔

[@AmandaLiz72]

Love this! For people who need to wash daily like myself, what's the best way to protect our hair from the damage of water? Other than only applying shampoo to roots and using conditioner? Thanks!!

[@EytsirhcChristye]

Popular myths I’ve heard lately are wash your hair once per week and be a grease ball, sulfates and silicones are evil, hair gummies grow your hair super long super fast, a haircut every month makes it grow faster, cutting your hair on the full moon makes hair grow faster, applying biotin to the hair makes it grow faster, combs are better than brushes, hot water is bad, drugstore products are bad, rinse with cold water to seal cuticle for shiny hair, wash your hair with mayonnaise or beer for shiny hair, apply dry shampoo to already greasy hair… You could do a video on all the myths out there.

[@georgiajumeaux6490]

This makes me feel better, I have tried to train my hair before, but I just feel gross and itchy when I don't wash my hair every 2 (occasionally 3) days. I'm pretty oily and even my hairdresser said 'everyone knows their hair best. Don't try to train your hair if it doesn't work for you!' Plus my hair dries straight and I rarely heat style so I don't have to restyle every time I wash.

[@dinatimofei4282]

Thank you so much for this video! I tried hair training for months and it wasn't helping, just made me feel dirtier and my made my scalp more itchy. I can understand that washing your hair more often may strip your ends but I've never had a problem with that since my hair used to get oily from top to bottom when I washed it less, and bc I get regular cuts and don't use heat tools. I also agree abt the hormonal info bc with puberty, my hair started getting super greasy and I noticed during years when my hormones were more out of whack, my hair was also more greasy. Thank you again!!! ❤🥰

[@paulachristie7807]

I never understood “hair training”, it never worked for me. I never noticed any difference in how much oil my scalp produced, I just had oily, dirty looking hair. I found every other day was the longest I could go and have clean, healthy looking hair.

[@StoryOfThisGirlxx]

Omg can’t wait for your review on Epres Beauty!!!❤️❤️

[@annaly2318]

so glad to see this. I also tried hair training my hair... I think some people with extremely thin hair (like myself) just need to wash their hair every day. Every one of my friends that touches my hair says I have the thinnest hair they've ever felt!

[@nolankvn]

It's kind of the same myth as people saying that cleansing their face more frequently or with a certain product made them produce more oil, as if every pore on your skin has a brain that's reacting to the amount of sebum on your skin. I just don't think that's how it works.

[@AbbeyYung]

1000% - same thing!

[@avaa7651]

This is a great video! It’s not often we find hair care videos with real scientific evidence. Thx for the tips!

[@jboop6]

The air drying vs heat drying also makes sense for why I can go so much longer between washes after going to a salon!

[@Chinnychinchin369]

I love your well researched videos. I agree it was really about training myself and learning how to better care for my hair. My washing rhythm that works best for me is twice a week.

[@PettankoXO]

Ever since I got better quality shampoo/conditioner and started double shampooing, I’m able to go a week/ week and a half before washing… depending on how much styling I do, as I feel like hairspray helps control my sebum.

[@marissabrown4904]

Living in a humid environment & being super oily all the time - it drove me insane when people told me i shouldn’t wash my hair every day!! They all had thicker hair too, but didn’t realize fine hair can look so greasy quickly lol. i moved away to a less humid environment, and now i can get away with extending my wash if i am feeling lazy 😅

[@ilovemakeup3148]

I love watching your videos thank you for all your information ❤ have you ever used matrix or matrix biolage? Any thoughts on their shampoos amd conditioners? Thank you 😊

[@AbbeyYung]

Thanks for watching!! I think I did back in high school but haven’t since!

[@alexandramcnamee9912]

Abbey, thank you for talking about something so important and so controversial. I have a follow up question tho, I would love it if you could answer. If its true that we cant make our hairs oil slow down by washing it less, is the opposite also the case? Isnt it also false then, that we can make our hair produce oil faster by washing it more often (or what people always call “stripping it,” leading the glands to “overcompensate”)?

[@LexaJ828]

I worked with a girl with really thick long hair. EVERY SINGLE DAY she’d come in and her roots would be filthy and covered in dandruff. Once a week, when she washed it, it looked shiny and healthy. She even admitted that she never got compliments on her hair except on wash day. 😅

[@emilyf1013]

I have spent the last 2+ years trying to train my hair with no success, my scalp is just greasy. Now over the last year my hair has lost elasticity causing a devastating amount of breakage that I am now trying to repair and recover from. Do you think it is possible that my attempts at hair training have actually caused more damage than anything?

[@personmcdudeguy]

Well what did you do? it could be the buildup combined with any heat styling you did that weakened it so much.

[@emilyf1013]

@@personmcdudeguy I didn't excessively hear style, once MAYBE twice a week. Since I noticed this damage nearly a year ago I hardly ever heat style, I've been trying to baby my hair as much as possible. However, I did find I needed various products to keep my hair manageable between washes... Oil/serum/something for moisture and shine on ends, dry shampoo for roots. But applying these products pretty much daily so I could see how that would build up and be a possible issue when heat styling even once with all that on my hair. Even using quality products, silk pillowcase, sleep styles (all the common suggestions), nothing helped my hair after sleeping on it - weird cowlicks, bends from even big silk scrunchies, straw like ends, ugh. I'm now thinking I need to accept that every other day is the best I'm going to get and spend the next 2 years repairing the damage this lengthy experiment caused 😪 Btw, that got super long winded lol. But I feel like I did all the usual suggestions right and my hair just didn't like it

[@Andrea-dm4gd]

@@emilyf1013 the only thing i can think of its that the building in your scalp affected they way you hair grow/maybe the hair produced during that time is somehow weaker bc of the unclean scalp? But other than that I can't see how dead protein cells (hair) could lose elasticity from your scalp being dirty

[@dubb3292]

A year or two ago i used to wash my hair only twice a week because it would never get oily. But now it gets oily right at the end of the second day, why is that?? I really want my scalp to back ti how it was because washing my hair 4 times a week is stressful😭😭😭😭

[@stephanies6001]

Im so glad you talked about this. I was wondering if people using so many products just to save one wash - if that’s really healthy ? I love all your videos ❤ and I’ve found so many good products.

[@yukikowu5695]

The blow drying thing makes sense. I think when the hair just air dries and sits flat on the scalp, the scalp produces more oil than when the hair is more “lifted” off of the scalp by the movement of blow drying.

[@emilyeverson661]

I used to wash my hair only one or two times a week. My dermatologist told me I needed to wash more often because my scalp was getting irritated and it could eventually lead to hair loss.

[@happytobehere200]

This video is excellent…as always. So informative and well researched and in conclusion, it’s all about what works for us, our lifestyle and what we can do consistently. Thank you!

[@AbbeyYung]

Couldn’t agree more! Thanks for watching ❤️

[@thebeauty_minimalist]

I used to do hair training and I felt greasy all the time! I feel much more confident and my hair looks healthier now that I’m shampooing every couple of days

[@AuroraCarlisle]

I’ve always had to shampoo every other day. My scalp becomes an itchy greaseball otherwise. For whatever reason, dry shampoo doesn’t help much and just makes the itching worse. Back when I was trying to extend time between washes, I’d scratch my head until it bled due to the itchiness. Never again. And my hair also looks and stays cleaner if I blow dry. If I air dry, I feel like I have to shampoo daily.

[@user-mp4dw8wp8l]

For those who still have the hope of fighting their genetics with hair training: I started unconsciously hair training at the age of 12, because I used to straighten my curly hair, but I was way too lazy to do that every day so I started washing it less often (about 2-3 times a week) I never let anyone see my natural hair until I was about 17, then I started to embrace my curly hair (now I love them curls) but I became more self conscious about not shampooing too often and using a lot of oil based soft shampoos, and conditioners. it went so bad lol and I did NOT notice until I turned 20 because I developed dandruff and acne, which I never had before EVEN THOUGH my skin has always been oily, now it’s not as oily as it was in my teens, but still oily.) Nowadays I have very long hair so I am still as lazy to wash it every day, but due to my oily scalp, I shampoo twice, first with an anti dandruff shampoo as a SCALP mask to treat and PREVENT dandruff from coming back. Then I apply a normal, light clarifying shampoo that DOESNT have any oil. As I still only wash my hair 2-3 times a week, this prevents my hair from getting too dirty too soon, and prevent irritation from dandruff (flakey scalp is nothing, think about the irritation and the hair loss from it!!) Please note that this is an almost 10 year hair journey (I am 21 now) so if you have oily skin and you’ve been “hair training” your hair for 6 months only, you may just have not experienced the side effects yet! If you use a salicylic acid face wash for your oily face, what makes you think your scalp doesn’t need to be cleaned too? Trust me, your hair does NOT need “its natural oils”, that’s what argan oil and silicones are made for!

[@CL-hl8ui]

Your videos are SO helpful and your research is very appreciated!

[@fallenangelforever]

I know this is an old video but where does Cocamidopropyl betaine fall on the surfactent chart. Sould that be under Amphotheric? I recently discovered I'm allergic to this ingredient soooo I'm trying to learn more about it.