I get my hair relaxed, and I've been told to only wash my hair every other week, or once a week but no more. Personally, as thick as my hair is (not to mention as long as it takes to wash, blow dry, flatten, curl), I'd only wash it once a week w/out having been told that's how it goes... I feel "grimy" at times from it, but it's that or waste $95 I'm paying every 8-10 weeks by washing it more often...:sadno: