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Realized today it's been over a year, so I thought I would make a post. What is " No Shampoo"? It's the concept of using little to no shampoo to build better scalp oil equilibrium and health. Essentially, Stop leeching your body of natural oils, and it will stop overproducing them... I first heard of "No shampoo" in a reddit or YT video. Might have been Johnny Harris. It was still heavy Covid lockdown, so I figured I would check this out. I've always had very oily hair at the end of the day. I washed my medium short Caucasian hair every day or I just felt gross. I came to the realization that soaping my entire body every day, then moisturizing it every day seemed very unnatural. Especially with store bought detergents and lotions. So I stopped....
The first month was not great. I tried just using conditioner, and it would stick together. Then I started using some detergent free shampoo every few days or after a sweaty workout. It only took a month before I could go days without a thick oily scalp. It was about 3 months before I had the confidence to go to my barber without worrying about it.
Now it's been a year. I still use a detergent-free shampoo when needed, but it's much less. My hair is almost never oily. I also stopped using product to keep it in place. The natural texture holds itself in place much better now. I told my friends, and asked them to mention if shit looked weird. No one knew.
Is this all nonsense? Maybe. I feel a lot better about my scalp health, and I'd rather not be in an endless cycle of SDS detergents every day.
The first month was not great. I tried just using conditioner, and it would stick together. Then I started using some detergent free shampoo every few days or after a sweaty workout. It only took a month before I could go days without a thick oily scalp. It was about 3 months before I had the confidence to go to my barber without worrying about it.
Now it's been a year. I still use a detergent-free shampoo when needed, but it's much less. My hair is almost never oily. I also stopped using product to keep it in place. The natural texture holds itself in place much better now. I told my friends, and asked them to mention if shit looked weird. No one knew.
Is this all nonsense? Maybe. I feel a lot better about my scalp health, and I'd rather not be in an endless cycle of SDS detergents every day.
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