Weird oily hair - started suddenly!

[Jen1181]

I have always had semi oily hair. More oily at the roots and dry ends. Just recently I have had a new problem. My hair is long (middle of my back) and the crown and underneath in the back are this weird greasy. It just started one day. I have not used anything new. Same things I always use. I have tried washing my hair in everything to get rid of it and nothing works. I used laundry soap, dish soap, tea tree oil shampoo, clarifying shampoos, vinegar, bakingsoda, lemon juice, and that just a few!! I even bought a new hair brush and pillows for my bed. I have switched everything I could think of. It almost feels like conditioner is left in my hair. So just in case I stopped using that. I have no idea whats going on, but it won't come out. I am not an unhealthy person. I shower everyday sometimes twice a day. I'm so frustrated!! I did notice that on a lot of these forums that several say they used Nice and Easy to color their hair. I use that too. I have used it for about two years now. Same color everytime. Could this have something to do with it??

[IMDD]

Hi, I suddenly had this problem as well. After reading these comments, and with a personal history of a possible psoriasis/subheorric dermatitis of the scalp, I used cocoise oil ( a treatment for psoriasis) left in for an hour, then washed out with baby shampoo, listerine and nizoral shampoo and its GONE. Ill update if it comes back xx

[Lele22345]

My hair just started doing this yesterday and no matter what I do, IT JUST WONT GO AWAY!!!!! I've tried everything. I don't have dye in my hair, never have and I'm thirteen years old and quite a healthy person. It's one spot in the back that will not go away. Going to try mouthwash, apple cider vinegar etc-.

[s2015]

im 15 and this problem started 5 days ago out of NO WHERE. my hair has always been easy to manage and whenever it was greasy after i got out of the shower, it had just been because i didnt wash my hair well enough. so i assumed that was the case this time and didnt worry about it, but when i washed it again it was still greasy! so of course i panicked and ive even cried! ive always washed my hair every other day and it never got as greasy as it is now. if i style my hair a certain way i can hide the crown of my head but its so annoying and makes me so upset. my sister told me to try a new shampoo but that didnt work either. ive been resulting to dry shampoo so far but ive been on forums for the past two days and the neutrogena anti residue removal shampoo seems to be working for a lot of people. im going to pick some up today at walgreens along with the t-gel maybe and see if that works. im on thanksgiving break right now (which i am so thankful for) so i have a few days to try all i possibly can to fix this! ill update what happens to my hair after i use the neutrogena products.

[hs141]

Hello my co-mates in this problem! I am a 17 year old girl and recently I went for a 7 day trip where I didn't wash my hair for 4 days straight because washing it would make it frizzy and I didn't want that. So when I returned, I applied Parachute Coconut Hair Oil, let it stay for an hour and then shampooed my hair with L'Oreal Professional Absolute Repair (Oiling my hair is a routine, I've been doing this since childhood). Once my hair dried ( I do not use the hair dryer, I let it dry naturally) I was shocked to find a patch of oily hair! Initially I thought that the oil didn't come off so I shampooed my hair again, but after doing the same for 3 times, I was assured that this isn't the oil that I had applied. The greasy/oily/waxy patch is still there and it is so depressing. Till 2 weeks ago I was thinking about getting brown highlights, but now that this has happened I am quite reluctant to do so.In fact, I haven't even colored my hair so far. In case, you people know something, kindly let me know.

[erudite]

I'm a teacher who is spending some of the summer doing heavy cleaning around my house. I've cleaned twice so far using a bleach and water solution. Each time I've ended up with this oily hair problem also. I'm not sure if the fumes from the bleach are causing it or not, but it only happens after I use it to clean. I know that I'm not running my hands through my hair while working because I put it in a ponytail when I clean. I'm guessing my problem could be that the fumes alone are causing my normally oily hair to produce even more oil to protect itself? Last time it went away after several days of washes and washing my comb and brush in Soft Soap hand soap. In the meantime, my hair looked awful and felt so unclean. Oh, and I don't even use conditioner because I have fine hair and it weighs it down. I've got the problem right now because I cleaned with bleach yesterday and it's grossing me out! I don't even want to leave the house.
Sadly, today I was planning to finish the job I started yesterday, which means more bleach fumes. I'm so bummed.  : (

[Hester1]

Same thing with my 7 year old daughter. Curly hair, just started swimming 2 weeks ago and the greasy hair is bad- like she dumped oil in it. So I'd send her back to wash it again, this morning I washed her hair myself thinking she must left in conditioner and 45 minutes later it was a grease pit! After swim class, I used dish soap twice to wash it and an hour later it's still oily- smells sweet too just like everyone else. I know these are old posts, but any ideas? Should I get her blood drawn, I'm also going to talk to her hair stylist but I don't want to pay for high end shampoo if there is no effect!