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    Oily hair

    Alternative Names

    Hair - oily

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    Here are some tips on oily hair prevention and resolution:

    • The most important thing you can do to prevent or resolve oily hair is to shampoo your hair daily. For people who tend to have a problem with oily hair, leaving the shampoo on your head for at least 5 minutes before rinsing may help.
    • Avoid brushing your hair too often or too vigorously, since the brushing will carry oil from your scalp to the ends of your hair.
    • Hormones affect oil production and therefore things that affect your hormone levels (such as stress or birth control pills) may also affect the oiliness of your hair.

    Review Date: 10/29/2004
    Reviewed By: Jonathan Kantor, M.D., Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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