Shampoo is unnecessary

[Michaelangelica]

Shampoo is unnecessary.
The No Shampoo challenge - Richard Glover - Opinion - smh.com.au

All my life I have had danduffy flakes in my hair.
I would spend between $10-$20 per week on medicated shampoos and conditioners.

A local radio announcer (Richard Glover) started
The No Shampoo challenge
The No Shampoo challenge - Richard Glover - Opinion - smh.com.au
(see also his ABC website)

If you leave your hair untouched by shampoo for six weeks the theory is the natural oils come back and your hair is healthy and clean.

This does not mean you don't wash you hair you rinse it under running water every day or two or three.

I nearly went bizrerk at week 4, wanting to wash my hair; but hung in bravely

Now I have the least dandruffy problems than I have had in 40 years and after numerous vists to dermatologists. My hair is 99.99% dandruff free; something I could not achieve with shampooing 4-5 times a week.

It is just great and I am saving $20 a week!

My worry is that this thing has taken off to such an extent that the Shampoo multi-nationals will take out a contract on Richard's life!

[InfiniteNow]

Hmm... perhaps you've simultaneoulsy been using some sort of follicle cologne? Some hair perfume?


Dude! What's that smell!?!
I dunno, but he's got zero dandruff.

[orbsycli]

shampoo is chemical disgust.
I use water and occasionally dr brohners magic peppermint soap for my dreadlocks and just a couple drops does the trick.
I can't believe that people put so much **** in their hair and on their skin on a daily basis...it's scary.

[Mercedes Benzene]

I don't know why... but if I don't use shampoo, my bed-head doesn't go away.
I don't have any problems with dandruff though, so I don't have to buy anything special.

[CraigD]

For years, I used very little on my hair (which, at its longest, was pretty long for a man – about a meter). If I had a bit of fine sand on hand, or a bit of mild soap, I’d use it. My hair did quite well until my mid thirties, when it began to become difficult to prevent from splitting at its ends.

At my present age of 47, I must use a moisturizing conditioner, or my hair frizzes and looses length. If I don’t wash its roots, it appears thin and stringy (I know this from trying the Glover challenge earlier this year). Smell isn’t an issue, but a slight oily “stain” on anything on which I rest my head, such as sheets and pillows, is.

I’m faced with the choice of cutting my hair short (or off), or using shampoo and conditioner. I chose the latter. Though Michaelangelica notes

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

It is just great and I am saving $20 a week!

I calculate my expense at about $1/week

What a drag it is getting old

[Racoon]

I agree Micheal..

Most commercial shampoos are nothing but harsh smelling chemicals. Just read the ingredients

Indeed continued use day after day from these chemicals will wreak havok on your hair. dry, thin, brittle.. you wash and strip away the essential oils the hair follicles produce, and then are lead into product merchandising to buying a product that perpetuates the symptoms you're trying to eliminate!

I shower almost daily, but shampoo only 2-3 times a week with Paul Mitchell Awapuhi or other high quality shampoo.
I keep my haircut short, but its all there!!
Thats not to examine the Male Pattern Baldness chromosome, but you thank God when you aren't inflicted!

Those cheap ass shampoo brands are BS.
Another perpetration of bad marketing and unscrupulous practices.

This is something most people disregard in pursuit of misleading marketing ads...

[jungjedi]

i shampoo with shiney silver to keeep my blond highlights glowing and active. plus im in the pool alot

[Qfwfq]

I've never washed my hair more than once a week and that's usually more often than enough. I've rarely had dandruff, maybe when under acute stress. I always buy the cheapest large size bottle and it lasts me years.

I mean literally years! I use very little each time, according to hair length and dirt, in two applications with a thorough rinse in between, an altogether small quantity.
1 cc? 2 cc? That's plenty of weeks with a big, cheap flask! :shades:

[DougF]

The first twenty years of my life I have had dandruff flakes in my hair then I started washing my hair once a week with "softsoap" my dandruff went away split ends gone, no oily “stain” on anything, and leaves a nice clean smell not all perfume like some shampoos do.
(Note: hair is shoulder length now.)

Softsoap® Antibacterial Moisturizing Soap Premium rich lathering liquid soap with mild, yet effective skin cleaners. Antibacterial formula with four gentle emollients and conditioners to help maintain and protect skin’s natural moisture level and pH balance.

Colgate Palmolive 26017: Softsoap Antibacterial Moisturizing Soap | OfficeWorld.com

[HomoSapiens]

Well you leave your hair dirty. Shampoo isn't an issue to me anyways. Dandruff are liek when you wash your hair less than normal. Wash it!