I have literally not had a haircut in over four years. I am growing a very long braid (already reaches past my hip). Every day I unbraid it and wash it. One day I will use shampoo and conditioner, the next day just water. Then I brush it and rebraid it.
In four years I have not had any sores and honestly have never heard of that. Just take care of your hair (and scalp) and you should be fine, haircuts are not necessary (though you may want to trim split/dead ends to keep yourself from having a halo of flyaways and reduce how much hair gets damaged)
Edit to add: the frequency at which you use products to wash your hair (and what products are best for you) depends on what type of hair you have, but just…I guess whatever works so that you don’t feel gross. Some people only shampoo once weekly, some do it daily.
I hate my family then, because they kept forcing me, until my adult age, to get a haircut because “it would look nice.”
I didn’t really care that much about brushing and washing my hair; because it felt like too much work (thanks capitalism); and I still thought that appearance didn’t matter.
I have literally not had a haircut in over four years. I am growing a very long braid (already reaches past my hip). Every day I unbraid it and wash it. One day I will use shampoo and conditioner, the next day just water. Then I brush it and rebraid it.
In four years I have not had any sores and honestly have never heard of that. Just take care of your hair (and scalp) and you should be fine, haircuts are not necessary (though you may want to trim split/dead ends to keep yourself from having a halo of flyaways and reduce how much hair gets damaged)
Edit to add: the frequency at which you use products to wash your hair (and what products are best for you) depends on what type of hair you have, but just…I guess whatever works so that you don’t feel gross. Some people only shampoo once weekly, some do it daily.
I hate my family then, because they kept forcing me, until my adult age, to get a haircut because “it would look nice.”
I didn’t really care that much about brushing and washing my hair; because it felt like too much work (thanks capitalism); and I still thought that appearance didn’t matter.