do you wash your hair every day?

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jan 18, 2015

I do not wash my hair daily. I belong to a racial-ethnic minority known for having a grade of hair that will dry out and become brittle of daily shampooing is attempted. If my hair needs 'refreshing' before I am ready to wash it, I will apply a dry waterless shampoo.

ixchel · Jan 18, 2015

I do. I'm a grease ball after one day.

Baubo516, RN · Jan 18, 2015

I do not wash my hair every day - largely because I don't have enough hot water to wash hair & shave in the same shower! But also because my hair gets too dry when I do. I guess it depends on what type of unit you work on, and what type of patients you are caring for. If I cared for a patient with an airborne disease that day, I would probably wash...but for surgical, rehab, stroke patients, I don't think they are really much germier than I am.

Fruit Sucker · Jan 18, 2015

for surgical, rehab, stroke patients, I don't think they are really much germier than I am.

Good point.

Bbett, MSN, NP · Jan 18, 2015

I wash my hair in the morning and at night every single day and especially on days that I work. I work on a med SURG floor that always has at least 6 isolation patients. Yuck.

Trauma Columnist · Jan 19, 2015

Yeah I was my hair every single day sometimes twice in one day. I lean over pts all day and I get grossed out if they cough or sneeze in my hair.

IrishIzCPNP, MSN, RN, APRN, NP · Jan 19, 2015

I "wash" everyday with conditioner. I rarely use shampoo. This gets my hair clean without the drying aspects of the shampoo.

ComeTogether, LPN · Jan 19, 2015

YES!

I never could stand the thought of not washing it after working in a hospital all day. There was no way I didn't have SOMETHING floating around in there somewhere!

anon456, BSN, RN · Jan 19, 2015

I have to wash daily or it gets too greasy, but I am wondering for those who don't, maybe invest in some cute surgical caps to keep your hair free of the yuck. I work with trach patients and sick babies who are infected with some bad bugs. Even though I try to stay out of the way of the coughing, I still feel head to toe gross when I get home.

maryen · Jan 19, 2015

Yes! I provide suction and trach care all shift and even with my hair pulled back in a pony I know stuff sprays on me. What really bothers me is the smell. My hair seems to pick up those lovely trach scents. First thing I do when I get home is showerðŸ˜³

allnurses Guide · Jan 19, 2015

I wash my hair every day and have for decades nursing job or not. I'm not really doing it because of germs, just that I feel kind of icky until I can wash what might be there that I'm not seeing. I find myself thinking about what's on those hotel bedspreads when they put it under a black light.