Do you weekly DT?

[Rebeccalaurenxx]

I saw something once that recommends that deep treating weekly, is the best for hair.
My hair is pretty dry even after all the co washing and leave ins and oils.
I have been trying to get to doing it every week, as I remember. My hair does indeed feel better every time I do it.
I was trying to do weekly deep oiling but it didnt seem to help that much or have effect so this is more of a question for those of us that prefer SMT, or premade deep treatments.

How many of us do them (or try to) every week?
Do you leave it in for 15 mins, an hour, etc?
Have you seen benefits from doing them every week?

I use currently a shea moisture deep treatment, argan oil and almond milk.
One pack lasts 2 weeks, but I also have like 6 hask brand packets i need to use up so ill give those a try next.
I leave them on for about 40-60 mins, and I saran wrap and then cover myself with a towel to trap the heat.
My hair feels amazing after, so I want to try doing these every week. Anyone?

[Lanalavallama]

I do. Mostly on Sundays. I steam my hair with a deep treatment, and the dt varies, based on what i have. Sometimes I make fenugreek mask and combine that with a conditioner and then steam my hair. I leave the treatment on for at least an hour, and up to 8 hours when i sleep with it in my hair. I do try a lot of different conditioners, though. Especially deep treatments.

[lithostoic]

That's about how often I wash. My hair doesn't get that dry in one week to require a deep treatment. I do it about once a month.

[school of fish]

I try to, but I often end up skipping a week because life happens.

I actually started my weekly DT routine a few years back when I switched from doing monthly all-over henna applications to weekly roots-only applications. I figured since I was doing something to my hair already I might as well double up on treatments so I started SMTing the length along with hennaing the roots. Back then my hair was really dry, and the weekly SMT really helped get the moisture back in balance.

Nowadays I still stick to that general schedule, but I don't need the moisture so badly, so skipping a week or two doesn't really make much difference. The weekly necessity is more for keeping the roots colour in check - the DT is just a habit now

I generally keep it on between 1hr and 1-1/2hrs, longer if I get doing something. I'm not super regimented about it, I just fit it around my life and try to generally stick to a weekly or bi-weekly schedule.

[lapushka]

I weekly wash & just double condition. Sometimes 2 conditioners, sometimes a mask and a conditioner, sometimes even 2 masks. I leave both on for 2 min. each, no more. I have experimented with leaving things on longer, and 2 min. seems to be just right for me. I also can't "stand around" with product on my head for 15 min. (disability). When my hair is tangle-free or as good as, I know my products are good. It is possible with for example the HE Hello Hydration as a second conditioner.

I do think all the leaving on for one H, to longer, to even overnight does more harm than good (hygral fatigue and such), unless you do a dry pre-poo with it. So I generally don't bother.

It works for me, and I have soft hair always!

[ReptilianFeline]

I don't know if it's considered a DT, but this is what I do the day before I wash my hair:
Oil my scalp with my castor oil, lanolin, neem oil mix.
Oil my hair either with pure cocnut oil, or the Vatica coconut amla oil, or my lanolin (hoof) oil, and detangle and brush out any loose hair.
On wahs day... add a bit more oil to my hair if needed, brush through to catch any new loose hair, then bun again until washing time.

[LadyCelestina]

I used to do it, but then I got lazy. Also I like to use store brought masks (as opposed to just everyday conditioner left for longer) and it gets tiring having to buy another product...

But I had good results with it so maybe I will force myself to do it again! Not sure if there was any benefit condition wise but my hair looked very nice and it was a treat.

[Rebeccalaurenxx]

I don't know if it's considered a DT, but this is what I do the day before I wash my hair:
Oil my scalp with my castor oil, lanolin, neem oil mix.
Oil my hair either with pure cocnut oil, or the Vatica coconut amla oil, or my lanolin (hoof) oil, and detangle and brush out any loose hair.
On wahs day... add a bit more oil to my hair if needed, brush through to catch any new loose hair, then bun again until washing time.

In the case of this forum, oiling is not considered a deep treatment, as I stated before it doesn’t work for me in that way.
My general understanding however is oil is a lubricant, protects the hair but does not moisturize.

[MoonRabbit]

I deep treated weekly for 8 months but then I started to suffer from over moisturized hair. I haven't dt since and my hair is doing better. Weekly treatments causes waaaay too much build up for me, which then causes dry ends, tangles and breakage.

[Jo Ann]

Before last month, I was SMT once a month, when I clarified (I use non-SLS shampoo otherwise). I'd leave it on for about 60-90 minutes, depending on how runny the SMT was and when my neck got tired of my plastic bag/terry towel turban.

Because my hair is noticably (to me, anyway) changing (Go Team Renegrey!), I'm working on a different shampooing schedule. After I get the shampoo part worked out, I'll be working on another SMT schedule.