stop washing my hair

I’ve heard more and more about not washing one’s hair with any kind of soap, so I’m working my way towards the end of a week-long trial of this right now. My hair is feeling greasy, but better and more manageable.

The one thing that I’ve been told that noone’s mentioned and seems vital to my hair is to brush and comb it regularly to spread the natural oils up to the tips. My job for tomorrow is buy a comb – it’ll be the first time i will actually be able to comb my hair for maybe 4 years. It knots massively, even when i’m asleep but the not washing it thing is reducing that massively.

I’m also only 4 minutes in the shower, and am using less resources :)

can fill my hair all oily when i wash it with water but otherwise no change, am hoping htis does something to my dandruff but it cant be any better or worse than the products which appear to do nothing

i’ve heard the oils stop going crazy after about 3 weeks and you have lush hair again…
PLUS i spend about £20/month on shampoo and conditioner from amazing, vegan organic places, and i’m thinking…i love them but what could be better for yourself and the planet than using nothing at all…
i’m only on day 2 right now but i’m determined!

I stopped washing it with shampoo two weeks ago, but I rinse it with warm water every day. On the top of my head the hear doesn’t look that greasy, but on the sides and back it looks awfull. It also starts smelling now. How long will it take befor my hair starts ‘cleaning’ itself I wonder.

so I’m back to shampooing and conditioning.. oh well, I pretty much accept my hair now.

if it was a perfect world though I’d rather just have really really short hair which I didn’t do a thing to, except water.. but that would have to be really really short!!

and my hair is still kinda greasy. it feels alright, but it doesn’t look too great. oh well, still early on i suppose.

I washed my hair on Wednesday only once with mild shampoo and a conditioner that I mixed with lots of cool water. I have been taking cool showers which has made my skin less dry. However this morning my scalp was itchy and the oils were not going down to the ends where it needs it so I rinsed my hair with cool water no shampoo. I’ll see how it does when it dry. My hair seems to be thickening up and not falling out as much. Keeping my fingers crossed

Okay so I had to wash my hair this morning. I have a date tonight. I did however wash it only once with very very little shampoo and put alot of cool water on it with a mild conditioner mixed with lots of water. It was very gentle. Now I am not washing it until Sunday and then I think I will just rinse it with cool water and conditioner but no shampoo. I think I need to ease into this. I do see that my hair is not as frizzy or dry and not as much hair was left in the drain after washing. Maybe next week I can make it through a whole 7 days without washing.

For the last few years my hair has been falling out, not all that much, but noticeably. I’ve always had thick hair so getting anyone other than my jealous nasty sister to confirm that my hair seemed to be thinning was not an easy task. Most people just didn’t notice. I do note that my part on the back of my head is noticeable but I’m not sure if it always has been. I was in tears last night and all I could remember about my “hair” past was that I didn’t wash it as much as I do now, which is at least once a day if not more. When did I get so obsessive about washing my hair. I had stopped dying it blond a few years back but that hasn’t seemed to help my hair is dry and brittle and frizzy. Now that I’ve seen all your entries I am stopping right now no more hair washing. I may try that baking soda idea but I’m not washing my hair until Sunday and it is now Tuesday. Wish me luck!

well, i stopped around june 08 cos it was jsut too oily for the society i live in, lol. wanted my hair longer and it just wasn’t working out. i now just condition, no shampoo