Why freshly washed hair looks gross and greasy

 when you have an amazing hair-washing habitual, but your hair is calling greasy faster than you'd adore it to, there can be other motives why.

from your brush being dirty to sporting your head up on top of your head, an expert has shared a number of the things you have to try to no longer do if you want to keep away from your freshly washed hair searching 'gross'.

Dr Lindsey, who posts on TikTok as @dermguru, is a board-licensed dermatologist who regularly shares her skincare and haircare hints with folks that are seeking to change their routines for the better.

And in step with the seasoned there may be one product that could be making your hair greasy - hair oil.

You might imagine that it is a terrific idea to put oils on your scalp to make your hair look glossier and more healthy, however Dr Lindsey has warned in opposition to it, as it is able to make your hair look greasy, when in truth, it is freshly washed.

She stated: "Hair oils are quality on the ends of your hair, however if it transfers on your scalp it could look amazing greasy.

"in case you do use something like this, you need to be extra careful and not let it get everywhere close to your scalp."

other things she warned could be making your hair look greasy were hairbrushes, and placing your hair up at night time.

She stated the "most common" reason isn't always washing your hairbrush regularly sufficient, as if you sweep your freshly washed hair with a broom packed with particles, oils, and bacteria, your hair will immediately have the whole lot transferred onto it, giving a "greasy appearance."

And if you put on your hair up at night time, in a wrap headscarf or similar, it could be making your hair greasier because it "concentrates all of the oil at once into your scalp", after which the oil has nowhere to head, so it goes onto the scalp.

"No surprise my hair be greasy", someone joked in the comments.

another stated that scalp oiling was a fashion, but Dr Lindsey debunked it by writing: "Scalp oiling is today's, no real evidence to assist it."

a person fumed: "Wait, I sleep in a silk bonnet so my hair does not get damaged but now it's inflicting it to be greasy?