Shampoo: The Silent Health Threat
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2023
- Sadly, the products that we use every day, like shampoo and other cosmetics, could be messing with our health. The rules about what's safe in the US aren't strict enough, which can allow contaminants that might lead to cancer, disrupted hormones, or organ toxicity. But I've got you covered with a simple fix that we'll unpack in this video!
Thank you to the Truly You (Hair Experts) Team: www.trulyyou.ca/
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• Scanning App 1: apps.apple.com/us/app/think-d...
• Scanning App 2: apps.apple.com/ca/app/ewgs-he...
• Ingredients Database 1: www.safecosmetics.org/chemicals/
• Ingredients Database 2: ireadlabelsforyou.com/hidden-...
• Ingredients Database 3: www.ewg.org/skindeep/
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DISCLAIMER
Please remember that I'm not a doctor and I'm not offering medical advice. This information is meant to help you understand potential issues, but it's always important to talk with a healthcare professional about your concerns. - Розваги
There is a huge difference between not washing your hair vs not washing your hair with shampoo. I'm just throwing this out there in case he didn't catch that. He could easily wash his hair routinely, just don't use shampoo.
That's decades of advertising.
Yep, I do that. Just water 90% of the time and shampoo when it really feels like water isnt enough. Same with shower gels. You dont need shower gel to rinse off a bit of sweat. And you dont need tons of skincare products to counter the other skincare products.
you can just wash your hair and scalp with conditioner.. if you're rubbing your scalp, it's getting clean
Came here to say the same thing: not *shampooing* your hair isn't the same thing as not *washing* your hair. I think if Mike had used a washcloth each time he showered and spent just a few minutes rubbing his head while the water ran over it, his scalp would have been healthy and sebum-free.
I thought that was what he meant - no shampoo. I didn't think he absolutely didn't wash his hair. If he hadn't washed his hair at all, I think we would've seen a way, way different picture.
I was disgusted to learn that SLS was an ingredient in dandruff shampoos, considering that It is used as a skin irritant to test the effectiveness of lotions and other products on irritated skin. Imagine a dandruff shampoo that kept your scalp just irritated enough that you never wanted to stop using it. That's how you get repeat business.
Tf
Pharmacist here. The thing with most substances, be it medicine or additives in shampoos, is that the amount of substance used and the time it's given to interact with your body both influence the effects. Yes, pure SLS that you don't wash off acts as an irritant - as does plain and simple soap. SLS is water soluble and cannot cross cell membranes - if you rinse your hair properly and don't wash your hair several times a day each day, it's rather unlikely to cause problems.
It's in almost all shampoo and soaps, they use it for grease remover in auto shops...I finally switch to castile soap to get away from that crap.
actually I stopped using it for years until I lived in Hawaii and was sweating pretty regularly. I got some kind of rash around my scalp line and researched it. It was dandruff and H&S got rid of it.
yes. i always tell people that using shampoo makes your hair greasier
Not washing and not using shampoo are two different things: I used to jump into a lake year in and year out, with beautiful water quality, washed my hair a few times a week. Soft, beautiful hair, no shampoo or conditioner needed
that lake absolutely was not cleaning your hair better than just taking a shower lmao
why tf do people still think that lakes/rivers are like these magical cleansing things like we live in the 1500's? animals shit and piss in there, there's parasites in there!
Water doesn't remove oils on the skin/hair so jumping into a lake isn't going o get your skin or hair clean.
Bro, if you're not using anything to strip away that dirt and grime, then your hair is filthy.
ewwww
@@tylerdurden7142 oils are good though
This might be TMI but living in a cabin up north where hot water is a luxury for SHOWERING, I stopped washing my hair. After a week it seemed greasy but nobody but bears and coyotes gonna see me. I just brushed it out. After awhile ... my hair felt improved quality, thicker strands, less scalp showing thru. My gray wasn't all crinkly and wild anymore, but smooth and swung around when I tossed my head. I'm hitting 70 and I miss hairs per square inch, but what's left is definitely better quality. The only time it looks 'greasy' now is sweating under a hat, but when my hair dries out, it doesn't have that clumped 'dirty hair' look anymore. It looks and feels clean and shiny. People's biggest worry is their hair might smell. I'm not seeing it, nor anyone when I ask. You'll know from your pillow if there's a problem. If you like that essential oil scent, then comb it thru, but it's not necessary for going out in public. Natural skin oils have a neutral, NOT game-y, scent so essential oils aren't covering anything, they're just a little extra if there's anxiety about it. A gallon of hot water and a hair brush are fine.
I'm almost 70 and grew up on preservatives and additives and artificial colors. They're not going to kill you or guarantee cancer. But if you don't need them, leave them out of your routine. Just don't obsess about it. Live your life.
I'm only 20, but I've been slowly but steadily washing my hair less and less often. Went from daily, to twice a week, to once every two weeks, and the less often I wash my hair, the less greasy it becomes between showers. The only mistake I made was that one week where I completely forgot to brush it and it went WILD.
Same goes for makeup.
WOUld be nice if everyone was of somewhat similar resistance so the less resistant wouldn't tend to flake out early
#ShoutOut2the Unfortunate Sons
@@anomonyous Oh yeah! Replaced all of my makeup with some cleanser and sunscreen (and sporadic moisturizing cream) and my skin has never been better.
I stopped using shampoo uhhh... six years ago, or something like that?
Was a little rough in the transition phase, but since then I've never gotten more compliments on my hair. I use nothing at all.... NOTHING. AT. ALL.
If someone could make a list of shampoos that are non-toxic that would be amazing
The best stuff is probably going to be artisanal. If anything has a brand name that is bigger than your town, it's likely to get co-opted very quickly. Best to make something simple yourself or find someone who does
I've used simple soap for a long time.
@@Idrinklight44 why would soap be less harmful than shampoo? Seriously wondering
Some shauma shampoos make me scratch my head for 4-5 days after use. I dont use any shampoo from long time and im good.
@@GrassWarlock1 it's been my experience that it doesn't strip all the oils out of scalp.
I'm about as all natural as it gets. While remaining clean!
It's frustrating how, in the U.S., we consumers are the ones responsible for researching every ingredient in cosmetics and food so as to not inadvertently make ourselves sick or contribute to environmental degradation, especially when the EU Cosmetics Regulation demonstrates it doesn't have to be this way.
I prefer the freedom to choose for myself. A nanny state will sooner or later make a choice on your behalf that you don't agree with.
If you're not using shampoo, you have to brush your hair every day for a few minutes, using very dense, natural hair brush. It removes the excess sebum, dead skin and loose hair. Apple vinegar helps to keep hair and skin healthy.
Ah yes washing your hear with gasoline was all the craze for delousing in the 1900s.
Don't use vinegar products as its basicly transmision oil.
Don't believe me? Go on a northern european diet for 6 months and then enjoy some greek/italian food for a week after that to see the wonderfull effects of vinegar on the human body.
Green soap as we call it over here is great for either skin or hair as its simply citrus soap. (animal fat/ash + dehydrated citrus fruit)
Main reason the other family of citrus fruits are not used like tangerines and oranges is because they get fully grinded up in to juices where as with citrus the anti-toxin skins are basicly a waste product in juice manufacturing.
Still better making your own as with mass manufacturing lubricant* oils will always get in to the product regardless.
Atleast its no engine oil product such as vinegar. If a product is made out of seeds it will have toxins in it that will harm the body so stay well away from any form of seed oils.
But yes brushing your hair 2x a day is a requirement as old dead hair will knot up and might end up pulling out the good hair that way.
Vinegar should be diluted, as the acid can be a skin irritant. Don't use it every day.
yeah but then you have the issue of, yknow, smelling like vinegar
@@AnymMusic true. But if you wash in the evening, in the morning smell is fine,. So the only one who complain is your wife 🙂
@@Mescherje yeah it evaporates . . weird how some ppl can't tolerate smell of vinegar - which is SO GOOD for you! internally as well as externally
I feel the specialist is quite biased, since she works in a cosmetic clinic that offers hair care and treatment. Even if she agreed with you, would be strange for her clients to know that 'it does not matter much to spend so much in 'hair health''.
It’s misleading. Just because shampooing removes some dead skin from your scalp temporarily doesn’t mean it’s good for your scalp health long term. It’s interesting to see the scalp up close, however I wouldn’t trust the “expert’s” opinion
@@Jake-oq2bq same lol its their job to get more clients. XD But yes it seems its ok to go days with out shamooing. Just make sure to wash ur body. Especially if really active.
Yeah, should at least made cross references with good researches. You could zoom in on some random part of the human body and feel that its disgusting even if it is completely healthy. Also to trust just an app to recommend you what to buy or not doesn't makes sense, as the app is basically a marketplace for brands to buy a spot at this point.
I'd recommend investigating on your own if you distrust an specialist, investigating on the same topic, so if you distrust the clinical opinion of the expert, read clinical books. Short answer, no wash= body oils+ no removing of dead cells + no stimulating the shed of the new hair = perfect home and food for bacteria = infection or folliculitis, in the best case just baldness since the body won't maintain a body part that doesn't looks useful and it's involved in some harming it's recieving
Well is up to who may concern to wash their hair using a neutral soap maybe avoiding certain chemicals no need to use shampoo.
I haven't used shampoo in about 3 years. I met a young woman who was a dollar-store cashier. She had the most beautiful hair I had ever seen, and I asked her what she used. She said nothing. No shampoo, no conditioner. She'd just run some water through it and keep it brushed.
Well that's pretty interesting. I should try to see if that makes a difference for me.
I wonder about oil though….like oily hair
@@starbright144 maybe warm water will do
If it’s curly hair, the hair by nature is very dry.. therefore you wouldn’t wanna dry it out
@@starbright144When you brush your hair often those oils balance, nourish, and clean your hair. It didn't happen over-night for me, it took a few months before my hair really began to morph, but I'll NEVER go back now I've seen the changes for my own hair. Saved a lot of money too. If I do decide to go extra, I'll wash my hair with fresh rice water. The lectin we wash out of the rice is amazing for hair & skin. For nutrition, mixing a good fatty long grain rice with an oily fish, spicy pepper, and avocado will make your hair shine within 2 hrs depending on your metabolism.
For all its faults, the EU is still the best place to live when it comes to your health. I'm forever grateful for being born here. I hope you guys in the US manage to change things.
I’ll be honest, if I could own a gun and had freedom of speech in the UK or EU, I’d move in a second. American greed and capitalism has wrecked this country.
@@thomascraig6814 there's freedom of speech in the EU, and a lot of guns. Just no concealed/open carry
@@config4052 To my understanding you can get arrested for saying discriminatory things and such in the EU and UK. Are you allowed to own semi-auto high capacity guns in the EU? I know you can’t in the UK.
@@thomascraig6814 My dude, we have freedom of speech in the EU. And several EU countries have guns too.
As for the UK, I advise against ever considering that toilet. I lived there for two years and leaving was the best choice.
@@razorwireclouds5708 Really? That’s pretty interesting. What made the UK so bad? What countries in the EU would you recommend?
Sometime around the year 2000 this experiment of not using shampoo and washing/scrubbing hair with just water, was quite common and the fad talked about on major radio stations in Sydney Australia where I was then living. At the time I was about 50 had a greasy scalp and had noticed that my thick head of hair had become thinner and I found allot more hair on the shower floor and drain.
It took about a week to ten days for my hair to adjust to this new routine of only using water on my hair, and scrubbing it vigorously with just running water, daily. The first thing I noticed was that both my scalp and forehead were LESS greasy.
At my next, and occasionally at subsequent haircuts, I would ask the hair dresser what they thought of my hair condition and she always had positive things to say about it (she new from previous experience not to attempt to market products to me). I am now 70 and my routine is still the same except my hair is thinner now but I still have a full head of hair and no one has ever commented negatively about it.
Not even my massage therapist, from whom I always get a scalp massage as part of my regular monthly neck and shoulder stress reduction treatment.
I do use a moderate strength bristled brush to help scrub my scalp whilst washing it with water daily.
I've started washing my hair just once a week. I'm 58 and my hair has become dryer as I age. Results have been great. Less dryness, and I've noticed less hair falling out.
Not washing your hair is a lil dif than not using bad shampoo! It's crazy we let them do this to us though, and the FDA just laughs all the way to the bank.
Realize the FDA is kneecapped by republicans, but really, both parties. Last Week did a segment about how a republican and a democrat both passed a bill letting anyone do anything with suppliments, taking away the FDA's ability to regulate.
In the USA, the FDA has to prove something is bad. In the EU, they tell companies to prove their stuff is safe.
„they do to us“?
we do it to ourselves
they just supply it and feed it to become „normal“
@@JensVanDeAarde yes they do it to us, nobody chose this
@@doltBmB
so you don’t choose to shampoo your hair?
do your arms get controlled by the pharmaceutical industry to buy and use shampoo?
@@JensVanDeAarde You don't have to drive that car, just walk! I know its 60 miles but its good cardio
6 months with no shampoo, my hair smells fine, I wash it with water almost every day, no more flakiness, itchiness reduced significantly and I even save like R$20 every month.
Most human made products are harmful, I also stop using soap and my skin become healthier than ever.
I've been doing it for a while now, and it literally looks as healthy as it did before I stopped using it. We should all give it a try at least once, and by the way, I also wash it with water almost every day, and no complaints in my behalf.
If i use oil then i have to shampoo it for removing oil from my hair?
If i use oil then i have to shampoo it for removing oil from my hair?
@@Ooss455yes, if u wanna do no shampoo, dont use products.
I was applauding your "read the ingredients" advice and was then blown away by the Hidden Ingredients app. I didn't know those existed, thank you. I avoid products from the US because of hidden ingredients and this is really gonna open up my dietary options. 🙏
I did the water only for abt 6 months. my hair got used to it slightly but by no means was it not greasy. I started using more natural shampoos and chilled out only using it abt twice a week and my hair is better than ever. I will say it varies from person to person so I would try it yourself and see what works for you.
with how hard my water is, I cant just rinse, it ends up nasty.
but wait, how do we know that a scalp full of crusty bits is bad for us?
edit: BRO COME ON of course the people that are selling you scalp facials and shampoos and hair treatments are going to say "you need to buy our stuff for healthy hair."
the crust and excess sebum clogs your hair follicles. That's why the lady said it could accelerate hair loss
Tbf we should have gotten multiple trials. He said he didn’t wah his hair so he may not have even used water. I’m curious to see if the scalp results would have been different or the same with just a water based treatment
@@BoomBurster I think he meant he didn't shampoo his hair. Surely he atleast scrubbed his hair with water. The no poo movement doesn't advise not washing your hair at all
Now apply this to the food industry (or any industry that full sends into marketing).
Thought so as well 😅
In high school, I did an experiment like this. I had very long hair for a guy. It was well past my shoulders, but the ladies in the cosmetology department LOVED messing with it, so I kept it long. I had a hard time with it getting dry, no matter how I conditioned. Brushing, combing, or even putting my conditioner covered hair for hours, had little to no effect. Well, after going camping for several days, and not having access to an easy way to clean my hair, I found it to be in the best condition ever. I brushed and combed my hair and scalp every day to help keep out debris, but that was all. Then I got to thinking about it. We are using industrial detergents to remove our natural oils to then try to replace them with oil from other animals. It's dumb. So, I started a 3 week cycle. I would wash my hair like normal 2 times a week for 2 weeks, but the 3rd week I left it alone. I would, however, still brush and comb my hair like normal. After 2 months, I had the best looking hair in the school. When people asked me how I did it, they would get grossed out at first, but then try it themselves.The concept spread like wildfire. Use mechanical means to remove physical debris, and only shampoo to remove excess oil when needed. The more you brushed, the less it's needed. This does, however, increase the necessity to clean your brushes and combs more regularly.
I promised myself if I ever started going bald, I would keep my head shaved. The Sand Hill barber took care of the first cut for me, and I've kept it shaven ever since. I do rock an epic beard now. It gets the same treatment as my hair did. I even use the same brushes and combs from 20 years ago.
So you went from long hair to cue ball look because you had norwood 2?
You are a good candidate for merino wool socks. Darn tough for regular feet, or smartwool for wide feet.
I have worn the same pair for three days with no smell or discomfort.
-Life-Changing
Shampoo works to wash away dirty and oil buildup on hair. But it causes a problem when people do it every single day. It's normal for our hair to have oil because it protects it. Constantly stripping all of it off only tells the body to make more to maintain the equilibrium, resulting in greasier hair and it doesn't do any favors to the overall hair health. It's also why for some people, washing less reduced dandruff because it allowed their scale to retain its oils and reduce dry skin. Also why conditioner exists to reintroduce some of the moistures. But this is only one part of the equation and it takes some testing to figure out what works for you.
Wouldn't brushing cause more oiling? Since it is literally moving hair strands, producing sebum
@killme5630 yes and no. You are distributing the oils that are there already while freeing light soiling from dust and dander. The soiling that is removed takes some of the oil with it. Through the course of the day, additional oil is naturally shed as well as absorbed into the hair from sun and wind drying it out.
Before mass produced shampoo and marketing, most people washed their hair only once a week which was a perfectly healthy thing to do. But shampoo manufacturers used marketing to get people to wash their hair daily and thus sell more shampoo.
The ingredients used like skin cleansers also strip natural oils and trigger more sebum/oil and issues. This incr need for moisturizing/ conditioning etc.
still i only wash my hair each week, and i didnt even know about it being healthy.
About a year ago I had real bad dandruff, hair loss, and terrible itchiness on my scalp. I was scratching so much that I was cutting up my scalp. Selsun blue didn't do jack, I went to a dermatologist who gave me a prescription shampoo, and after a month of use with no improvement, I quit that too. Then I started applying coconut oil to my hair, and started shampooing and washing it once a week with what I believe to be a less harmful shampoo. And just like that, there was immediate improvement. Since then my scalp health has increased greatly, my hair loss and itchiness have just about disappeared, and I feel great.
I have stopped using shampoo for over a year and instead i use a natural soap and some essential oils and the result is amazing. My hair literally revitalized. If not for that i would 100% be bald by now. I have almost zero hair shedding now and very thick hair
Hey, I want to do this too, but I don't know how to start. Or how to stop. I mean, I used shampoo at least 5 times a week. If I didn't wash my hair 2-3 days, it immediatly became itchy and oily. I think I can't work like that. What kind of soaps do you use and how long does it take your hair to become normal again? I am going bald. Top of my head has much less hair compared to a few years ago and I don't know if it can be revitalized but I wanna try...
Dude we can get a list or brand recommendations please
@@FaithfulComforter I use a local soap called "Bittim soap" here instead of shampoo. I have a mix of 1 teaspoon each lavender oil, peppermint oil and 1 tablespoon of coconut oil. Every three days I apply this mix to my scalp and massage it and then cover it for one hour and then I get into the shower and wash it with the bittim soap. The rest of the days I wash my hair with just water since I take a shower everyday. This has been working for me and you can notice the result in a couple months and as you keep doing this it will just get better and better. You need to trust the process and know that all those chemical shampoos actually harm your hair. I use this specific soap here but i think you can use anything natural instead of shampoo
@@uchihaitachi3307 We have that soap here in Turkey too. Even the name is same. I saw it many times but never tries it before. Since you used it and recommend it, I want to try it now. Thanks for the suggestion.
Pretty sure baldness is a natural process related to frowning, muscle tension, increased inflammation in the hair follicles, a reduction in follicle size and calcification of said follicle and not just oil build up and a diversity of micro-organisms.
Im sad he didnt listened to an actual expert rather than a cosmetic worker. Her response was the most biased thing ive heard in a while. Such a good start to end up like this...
From the same creators of:
"I discovered the truth that scientists hide from you!" and "Scientists don't want you to know about this revolutionary technique"
yeah, i pretty much stopped the video at that point. Plus I don't believe he spent a year with NO water on his hair. that seems unrealistic but he was not clear if he rinsed his hair and massaged his scalp or just literally never touched his hair with water. I don't like his ambiguity.
"I experimented by eating nothing but meat for a year, and went to see how I was doing at my vegan doctor's office. They recommended I immediately switch to a vegan diet or I will die of a heart attack."
@@Metqa I don't think anyone's gonna accuse him of having a sound understanding of the scientific method anytime soon.
Also touched all over her arm with her contaminated gloves and all over her computer. Complete incompetence.
Man, i appreciate all the work you put into this.
About a month ago, I started to stop using shampoo. I used to have dandruff. Now I do not. I used to have an extremely itchy head. I no longer have one. I still wash my hair, but all I use is hot water. It removes most of the oil, but some is left over, helping my hair.
I had a bad psoriasis combined with some yeast infection on my scalp; imagine thumbnail-sized bloody flakes. The special shampoos prescribed by a dermatologist kept it somewhat in check; these soothed the ichiness and bloody crusts but it never really got better. Needless to say that these medical shampoos were insanely expensive. Then I read an article about Aleppo-Soap für skin care and gave it a try.
For two years I wash my hair once a week with this traditional Aleppo Soap (the 40% type) and my scalp is almost clean. Only minor rashes and some fine dandruff.
Almost cured and a block of soap for 8€ last me four months. For the medical stuff I spent 200€ every quarter.
i shower with aleppo and marseille soap exclusively. think im gonna start using it for my hair too.
Aleppo Soap is also one of my fav. with marseille of course. I use artisanal shampoo soap (yes, solid shampoo).
Im male with regular hair cuts. Did have mild dandruff and used different shampoos but could not get rid of it.
The last four years I've only used shampoo occasionally. Every second day body shower only water on hair and used comb or brush. No more dandruff.
Not sure what you mean by the 40% type. I'm looking on Amazon and there are many different Aleppo soaps to choose from. Please advise and many thanks in advance.
@@harrygatto Aleppo soap is made from olive- and bay leave oil. The 40% specify the amount of bay leave oil.
I’ve always been surprised at the cultural difference between North America and Europe when it comes to personal hygiene. Being one of those “filthy” Europeans that washes her hair twice a week and showers every other day (unless I sweat a lot because of sports, heatwave etc), I was often met with disbelief and disgust by people from the US and Canada. Them being so surprised that I don’t shower and wash my hair daily was kinda an indirect proof of it not being an issue. In case I smelled or looked dirty, there wouldn’t have been a moment of surprise I assume!
Wait, life expectancy better than US?
Something wrong isn't right!
@@Saberwulfy not sure what you’re trying to say
I am European and I shower every day, so do many people here in Spain. 😮 I wash my hair every two days, sometimes three. Every day in Summer, when it's hot and you go swimming, for instance.
I don't use perfume or make up, but I use deodorant.
I agree that many cosmetics are unhealthy but not washing isn't good either, and it's not socially acceptable here, not among ordinary people.
There are huge differences from country to country here in Europe.
@@nurnu349 just to make it clear, I never promoted “not washing”. And I do of course use deodorant and on the days I don’t shower, I wash myself with a wash cloth (face, armpits, feet and private parts). You really don’t need to wash your arms and legs every day unless you sweat a lot. It’s also unhealthy as it can strip your skin of healthy bacteria. We also have extremely hard water where I live and using it too much dries your skin out.
Obviously not ever washing is worse but I think overdoing it is also not ideal for your health nor for the environment.
@@linibellini Yes, I see your point. Washing very often and with chemicals is not good for your skin, agreed, however, I will still have a daily shower and wash my clothes often. It's a personal choice, after all. The environment, that's the ultimate excuse, isn't it? People think they are saving the planet using electric cars when the reality is that electric cars are highly pollutant and a nightmare when it comes to the disposal of the highly toxic and non-recyclable batteries. The materials mined to manufacture them use slave labour and DESTROY the environment of the far away places from they are sourced. The life of batteries is peanuts and the bulk of batteries needed humongous, so it's a nightmare. They explode and cause fires that are impossible to extinguish, imagine that happening near a forest... You probably hadn't thought of it. Many people eat "healthy " and environmentally friendly, because no pesticides were used on the mangos or avocados or X they bought, those products were not proximity products though, but people keep thinking they are OK to save the planet.
People don't want to use wool and leather, because poor animals, and they use synthetic fibres instead, or plastic. They take drugs imported from developing countries, but that's ok, the long flights included, 😂 haha, they want their mary juana at any human or environmental cost. They fly to exotic places, they use plastics, many of them do. It's again a delicate balance of options and choices and I don't like it when people play the environmental card, in general, they are not environmentally friendly, just play pretend. May be you use a composting toilet, never fly, avoid plastics, use only organic cotton, eat only regional products and don't do drugs, if that is the case, I respect your environment argument and you, for being so disciplined, so consistent, and so authentic. Otherwise, please, stick only to the dry skin argument, which is objective and true.
Thanks for the tip though.
The human scalp evolved for 10's of thousands of years without 'products' to keep it "healthy".
With evolution, only the healthy survive to breed more humans so, products do not necessarily mean healthier, although they do make someone richer.
So basically those from Europe don't have to worry, since a shampoo from the same brand is less "toxic"?
Yeah, I already went down the "shampoo is bad" rabbit hole. Here's what I found. 1. Hair can be refreshed with cornstarch. Just sprinkle some on your palms and add it to the greasy areas and massage in. Leave for a few minutes, then brush out and \or use a towel.
2. Shampoo bars are very useful. For awhile there only Lush or homemade soap makers were making them. They were pricey! But, they've caught on and are less expensive. You just have to search. Be aware many contain sodium isothionate which is less harsh than sodium laureth sulfate. You have to make up your mind if this is important to you.
3. Handmade or store bought bar soaps can leave a residue. You can rinse with dilute vinegar to remove some. Syndet bars (synthetic detergent bars) such as Dove can be used as substitute. They usually contain sodium isothionate and no lye soap. They are called beauty bars because of this. Read labels.
4. Some people just use conditioner in place of shampoo.
5. Don't let videos like this and articles scare you. Do research on ingredients and decide which ones are problematic for you.
I still won't use shampoo. It's created by capitalism.
I just started using cornstarch and it works really well! But what would you suggest if you want to wash your hair under a shower? what is the least bad "cleaning method" ?
Baking soda helps with dandruff
What would you recommend for dandruff?
@@unknowngeezer5029 different person, but a little vinegar once or twice and less-hot showers help with dandruff. Dandruff is, in most cases, just dry skin on your scalp. Clean it, moisturize it, avoid drying it out and you're good
I feel this goes hand in hand with the average person taking wayyy too hot showers, further ruining their scalps
What about saunas? Well documented health benefits but is this at the expense of healthy hair?
cold showers 🤤🤤🤤
Warm water for hair, hot water for washing body and cold water cool down is my routine.
i take hot showers i love hot showers
I think saunas are great for unclogging pores and keeping the skin's oils flowing. Definitely notice hair and scalp improvements when I use a sauna regularly. @@steffenfrost995
Thanks for the video and good luck with your hair!
Oh thank gawd, I thought it was the coke and meth I was shooting up. Thank god it's just my shampoo!
Stopped using shampoo in 1984. Never looked back.
Big Brother is Watching You 👁️
No doubt !@@singaporeghostclub
Once you go bald , you never come back.
Nice
I'm sure ppl look back when they smell that head stench
I haven’t washed my hair with shampoo for years .my hair is clean, shines and healthy .its never greasy or dry , it remains the same , healthy and full . I am 58 years old now and still have the same hair I’ve always had . Giving up shampoos will firstly cause hair to become greasy as it tries to rebalance its natural condition .after three of fou4 weeks it will regain its normal natural balance and look perfectly good .
I am on 19 years of not washing my hair with shampoo!
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@@Horus-Lupercalnope I've got the same experience
What about the smell, though?
With what do you wash your hair? And the rest of your body? Sincere questions.
After years of using shampoo and conditioner, I stopped cold-turkey 3 months ago. Just rinsing with hot water and using a comb in the shower. I started to see results after almost 2 months; My dandruff is down to what I estimate to be
Seeing your clean hair was so satisfying 😫😫
I tried the no shampoo or conditioner trick for 9 months, in all honesty i think my hair is thinner now, as my hair is down to my waist in length at the time i felt like i was dragging a lot weight and i gave up in the end because i literally couldnt stomach the smell off sebum, and i felt itchy and grubby even after a shower, so yeah total fail !!!🤦♀️🤷♀️
what about dandruff
@@Gauravkumar-jm4ve yeah that too but it wasn't dry and flaky, it was like oily cream, I noticed that when I scratch my head it would be under my nails 😳 pretty disgusting!!
The coronal area of my scalp sometimes leaks sebum like a drippy old window shaker Air Conditioning unit does on the outside and always smells of HONEY like BEE's honey or something closer to adolescent's facial acne's pus.
Also, when it is "leaky" my head will literally become GLUED to whatever I lean back of my head on.
Thankfully, anyway, I have hair and skin good enough I've been sought after in both skin and hair "industries" ever since my toddler years but my fam knows better.
My hair had a much worse texture when I washed it once a week versus washing it every other day now. It's soft as baby hair. It was super rough back when I washed it once a week. This whole no shampoo thing needs to be taken with a grain of salt. It might work for SOME people with specific types of hair, but it's definitely not a one size fits all kind of thing.
@@mrsrimskie5493 Think about it from the point of view of keeping a dog clean. You can give them a wash once in a while when they get stinky, but if you do it too much you can cause them great harm since they need the grease to protect their skin. The same probably applies for a human being. Perhaps you can try washing your hair with some natural shampoo once every couple of weeks as a compromise to get the best of both worlds.
Also, did you wash your scalp with water when showering? How about brushing your hair after showering?
Since I stopped using modern shampoos, my seborrheic dermatitis has calmed down tremendously. From time to time I use a kind of tar shampoo or such with ketoconazole, but nothing more. It was an advice from my dermatologist and so far its working wonders:)
You can put coconut oil (cold pressed ) on your hair, a lot, and then wash it with water, do this once a week.
It will help you with seborrheic dermatitis, coconut oil has antibacterial and antifungal properties.
@@Th3GuyWithPants
O no, that wil clog the pipes....
@@galga637 Yes, you're right, but that's why they only do it once a week, and only for a few hours on the day of the treatment, and if you wash it well, there's no reason for your pores to be clog.
@@Th3GuyWithPants hahaha i meant coconutoil clogging the drain of the shower....
🤣 my bad, my english sucks@@galga637
OK wise guy. That was a stup!d experiment! I wash my hair at least twice a week, and more in the summer. Any less and my scalp feels really cruddy. So I looked at my Aussy shampoo and found that it has some really evil stuff in it. But here's the thing. Most of us are not chemists, so we have no clue what to use for our hair. You experts need to give us a bit of direction. What shampoo should we use? It's OK. We need your help.
Try Avalon organics. Or just rinse w vinegar water.
It is so simple.
Just wash your hair with hot/warm water, nothing else. Not too often, perhaps once a week or so is more than sufficient.
I just had this conversation with my wife yesterday regarding the stricter guidelines Europe has for chemicals in their food and health products. I think most people nowadays are aware that something in our (American) environment is contributing to all the ailments we face today. We were talking about allergies when this all came up. Is all natural food and health supplies the answer? Where indeed are the best places to shop for these goods. We owe it to our kids and grandkids to demand corporations change how they’re literally poisoning us and the environment. Please continue these videos for information untainted by corporate interests and others.
It's also why you need free government-funded healthcare.
In the US, the less healthy you are, the more the medical industries profit. And your politicians are all on the medical industries payroll (in some form - backhanders, that sort of thing), so everybody in power wants to encourage you to eat shit, have an unhealthy lifestyle, have exposure to dangerous chemicals, etc.
In Europe, unhealthy people COSTS the government money, so they do everything they can to avoid it.
Eg the NHS spending £1 million on TV adverts deterring people from doing something unhealthy might save the NHS £20 million in treatments for it.
Whereas in the US it's the opposite - spending £1 million on TV adverts encouraging people to do something unhealthy can result in £20 million profit for the medical industries.
Seriously? Free what? What in your life ever was free of any substance? Getting government out of our lives is the answer not making it bigger. Think Obama Care!@@alkaholic4848
@@alkaholic4848- You think people in EU are more healthy? 😂
And it doesn’t cost the government anything. Governments don’t have money.
It’s taxpayer money and trust me, they have plenty because the vast majority never need anything more than an annual checkup. Yet they’re paying almost half their income in taxes for healthcare they never use.
@@alkaholic4848 It's not as simple as that. Because of the salary, being a doctor is attractive in the US. Believe it or not, they don't make tons if you bring the number of hours into it. I remember that about 20 years ago there was a nursing shortage and I could have taken in just about as much OT as I wanted. I could have worked weekends in Chicago for around the same as I made working three 12 hour days at home. If I worked as many hours as he, I would have brought home more than my PCP did.
In Canada, the wait time to see your provider can be much longer than in the US. In Nova Scotia (2021) the average wait time between a referral from your GP to getting treatment by a specialist averages more than a year. That doesn't include the time it took you to get in to see your doctor.
Wait times for treatment have big medical & financial consequences. A reversible disease could become permanent if you have to wait for treatment. Take me, for example. I fell asleep watching TV & woke up two hours later unable to feel & move my arm below my elbow. Got inpatient CT, MRIs & outpatient EMG but they couldn't figure it out.
The local neurologist watched to see if it got better in time (which it did very slowly) but I was disssatisfied with that. Went to a large Chicago specialist with lots of experience in weird things. Got a sonogram a week or two later & had four surgeries shortly afterwards. I couldn't have done this in Canada. If did somehow manage to see a doctor hundreds of miles from home, I'd have taken a very, very long time so have surgery and my injury would have been permanent by then. After the initial injury, the same issue slowly slowly in my other arm & I had surgery on it after the first arm was better.
It takes a long time to get imaging like CTs, MRIs, & ultrasounds. I doubt that I'd ever have gotten the sonogram elsewhere.
If I'd lived almost anywhere else but the US, I would have to be wealthy to get such good & timely treatment. I would be unable to care for daily needs such as cooking, cleaning, and in time, dressing. Since hubby is older than I, I would end up in a nursing home at a young age. In Canada, my injury would be both personally disastrous and financially disastrous for the Canadian government. People with oddball diseases deserve great care too.
Profits over people. That’s become the “American way.” It’s really sad….
Thanks for getting an experts view for the results and not just go like "Okay I did for a year and my hair is okay". I've been rocking the long hair for over 5 years and I also go with natural shampoos, the scalp is no different than any other part of our body so it's just nasty to literally stop washing it. It's no different than stopping to wash one of your arms or something it does not make sense but you are completly right about the shit going on with the cosmetics industry. It's a great idea to go with natural products and not wash your hair more often than you wash your body.
What shampoo are you using?
@@ciw8688 magiforet argan oil
Oooooo. Watch out, everybody. The EXPERTS are here! They were so helpful during COVID. I'm SO anxious to hear what they have to say so I can throw my own experience and common sense under the bus and obey THEM.
@@jonathanpowers U ok bro?
@@uDropper I'm great. How are you?
Thank you for telling openly about your experience!
This is true. My hair grows back. It takes times for my scalp to balance itself. I went through the oily, flaking stages. My 2 children are not using shampoos at all. My secret for smooth long hair is rinsing with citric solution (contained in limes and lemon) or just a tiny bit treatment cream, but making sure it does not touch your scalp. And I had a special brush for tangled hair. Which is a bit costly but it worths it.
For sticly, oily hair, wash it with baking soda and you MUST rinse it with a citric solution to balance the acidic contion in the hair so your hair would be smooth again.
My dad was upset at the ingredients in bar soap since most over the counter soaps are closer to axle grease than real soap, so he decided to make his own. He tinkered a bit to find the right, pure fat off the shelf (most lards are NOT pure and have fillers and stabilizers in them) and made his own soap. After it set (soap needs to set a while after it's made to allow the lye to finish its reaction), he cut it into bars and took some to work. He was working at a petrochemical plant. He passed a few bars around to the guys and asked them to give it to their wives to try. The next week, he had coworker after coworker coming up to him, begging for more as their wives could not get enough of it. It made their skin silky smooth and soft without the need for lotion. Well, he ramped up production, and eventually went from giving it away to selling it for a little over what it cost to make. Things just naturally grew from there. The family had an unused storefront from a very successful floral shop, so my dad and sister cleaned it up and opened a store that sells nothing but soap. My dad rigged up a shed behind the building to be his R&D lab. After the success of his basic super-fatted soap (adding extra fat to the fat and lye mix when the lye is almost done reacting, leaving the majority of the super-fat unreacted), he then started coming up with soaps that meet special uses. One is a liquid soap with variants that include clay and natural surfactants to increase the bubbles. SLS/SLsA(Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate) are great surfactants that make bubbles AKA suds very well. The beauty industry has people convinced this sudsing action helps with cleaning. It doesn't. You don't need pockets of air to make the reaction between water and dirt better. It actually makes you use more shampoo to clean your hair as most turns into bubbles that never get mixed into the hair to attach to dirt and oil. Another soap, and their best selling single product (most of the other soap formulas are sold with added fragrances) is a shaving bar. You know that slick strip on a brand new disposable razor? That thing makes the first few shaves a dream, but is quickly worn away. He came up with a bar of soap using all natural ingredients that has that same consistency. You use it rather than shaving foam or whatever they put in an aerosol can these days. Not only does it give a better cut, it helps keep the razor from clogging. A clogged razor feels dull. As a demonstration, he used the same, cheap, 2 blade disposable razor for years, along with the shave bar. Being a plant worker and plant firefighter, he had to maintain a shave that would seal the emergency equipment to his face, so the shave could not leave any stubble. The shave bar gives such a close and clean shave that the same two dollar razor is still razor sharp 5+ years later.
I'm not involved with the business in any meaningful way. My sister and brother-in-law run it and manufacture the inventory. I jst get free stuff every time I go visit, and I love it. But, check them out. It's Santa Fe Soap Factory in Texas. I know they have a website, bit it's best to call to see what's in stock since everything is hand made in batches. They even do great gift baskets for the guy that has no clue what to get a female in his life, whether that's a mother, wife, daughter, aunt, or grand mother. Tell them what scents they like and don't like and you get a fully custom basket with all sorts of fun goodies with the same scent profile. It's one of their most popular items around holidays for the women in your life. And making the baskets is both a labor of love and the bane of my sister's existence.
Great success story👍
Love it😻 Thank you for telling it😊
Cool! Thanks for sharing your interesting story! Going to check them out now.
Is it in Santa Fe, Texas? I'm close by =) Cool story!!!
@mmhthree It sure is. The family has been in the same spot since the early 60's, in the shadow of the water tower.
If you've lived in the area pre 2000, then it's where Santa Fe Floral was for over 30 years.
@@Magmon Thanks. I like sharing my dad's story as a reminder that just because the guys laugh at you doesn't mean the ladies won't live you
is the amount of dead skin cells within the scalp really a sign of something bad?
there's dead skin cells dropping off your body everywhere - but in the scalp its harder for it to go anywhere.
I find that washing my hair causes the skin to get dry and flaky - thus more "dandruff"
significant buildup of dead skin on the scalp isn't good for your hair. your hair will grow a lot stronger and more lustrous if it isn't being bogged down by excess dandruff. i like to grow my hair out moderately long. when i don't exfoliate, the hair on the top of my head wilts down. i started using a salicylic acid shampoo once a week, and now it stays up fine
"your hair will grow a lot stronger and more lustrous if it isn't bogged down by excess dandruff" - do you have any proof to back that up?
@@apondo100 well, i do not have a 10 000 participant study to pull out of my anus unfortunately. i do have the recommendation from my dermatologist, as well as the advice from derms you can find online, such as Dr. Dray who has a video on youtube about scalp care that you can check out. but this is something you can just try for yourself. add it to our routine for a few weeks and see what happens. if your hair looks better or maintains styling better, then there's your proof. if it doesn't, then no big deal, you only lost the 10 or 15 bucks you spent on a bottle of shampoo. my hair used to wilt the next day after styling, now it maintains its structure for a few days. bear in mind that some will benefit more than others for a variety of reasons (ex. people who use lots of styling product are more likely to get product buildup, people with thinner follicles will be more vulnerable to buildup than others, etc.). just give it a try
I haven't shampooed my hair in almost 5 yrs & I LOVE IT!!!! My hair was never on the thick side, but after turning 55 & going through menopause for 15 yrs, I had such thin, fine hair with a noticeable bald spot on my crown. After reading up on the no poo trend I decided to give it a try. It's been about 5 yrs (I'm now 60) & my hair is thicker than it ever was in my youth. My bald spot has been gone since 6 months in & my scalp is very healthy. The trick to the whole thing is brushing with actual boar bristle brushes. I will never shampoo again!!!! Oh, & just in case you're wondering, I've asked my husband, kids, & friends to smell my hair & they said they couldn't smell anything. Occasionally, if my hair feels a bit oily I will put some loose body powder in it....usually with a lavender scent, so this may help, but honestly if you keep it brushed there's no odor at all. One more thing: I've been a hairstylist since I was 18 & always used the best, most expensive products on my hair. If I had known about this when I first started out I would have definitely tried to get my clientele to stop shampooing or at least shampoo a whole lot less.
its been my experience that smelly hair is actually residue shampoo that can be smelled, that stuff can take months to leave ones scalp. havent used shampoo for years either and made sure to ask different people, but there are no smells. for me it smells about the same as trying to get a smell out of the top of ones hand. barely no scent, nothing unpleasant. if you would scrub the top of your hand with shampoo daily and then leave it be for a few days, i am sure the smell would be different and much more unpleasant too. that stuff seeps into the skin and makes a nasty literal comeback
Interesting. I'm a woman who has kept a habit of washing my hair once every 2-3 days, or once a week if I can get away with it (usually it gets oily/my bangs start sticking together if I wait that long). People are always complimenting my hair for how thick and long it is. I wonder what would happen if I removed shampoo altogether
Silicone free shampoos are usually pretty decent, and doesn't clog your pores or cause dandruff :) Edit: Also you should never shower every day unless you're really, really sweaty. It strips the natural oils from our skin, including your scalp. Every other day is better, every third day is the best. In the meantime, you obviously need to wash under your arms etc. Just use common sense and clean the places you know need cleaning and change all necessary clothes, ofc. xD
I'm just saying what is recommended. Both for your skin and general health. Do what you will with the information. :) And yes, i smell good, and my skin and hair are both great :)
I’m a heavy duty mechanic and I walk around 4-6 miles everyday at work. My job gets filthy. So I have to take long showers every day to get myself clean or I pose a hazard to my home and co workers. Unfortunate but this is good news. I’ll have to try some experimenting. Some places need to be washed every day though 😂
THIS. I just realized this in my 23rd years of life😂 Everyday I used to wash my hair with shampoo and my hair is so cranky and unmanageable
You should absolutely shower everyday, but just use water
You must smell pretty good.
My hair is super oily the day after the shower, I don't know what to do, and I'm kinda forced to shampooing every day, the least I can do is using an extra delicate shampoo...
I used ash when camping in the mountains in Scotland, I couldn't believe how soapy became, the ash with water and how soft left my skin after! The best soap !
Wood Ash?
That's bleach
@@lemonstealinghorsdoeuvreNo, water + wood ash creates Lye
@@iscander_s ... yes, bleach. A caustic solution capable of sterilization, burning, and/or leeching chemicals out of a medium. If you look at the hygiene practices of select African tribes, they will use the pee from their cows to wash their hair. Their hair will turn from black to a yellow hue from bleaching it. If you put lemon juice and hydrogen peroxide on your hair while in sunlight, it will bleach your hair. If you use dilute sodium hydroxide on hair, you can bleach it. I don't recommend any of those, but they all represent bleaching. Bleach is not limited to household sodium hypochlorite.
But I appreciate your statement that if you were to pick up a bottle of bleach, the ingredients would not be sodium hydroxide and water. From that perspective, you are correct.
I thought ash was toxic.
I've once gone without shampoo for 2 weeks, and after the first (somewhat itchy) week my hair already looked and felt fine. No itchyness in the 2nd week at all. Decided to wash using a shampoo I've always used, and 2 days later my scalp got all itchy which only went away after washing with shampoo. Now I'm in the loop of wash>itch>wash again, no matter which shampoo I use. Might wanna try something new.
try using a mild shampoo and dissolve it in a bowl of warm water, then wash your hair underwater. the diluted shampoo will not dry out the hair and skin so much, and the skin will become amazingly clean if you let it soften underwater for a minute and then massage it really well. i had an itchy scalp for years but it completely went away with this method.
I wash my hair every 2 weeks if not my hair is ugly af and I'm fine, my scalp only got itchy during the second week for the first months, now I feel nothing at all. Make sure to correctly wash your hair though, if your hair is still dirty after washing, that might be the reason why your scalp is itchy. I personally shampoo 2 times: during the first shampoo I just massage my scalp so the shampoo breaks down the oils (I have no greasy hair, I precise) then during the second shampoo I scrub my scalp meticulously, then I apply a mask that I leave on my head for the rest of the shower. I make sure to rinse everything perfectly. If it doesn't work, use a better shampoo especially if you're from the US where products are full of nasty stuff. If that still doesn't work, go see a dermatologist.
Valid concerns ! You got my dandruff up ! Maybe also, all the terrible microplastics are giving us a false sense of health with the hair bounce. I put off washing my hair for about two weeks. After about a week of forgetfulness, even when my good wife and our Labrador reminds me with head licks; I go to the man cave and massage my head with a vacuum cleaner hose. Even after ten minutes of suction, dandruff still comes. So, I believe a healthier natural shampoo is overdue. Homemade ACV and homemade Activated Charcoal works !
The scalp overcompensates for any kind of shampoo currently on the market. Depending how often you showered and with which kind of product(s), your head could take up to half a year to slowly adjust to its new situation, a full year at worst. The first month usually is filled with extra greasy and extra dandruffy hair, because of the no longer being covered up by the shampoo drying up off your skin and the no longer necessary over-production of sebum. True hints at your actual state would only truly be judgable after at least a month of sticking to one chosen plan of hygiene. Two weeks would only be able to tell you wether you have any skin conditions that were being covered up/suppressed by your choice of shampoo.
Out of curiosity, you did use cold/warm/hot water to clean your hair once to twice a week, yes? If not, that would have been a contributing factor in your apparent overproduction of dandruff. Not washing at all is just as bad as using shampoo after all. Water is pretty much THE base requirement for your hair to properly function. That and a regular usage of thick/dense bristled brush truly massaging the scalp.
@@LiamDerWandrer Thank you for your kind consideration. To answer, I use unfiltered warm tap city water. Do you have a recommendation on water temperature or filtration? You got me thinking about a charcoal filter OR mixing a little activated charcoal into the ACV mixture. All things considered equally, I have a super-healthy full set of daily brushed hair .
I have a few Aloe Vera plants growing and once in a while I put its gel on my hair and let it dry and then just rinse it out in the shower. It leaves my hair clean and very nice. Coconut oil also works nicely.
Thanks for that! I'm going to try the fresh Aloe....👍
I guarantee you that you're "That Person" that everyone finds gross and smelly but doesn't say anything to you.
Nothing like leaving a wake of accumulated rancid coconut oil that water can't displace.
@@Crispywithextrabutter Simple after using CO as a moisturizer in the evening, just wash it out in the morning. But i love it along with castrol oil. Transfered my very dried air, rough texture into soft shiney manageable hair
As soon as I started washing my hair and scalp with just water, the itching and dandruff stopped in less than a week. I spent a lot of money on anti-dandruff shampoo and medication and nothing helped.
Yep many of us who have hair loss learned this the hard way. After leaving shampoos with Phthalates many of us have noticed a huge difference in our hair being almost completely restored.
It looked like less inflammation after the hairwash too!
Thank you so much for this!
I haven't washed my hair with shampoo for 5 years now and now all the issues are gone, now my hair isn't overly oily, and all my dandruff is gone. Zero itching as well.
What do you wash it with? I'm curious because I've had dandruff all my life while shampooing one every day or every other day.
Bro I get greasy hair after working out and after 2 days of no shampoo I’m forced to shampoo for my hair to be fluffy shiny and look good if I don’t it’s greasy and looks flat no volume or anything Soo what the fuck? Water dosent work I’m sorry but that shit is bullshit
@@toddspangler6669 I avoid overly warm water, but basically just wash my hair with only warm to cool water, and use my hands to really rub the water through my hair so it's entirely soaked.
Sometimes I shower twice a day because of gym. I just towel dry my hair but and let it air dry the rest, I comb it. That's it.
How do you clean it then
what do you think about baby shampoo?
I had problems with my scalp from using those sampoos. Now i have changed to the green olive oil soap and is the best thing ever!
I KNOW MY COMMENT ISN'T ABOUT SHAMPOO. BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT WHEN I WAS IN MY 20'S I USED TO CLEAN MY FACE WITH THAT POPULAR ORANGE COLORED LIQUID FACE SOAP, THAT WAS FOR TREATING ACNE. I WOULD USE IT FOR YEARS.AND NEVER NOTICED ANY HELP FROM IT. IT SEEMED TO MAKE IT WORSE.THEN ONE DAY, I STOPPED USING IT. AND MY SKIN NEVER LOOKED BETTER😊
I've quit using shampoo on my hair about 8 months ago, and my scalp finally started resembling my skin color instead of a gray substance
I haven't shampooed my hair in 6 months. For the most part it looks and feels as if I did. I take a shower every day and wash with just water. Occasionally (once a week to 2 weeks) my hair starts to feel weighed down or oily. When that happens, I take a cap-ful of apple cider vinegar in a tea cup and fill the rest with water, in the shower, and then when my hair is fully wet, I pour about 1/3 to 1/2 of the cup in my hair and scrub it in then add the other half and scrub it in then rinse it out. This process only takes 1-2 minutes. It only smells like apple cider vinegar until the rinse. After that my hair is light and fluffy just like I had used regular shampoo.
Glad you found the middle ground. I see the merits of no poo, but I don't think going to the opposite extreme is usually the best way. I only wash 2-3 times a week, and I use a shampoo that doesn't contain these ingredients, and isn't very stripping. Removing dead skin is important for strong, lustrous hair. I'm sure no poo has its merits for some people. I could also see it as being a way to restore natural oil production if you do it for just a few weeks or a couple months, then resume with a gentle shampoo
I slowly reduced my shampoo usage by buying a gentle one and then only shampooing when my scalp felt oily. At first it was four days a week, but now I shampoo only once a week and my hair is much better. I also got a shower filter to reduce mineral buildup and my hair and skin are definitely smoother now that they're not getting blasted by chlorine and other minerals.
@@TheSpecialJ11 yeah idk why people just immediately jump the gun and stop shampooing at all and wondering why it didn't work for them
I'll continue to use my 6-in one combination shampoo, conditioner, bodywash, dish soap, laundry detergent, engine degreaser. it works pretty good.
naja um fruher zu sterben, vermutlich
Since I stopped washing my hair with shampoo- I stopped having dandruff. Note I was even using "anti-dandruff" shampoo.
Using a very basic body soap actually works for washing your hair as well, is far better for your scalp and also makes sure your hair isn't greasy or smells. Ditch liquid shampoo's and soaps all together.
Besides liquid soaps and products also create another problem- plastic waste.
One bar of soap is packed in a piece of paper (or at the most, a very thin plastic foil) and thus creates far less waste and lasts far longer than a single bottle.
Im 19 and I have sooo much hair and it’s long. I only wash once a week with a professional shampoo with no sulfate and no fragrance. And honestly my hair doesn’t get oily because: I don’t touch the scalp with my hands and I wash my brush every time I wash my hair.
You look mid twenties, early thirties maybe.
@@jordanunknown5128that’s may not be her in the photo lol
what brand do you use?
@@jordanunknown5128 no she doesn’t. Go outside lol
@@spacebar9733 that guy has a point. defo not a 19 year old looking girl
I just want to add my two cents since I heard no mention of it. When I eat a diet heavy on sugar or refined carbs it immediately causes inflammation on my scalp and messes with the delicate balance of my scalp biome. Those things can make your scalp unhealthy and mess with your experiment. Wonder what a good diet + no shampoo would look like?
Swap dairy products with plant based ones, and quit on sugar, sweets, cocoa, they all cause acne and worsen skin condition in general; magic happened to my prone to acne and extremely sensitive skin after I switched to plant based food; I also tried washing my long hair with water only for 6 weeks once but couldn’t bare the smell; although my scalp was the happiest back then and finally stopped feeling itchy during those 6 weeks contrary to my regular routine of shampoo washes twice a week; then I experimented with chickpea flour, then with glassoul clay; I ended up using some natural shampoos produced locally in my country, I don’t believe they ship to other Europe countries even but if you grab few natural ingredients like Castile soap, ghassoul clay and essential oils you can get yourself a healthy mixture that will also exfoliate dead skin; putting moderate amount of natural oils like sesame oil or marula oil on your hair regularly also helps its overall condition and you don’t have to wash it off with Dawn dish liquid, I use my gentle shampoo and am not to specific about removing 100% of it during washing, my hair is thin and slightly wavy but this routine repeated once a week keeps my scalp happy and doesn’t look greasy at all; it’s a bit flat on days 5-7 but it’s a matter of training your hair I guess;
@@dominikaaraklimasara8069 no! Go carnivore! Cheers
I stopped using shampoos and conditioners in 2006 and joined the No Poo movement. My hair took two years to recuperate from all the chemicals that I had previously washed my hair with for 30 years. Nowadays, I use 1 teaspoon tea tree oil, 1 teaspoon eucalyptus oil, 1 cup apple cider vinegar. Mix all that and pour into a 32-ounce, dedicated "shampoo" bottle. Fill the rest of the bottle to the top with as hot tap water as you can stand. Mix it all and immediately head to the shower. It takes less than 5 minutes to make, is all-natural and feels really good on your scalp. Everyone asks me if the apple cider vinegar leaves a strong smell and no, it does not. Also, I only wash my hair once per week. When I stopped using chemicals, I also stopped using blow-dryers. Now, my hair is shiny, healthy and strong. I could never say that pre-2006. Before, it looked dry, split a lot, and had no shine. One final thing I use is extra virgin olive oil, the same stuff I cook with. Once per week, I put a very light coating of EVOO and cover my head with a wrap. One hour later, I then wash the EVOO out with the apple cider vinegar-mix shampoo. Everyone's hair is different, so this may not work for everyone, but please, try anything but putting those horrid chemicals into your hair.
I've just scrubbed my hair with water for two years and it's great. It's really mostly a caucasian person thing to wash your hair multiple times a week, my black family members only wash their hair every few months because they already know how shampoo damages their hair. Flat profile hair gets damaged easier as apposed to european hair. If you don't clean your hair, it stops making large amounts of oils and stays clean on its own for the most part.
So it would be great if you would tell us what these safe and natural brands are so we would know what to use.😊
Agreed, I have no choice but to continue using shampoos if I'm not given a better alternative.
not until he gets a sponsor deal, like every youtuber -- and then you can't trust that info, obviously
Soap nuts are a good natural and safe option.
@@YellowBriefs no one should trust anyone that does not give 3-5 different brand options
bru just do some research? this guy is all about the information; you guys can do the rest - takes 20mins to find something genuine.
whooo.. You dedicate a long time to this experiment & video! I am genuinely amazed. Thank you for bringing the truth to us...
I stopped using shampoo 10 years ago, and it’s made such a difference to my hair. I wash my hair once a week with water only, it looks healthy, it’s grown very much longer than it did when using shampoo, and it’s much less oily. No stripping, no over production of oils to compensate.
My hair is clean, smells good and it’s good for my purse!
How did you suddenly stop for enough time for it to stop overproducing? Didn't you have to deal with extremely oily hair during that period of time?
You know your hair smells bad right? Taller people don't like to stand behind you. @@Pearmesan
Years ago, I suddenly started reacting to all of my skin and hair care products. My entire body was covered in eczema, my lips became crusty, oozing soars, and my hair fell out in handfuls every time I washed my hair. I had to change everything, even what toilet paper I used. Finding safe products was difficult, especially since i wasn't aware of any resources that could help me at the time. I've had two cousins on different sides of my family go through the same thing.
Eventually I did find safe products that work for me, and my skin and hair recovered. Sadly, my hair never quite regained its full volume, though.
Mind sharing what products you found useful for the people who have similar problems?
@@SalmanKhan-pk5wo I will say, what I found works for me, are not all perfect. I found them with a lot of trial and error and they probably still have not great ingredients. I didn't have any resources to help me find anything completely clean at the time and I'd had reactions to products that were supposed to be all natural during the process of finding what worked. This is just a long winded way of saying, just because they work for me, doesn't mean they'll work for everyone. That disclaimer out of the way,
GoldBond lotion was the only lotion that didn't burn. I slathered it on constantly, and even wore gloves and socks to bed, so it could soak into my hands and feet better. I still put it on my hands and feet every night, but don't need to wear gloves any more.
Nioxin shampoo and conditioner saved my hair and cleared up the dandruff. I use the stuff meant for colored hair since the normal stuff dries me out too much. I'm not sure I'd recommend this one unless it's a last resort (as it was for me). There are lots of reports of people losing their hair after going off it. I'm just happy my hair has regained some of its original volume and I don't feel like I'm rubbing itching powder in my scalp every time I take a shower.
Moroccan oil after a shower made my hair no longer feel like straw.
The biggest life saver for my lips was a simple honey and sugar scrub I mixed myself. It gently rubbed off all the crusty dead skin. I also used it on my dry skin and eczema. This, I highly recommend to anyone. I still use it every now and again on my lips, hands, and feet.
After the scub, Jane Iredale Lip Drink kept my lips from getting crusty as quickly. Anything else just made them worse.
Scott toilet paper has been safe for me to use. I can't use Charmin Ultra Soft, or the cheep toilet paper at my work or in most public restrooms. I react pretty consistently to those.
wow this was incredibly informative. I've started to lose some hair up top but thought it was weird because my younger brother has lost so much more than I have and he's ten years younger than me which led me to believe that maybe it was hormonal hair loss. thanks to this video I will definitely be researching our shampoos among other things.
If your hair on the back and sides remains thick then it’s probably genetic. Your brother could have greater sensitivity to androgens than you do.
Thanks for putting together such a rare (IMHO) video: documenting (in a scientific way) one’s mistakes is direly needed on this platform.
Then he should have followed it up by speaking to an actual expert in ingredients instead of believing TikTok or whatever histrionics.
I just checked my shampoos and thankfully they do not contain any of those problematic ingredients you mentioned. They do have the certifications from our independent asthma and allergy organisations so I did expect this to be the case. Im living in Denmark so we have these organizations. Do you have similar independent organizations in the US that has the power and influence to certify products like shampoo, soap, deodorants and lotions?
Very informative, thank you! Quality content
From a hairdresser of many years from a family of hairdressers, teacher, platform artist, and award winning competition hairdresser.
A ph scale, percentage of hydrogen, tells us the acidity or alkalinity of many things but in this case about our bodies. A reading from zero to seven is acid and 7, neutral, to 14 is alkaline. Hair, scalp and skin, yes scalp and skin are one and the same. Most apple cider vinegars have a ph of 2.2. Aloe vera is about 4 and hair and skin are 5.4to 5.6. Average hair has 6 to 10 layers of scales that lay down and protect the inner structure the hair. When an acid rinse is used, it is used to close down these scales after the hair has been exposed to an alkali. It is the only use for an acid rinse besides the closing down of the scales, will in theory make the hair shiny. If you are using chemicals on your hair a diluted vinegar rinse, an ounce of vinegar to a larger glass of water, followed by a good conditioner for your hair type should do the job. In buying shampoo and conditioner a good mildly acid shampoo and conditioner are a must. I recommend a good professional product designed for your hair type because the actual active ingredients are usually about 5 times better than drugstore product. It takes way less to work. Ypu see there is a reason the "other products " are so cheap. I f you see professional products in discount stores you need to know manufactures change their packing every three years so we know when the 3 year expiration ends. In most cases you are buying old product. Try to use mildly acid products on your skin as well as your hair. Alkaline products are peroxide hair color, some perms, bleaches, relaxers and at 14 on the ph scale you find lye.
I tried going shampoo free for about 6 months and I was noticing a large amount of hair falling out, so I stopped
I stopped using shampoo (poo) years ago. I have saved so much money and my scalp is so much healthier. It took about a year for my hair to adjust. I would never go back to using shampoo.
I don't get it. Should I wash my hair with shampoo or not?
I did the no hair wash thing for a couple of years a while back. I didn't tell anyone and nobody noticed. However, i found that my pillow cases were getting dirty and greasy really quickly, so my hair obviously wasn't really clean. I started washing it again, but much less often and found that once every few weeks was about right. There's no reason to wash your hair multiple times a week unless you're doing something that actively makes it badly dirty. In a lot of cases a rinse with water in the shower is enough.
I started using really simple shampoo bars and they were great. I found that when i used the fancy shampoos with stupid food ingredients like coconut and jojoba in them was when i got the sour 'hair' smell after a few days. My theory is that the sour 'hair' smell is really the nasty stuff that your shampoo leaves behind in your hair going off.
plant greases and oils have a higher capacity to go rancid due to oxidisation, and cause damage due to absorption and replacing more stable saturated fats, The alternative is that humans plainly don't like plants on a hardware level.
@@Dan-gs3kg Your last sentence is such a dumb statement/theory....
@@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight not really
Your cat doesn't use a shampoo, just a comb like tongue.
@@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight I've read enough toddler ad libitum feeding studies to understand this. Children are a lot more sensitive to the tastes of sour and bitter because that is how "rancid" and "toxic" are taste encoded to humans. Children are particularly vulnerable to such things compared to adults.
This is not even talking about how easy it is to get children off of plants. Or the robust improvements in all developmental metrics as a result of this.
(The benefits being very significant even if you start this diet even at the age of 70 as well)
What is human? We know from the fossil record, that the ones that ate plants are now was/were as a subspecies, and species.
This explains why my hair both feel and looks so much better during years I don't shampoo as often
As a man with short hair, I stopped using shampoo years ago. It would dry out my scalp terribly. I shower every day though, and wash my hair with warm water. My hair is not greasy or nasty at all.
I am a dude with long hair, and my hair was starting to thin. I looked around, then discovered no poo. It was a a greasy first 2 or 3 weeks even with frequent brushing. But now my hair is thick lushes and healthier with only using water on my hair. I do brush my hair a lot to spread my natural oils properly. It has absolutely been worth it and my hair is not dirty or greasy. Ive switched to natural bar soap for everything else.
This is on the edge between a conspiracy theory and shocking truth. And tbh the second one is more believable (or I want to believe it) since there are examples of companies promoting dangerous products for the sake of profit
"conspiracy theory" lmao ok
It's probably a combination of people believing that "nature is not enough" and merchants wanting to sell them things they don't need to capitalize on, and perpetuate, that belief.
How could it be conspiracy.
@@spacebar9733 Because there is no proof that shampoo is highly toxic. No death has been tide to shampoo or soap usage. Sure it has chemicals that cause cancer at higher exposer rates and doses but at a low enough dose it's totally safe. Almost everything that we use or consume is a carcinogen or is toxic. Our exposome is influenced by everything we use, consume and breath. The air in your home might be more toxic from the drywall and furniture gassing off, then your shampoo. You might be absorbing alot of plastic in your skin from all your polyester clothing. Also from the water you drink. New car smell, yup toxic .Do you live in a major city and have bad air? .......etc......
Very interesting experiment!
I have spent time on this subject too. The so called no-pooh method usually replaces shampoo with a weekly baking soda wash and a vinegar rinse. The problem with most of the methods is that neither of the replacement substances are skin compatible, especially if left on the skin. Baking soda works partly because it is an alkaline, and as mentioned it will irritate the skin if left behind or used too often. It is however rinsed out and a vinegar rinse will hopefully lower ph to a healthier level. Vinegar is considered highly irritating too, but weak solutions is often tolerated. Many use it like a conditioner and rinse it out after a couple of minutes. You can always claim the solutions of baking soda and vinegar are diluted to a safe concentration, but so can be claimed with lauryl and laureth sulfates. Shampoos are made to be rinsed out, neither of these are likely not a bad thing used properly.
For many lukewarm water can be sufficient to keep skin healthy, and the no pooh methods turns out to be a success. Part of the explanation is their skin manage to keep an healthy lipid barrier with this method; they have no problem with dandruff, clogged pores, and hardened sebum. For some, it is enough to use a sea salt rinse or spray now and then to keep things healthy. There are success stories with oil massages before hair wash, diy lactic acid toner after a wash,...
The factors that keeps the lipid barrier healthy and skin in good condition are complex. Most things we use on our skin interfere with the lipid barrier but in the long run basic skin care is beneficial. The skin has usually no problem with it and quickly recovers. If the skin is left to fend for it self, it can suffer, so it`s hard to vilify the basic things we do to maintain it.
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My skin and scalp has never felt better, been healthier and smelled better than since I cut down shampoo and soap usage when showering to once a week. I still shower daily, but I only use water six days out of seven. Unlike what one might think this hasn't caused more body odor. On the contrary I smell better now (as per wife and friends) because my body/skin isn't constantly fighting against some of the chemicals in shampoo and soap. When the skin tries to fight some of the chemicals in shampoo and soap it creates more and more natural oils to restore itself to its natural state. A few hours after your soap/shampoo shower your skin has a huge surplus of oils, which can cause BO. Once you stop, or cut down, using all these chemicals your skin soon stops producing a surplus of oils, and you stop smelling bad after just a few hours.
Many years ago, I washed my hair daily with Ivory soap. After a long time, I developed significant itching and dandruff so changed to "Head & Sholders" which claims to be anti-dandruff. A short while later I started using mostly the very cheapest shampoo the smelled good. It is now some 50 years later and after this video I will go back to using the same Ivory soap I have continued using but will only soap my hair once or twice weekly. I must add that I still have a nice full head of hair for a 79yo guy, so a full half century of cheap toxic shampoo wasn't all bad.
I’ve tried all the cosmetic stuff because my mom is a hairdresser and recently I’ve tried a few different all natural ones but the thing that helps it the most is quitting alcohol and drinking mostly water. It might be genetics but my hair has been about the same on any shampoo and I wash it every other day. I have noticed it is a lot thicker since I quit drinking though so I’d say that has helped. I’m 27 and it looks exactly the same as it did when I was 10.
As a teenage boy, I try to shampoo as little as possible, but my hair gets so greasy that I can't go more than a few days
Try going for a month. Your hair is trying to rebalance itself and will take time
@@worlore1651 I think you underestimate how bad it gets, especially since I have extremely curly hair and I'm white
Here’s an alternative that I’ve found works really well, but you do need to rinse it out well, and that’s boiling lime slices with fenugreek seeds
Just boil it down to a paste and strain it through a cloth, and as long as you keep it away from water it can be stored in the fridge for about a month or so
Just take however much you need and to wet warm hair rub it into your scalp first and let it sit for about five to ten minutes, then wash it off, and then add more from root to tip and massage it gently, washing it off with cold water
Rinse properly or it’ll leave little pieces looking like it’s dandruff but it’s just the pieces off the shampoo
Works well, smells great, leaves hair clean and conditioned. When my hair gets too oily though, I need to wash once with store bought shampoo before using this
SLS completely destroyed my scalp. I've been suffering most of my life with itchy, flakey, inflamed scalp. Went to dermatologists, tried countless expensive shampoos, treatments... thought I had an autoimmune disease or seborrheic dermatitis. Then one day I randomly bought a shampoo bar because I needed to travel and had limited liquids allowance. And BOOM, after ONE SINGLE wash, my scalp wasn't itching anymore, my hair didn't need ANY extra products to detangle or smooth them. I was shocked. So I checked the ingredients and the only thing that this shampoo didn't have, were SLS. Checked all my old shampoo bottles and ALL had it. So for me, SLS is the worst ingredient that caused me years of suffering, bleeding scalp and destroyed and friend my hair. It's a perfect thing too - 95% shampoos use it, so you need to buy more products to counteract the damage (like hair masks, anti-dandruff shampos, hair treatments, etc...). Won't be using anything with SLS ever again!
I really liked the idea of no poo,
But I always try and see it if works for me,
My main issues is when I cut my hair, it's very difficult to wash it.
So in the end I decided to shampoo only once weekly
So far so good
Agree with this. I stopped using synthetic shampoos for many years now. No more itch and falling hair. Just water. And occasionally some diluted tea tree oil.
I haven't been using any low quality shampoo brands found in most stores for many years now. All shampoos that people frequently buy at walmart and other department stores are low quality. You need to buy high quality stuff. That costs an arm in a leg but doesn't poison you. And then you should only wash your hair maybe once or twice a week. I have also done apple said to vinegar and that works fine too. But I hate the smell.
For average guys :
Don't overthink, just don't use shampoo everyday. Use shampoo about twice a week and use a mild shampoo (you'r have ti research a bit abiut that, which is more health, has less chemicals and more natural elements, etc).
Just using a milder shampoo and using it twice a week instead of daily can do you wonders
What if I only use soap?
I've developed so many random skin conditions over my lifetime thanks to Axe, Old Spice, and Irish Spring... I never had sensitive skin as a kid, now I cant use scented detergent to clean my clothes. I also developed eczema at age 18... My skin is ruined for life.
For autoimmune issues, there's a clinical elimination diet that treats mental disorders and autoimmune ones at the same time.
Autoimmune diseases are related to the intestine and bacterial flora, you just need to eat well for a few months, and you will notice a tremendous difference, diet without sugar, without coffee (stimulants), eat lots of apples, they have the ability to cleanse the intestine, you can also ingest a tablespoon of cold-pressed coconut oil every morning, coconut oil feeds the good bacteria in your intestine and helps repair holes you may have in your intestine that allow toxins to pass into your blood.
What I did was start eating only meat and fruit, I didn't consume fast food, sugar or carbohydrates, the only sweet thing I could have was an apple , I put coconut oil in the water and drank it during the day. I did all this, and my eczema disappeared, you need to heal the gut, and I only followed this diet for 2/3 months
@@Th3GuyWithPantsdid you cut out carbs?
@@andrese4438 Yes, pasta, rice, potatoes, basically the only source of sugar and carbohydrates was fruit
I used to have itchy scalp and skin flakes. I tried various 'helpful' shampoos. More itching a few days later.
I changed the plan: I have very rarely washed my hair in 5 years.
Now I just brush my hair and scalp.
When I do wash it, I use a tiny bit of baby shampoo and rise away quickly.
My hair feels great. No itching. No flakes.
I agree: shampoo and conditioning industry is a con.
I used to have itchy scalp and skin flakes.
So should we still use shampoo? just safe ones? or wash your hair whenever, and just never use shampoo?
I found an ancient reference for hair care. It said that we should rinse our hair once a week. Rinse. Not wash with shampoo and conditioner. So I decided to try that. My hair is the healthiest it's ever been. It doesn't look like a salon commercial and I am A-OK with that. I no longer get itchy, dry scalp. It grows much faster, and is stronger than it was before. All I do is brush it and rinse it and once a month or two I will use a very light non commercial soap for a cleaning. When I go for a cut is the only time I get that salon shampoo in my hair and I always refuse the conditioner. I only get my hair cut once a year.
It probably does not grow faster. I and many others also often have the feeling that doing something specific, such as using certain product,s increases hair growth but that is almost always unlikely. Hair growth is genetic and consistent. You'd need some very special things like ingesting endocrins, to make the hair grow faster.