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Shampoo not needed.

Hi. About 20 years ago a friend of mine read that if you didn’t wash your hair for 6 weeks, shampoo would no longer be necessary to keep it clean. The chemicals in shampoo are harmful and destroy the natural oils in one’s hair so after a period of time the oils would be restored and rinsing it in cold water would be sufficient to cleanse it. Up to now that’s what he has done and his hair always looks clean and shiny and by the way is still abundant in his mid 50’s,anything to do with it? I am currently housebound and don’t need to worry about offending anybody with dodgy hair so I decided to give it a go myself and it didn’t work! I’m very disappointed, I was hoping for naturally lustrous locks myself but it wasn’t to be. Has anyone out there tried it though and how did you get on? God bless.

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Answer #1

I bought a book over a year ago, I think it was called “Curly Girl” (or something similiar to that) and it was an advice book on how to care for curly hair. One of the tips was to not wash your hair with Shampoo because of how harsh it is on your scalp. People with curly hair don’t produce as much sebum(sp?) oil from their scalp; it’s what coats your hair and helps keep it from getting frizzy. So her advice was to wash your hair/scalp with conditioner. You’ll still clean your scalp and you won’t strip your scalp/hair of the natural oils it needs to stay healthy. I’ve been doing that for over a year now and my hair has never looked so good, and it keeps my scalp clean.

Of course this will only work if you have curly hair, forget it if your hair is straight! My sister has bone-straight hair and if she doesn’t wash you hair everyday it gets exceedingly greasy.

Answer #2

I do notice when I put in shampoo my hair gets dry and wirey until I put in conditioner. I thought it was just my hair..o.o I wash my hair every two days. :]

Answer #3

Eww who would try to not wash there hair for 6 weeks!? Thats weird…like you could get head lice… And stink really badly…

Answer #4

okay, I would NEVER try that, I wash my hair EVERYday!! when I miss a day I feel like I stink while I don’t, making them from 1 day to 6 weeks is impossible without washing it!!

Answer #5

Umm that’s gross I wash mii hair every day! Going 6weeks without washing it is just nasty tew me I wud nvr try it personally but hey watever its yur hair..>_<

Answer #6

well it is true, a british women actually tried it… the side effect is if you dont wash for 6 weeks you will smell like rotten cheese…or worse but it remains a fact, though one more thing, for this to work you need to keep away from ALL cleaners not ust shampoo, even soap or it wont work

Answer #7

SOME SHAMPOOS DO ES DRY OUT YOUR HAIR AS WELL AS CONDITIONER.. BUT THEY SELL SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER THAT WORKS FOR ALL TYPES OF HAIR , DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU NEED . BUT I WOULD NEVER GO WITH OUT WASHING MY HAIR. THATS DISCUSTING.

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