Washing your hair too often can dry your hair and leave it prone to breakage. Look out for these signs to know if you are washing your hair too much.

1. Your brush won’t glide: It’s getting entangled and not sliding through the hair.

2. Colour fading: Washing too frequently will take the lustre off your hair colour and it will fade faster.

3. Breakage: Dry hair is more prone to breakage when wet.

4. Flakes: Over-washing with harsh shampoos can cause flaking of the scalp. If that occurs, switch to a more moisturising shampoo and skip a day or two in between.

5. Frizz: When your hair becomes stripped of oil it is likely to turn frizzy and dull. Less washing and use of conditioner can help tame the frizz.

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