That’s interesting—Curly Girl claimed that shampoo was unnecessary, but a brief experiment seemed to imply that not using shampoo left my hair feeling nasty. It’s possible I didn’t run the experiment long enough.
I think the gland output varies from person to person. I think some people have glands that will back off if you stop shampooing, but some people’s don’t.
This is consistent with what I’ve heard and personally experienced. I gave up shampoo about 1.5 years ago, but then some time later switched, at the recommendation of my mum who has very similar hair to mine, to a product that’s actually called No Poo. It does some sort of cleansing thing but doesn’t actually lather/foam like soap. I use it once every 1-2 weeks and my hair is absolutely wonderful. It’s nearly a foot long when straight, fwiw.
This is temporary. My hairy was quite oily for about two weeks but now it’s about as oily as it was when I was shampooing every day.
That’s interesting—Curly Girl claimed that shampoo was unnecessary, but a brief experiment seemed to imply that not using shampoo left my hair feeling nasty. It’s possible I didn’t run the experiment long enough.
I think the gland output varies from person to person. I think some people have glands that will back off if you stop shampooing, but some people’s don’t.
This is consistent with what I’ve heard and personally experienced. I gave up shampoo about 1.5 years ago, but then some time later switched, at the recommendation of my mum who has very similar hair to mine, to a product that’s actually called No Poo. It does some sort of cleansing thing but doesn’t actually lather/foam like soap. I use it once every 1-2 weeks and my hair is absolutely wonderful. It’s nearly a foot long when straight, fwiw.