I have had excessively oily hair for about 10 years now(I am 22), and I have tried shampoo that is for dry hair, shampoo for oily hair, extra volume, baby shampoo, shampooing every day, shampooing every other day, shampooing 3 times a week, I have tried EVERYthing, and I do not touch my hair frequently. I mean my hair is so bad that when I wake up in the morning I need to take another shower and wash my hair because overnight it has gotten oily. Also halfway through my 10 hour work day my hair becomes oily, I use no products in it either, can someone help?

prell is the strongest shampoo out there i've found, admittedly it is harsh but it does keep the oil away the longest. also make sure to not get any conditioner near or on your scalp.

There is a "dry shampoo" that I found at Walgreen's called "Psssst." (Kinda corney, huh?). I don't have extremely oily hair, but I use it when I don't feel like washing my hair some days. You just spray it on at the roots and underneath, fluff your hair, let it sit for a few minutes, and then brush it out. Actually, I hardly ever brush my hair but I just kind of massage the roots and fluff my hair with my fingers. You have to brush or massage thoroughly though, or it will leave a white residue. You could spray it on at night before bed and then brush it out in the AM. I would think you could even use it in the middle of the day as long as you were careful to brush or massage well afterwards. I've also heard that you should look for styling products (mousse, volumizer or hair spray) with SD alcohol in it, which prevents oil from accumulating.

I have oily hair too.. what helps is putting baby powder in your hair (when it gets oily). Put some in your hand and then rub it into the oily spots. It helps a lot. And when you rub it in, you cant see the white, lol.. dont worry, it wont look like you have dandruff or anything.. hope it works for you.

I will try the baby powder thing, I have never wanted to try it becuase I thought it would make my hair look white at the roots, I will try though, THANK YOU!

omg I so know what you mean... I'm surfing the older posts right now looking for some other suggestions so I can change my routine (it's good to change shampoos every once in a while so your hair can't get too used to it and start changing it's chemistry)


loreal fresh vive (white bottle, lime green label and trim) is the best I've found so far... it leaves my hair really really clean for quite a while even though my scalp is an oil refinery..

also.. don't get conditioner on your scalp.. grease city

I used to have EXTREMELY oily hair .. sometimes i felt like i had to wash it twice a day. But my hairdresser told me that when you constantly use products that strip away the oil, your body is making up for it by making MORE oil.. so the solution? DONT wash your hair everyday. Just once every other day. (i know it sounds gross but it actually works) During your in between shampoo days, just sprinkle powder on your hair (I bought a travel size of shower to shower powder and it smells good and is easier to sprinkle on your hair) after a couple of weeks of doing this, my hair got a LOT better. In fact, I can go three days without shampooing (i only know this because i woke up late for work on the third morning and didnt have a chance to shampoo) and my hair still looked okay. good luck!