Every time I change something I get impatient after two weeks and change it again, which means I have no idea what works. Roughly how long should I hold a routine before judging it, and does it depend on what I changed — is a shampoo swap faster to judge than adding a bonding treatment or a scalp product?
There is also a transition period where you are still washing out the previous product's residue. The first two washes after any switch are usually the worst ones, and people quit at exactly that point.
This is the thing people describe when going sulfate free and it is real. About three weeks for me before it settled.
Remember hair grows roughly a centimetre a month, so anything you judge at three weeks is being judged on hair that already existed before the change. The only genuinely new hair is at the roots.
Two weeks is fine for most things honestly. If it is not working by then it is not working.
@broody_bess · 4mo ago · 3 replies
It depends entirely on what you changed, and splitting it this way stopped my product churn:
Change one thing at a time or the whole exercise is wasted.
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@broody_bess · 4mo ago
Write the date and the single change in a note on your phone. It sounds excessive, takes four seconds, and it is the only reason I know which product caused what.
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@seedstart_sib · 4mo ago
The one thing at a time part is where I always fail.
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