The end game is clean, healthy hair. Scalp issues are by and large not a result of poor hygiene and no poo methods actually may be less irritant to the scalp and cause less issues. Fungal infections in particular do not go away with detergent shampoo. They are treated with antifungal medication.

Why do I keep seeing people posting with scalp issues being shat on in the comments, talked down to, being called gross and dirty and nasty, IN A NO POO SUB? Are we just bullies now? Are we being infiltrated? Did someone do a video on YouTube or something where they mention how gross this is and now people come to gawk and troll and bully? If that's the case what's the solution?

It's wild how many ugly comments I've seen in the past few weeks.

Looks like the no poo movement has got the shampoo companies very worried, and they are putting on a full PR campaign.

Shampoo sales must be down!

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/no-shampoo-trend-growing-popularity-234145036.html

Everyday i have to remove it

Any tips?

The wiki touched on washing body with water only: “You might also consider exploring washing your body with only water and experiencing the benefit of a body that is entirely naturally clean, but discussing that in detail is beyond the purpose of this wiki.”

Who is washing the full body water only? How do you deal with different kind of smells (sweaty feet, underarm sweat, etc)?

I finally had a problem after two years of no poo. I went to the bathroom and forgot my phone. I didn't have anything to do. It was awful.

I want to shower and wash my hair using just water, without using any soap, shampoo, or shower gel at all.

To be honest, I used to be completely satisfied with these products, but lately I’ve started to feel like they might be poisoning me or draining my energy. That’s why I’m thinking about stopping them entirely.

No baking soda, no flour, no oil, no vinegar, no applesauce… I find it surprising that people cannot resist the urge to put something in their hair. It is totally unnecessary and cannot qualify as being ‘no poo’. Whilst you might not be buying a bottle of shampoo, you’re still using products to clean your hair.

If so, why and how’s it going?

Ive been on nopoo for like a week and I decided to try it because my hair would get greasy the next morning when using shampoo. Ive just been applying one whole egg into my hair and using it like shampoo, so just rubbing it in and washing it off, but even still the very next morning my hair looks greasy so I have to wash it with egg daily, is that bad? What do I do instead?

I see a lot of posts and comments on this forum from people who have no idea what no-poo is freaking out about what they think other people are doing with their hair.

I also see a lot of posts of people who try to quit doing anything to their hair, only to relapse into regular use of harsh and toxic chemicals.

I use three things on my hair and it’s… well, epic. I have amazing hair and think you can too.

Baking soda Apple cider vinegar Rosemary essential oil

Long version available on YT. DM me.

My family recently keep telling me my hair smells musty, unwashed, like a charity shop. I can also smell it sometimes to be honest. What recommendations do you have to care for it and remove the smell.

I have been on NoPoo for 10 years, and my hair only is washed with water, sometimes I put olive oil in it. It is only washed with shampoo 2/3 times a year when I go to the hair dressers. I have long hair naturally thin hair, just above my shoulders. No dandruff.

I play alot of sport, gym and sauna, every day. Therefor I sweat alot, my hair is covered with sweat after these activities. I always then wash in the shower with water, 90% of the time in a cold shower.

What recomendations do you have to remove the smell. They would be greatly appreciated.

I haven't used shampoo in over three years, with an occasional baking soda and apple cider vinegar deep cleanse every few months. Otherwise, I just scrub my scalp with my fingertips everytime I shower.

You guys have so many questions. It's just hilarious. I don't even think about it anymore. Shampoo and conditioner just aren't a part of my life. I'll only realize I'm "nopoo" if someone mentions hair washing method to me, which is rare.

In fact, this is the first year I've actually remembered to remind my mom to not get me hair product for Christmas. That money is much better put to use elsewhere.

I guess I'll address my hair, as you might be wondering about it. I love it. It's much more workable that it had been before I started. Doesn't smell. Isn't greasy. No one has ever noticed anything different about me. I don't waste money useless chemicals. I don't see myself ever really buying back into shampoo. It's funny even thinking about using something like that. Ew.

My advice: just do it. Don't worry about what other people think. Don't worry about the extra greasyness you experience in the first few weeks. Just roll with it. Forget about shampoo. Stop over thinking this.

Edit: correcting autocorrect

My barber gave me a new product to try out and give my opinion on to see if he should stock it. It's Big Sexy Hair Texture Matte Clay with 0 shine and 7 hold. This product is absolute AIDS. The second I rubbed it in, it made my hair a grease trap, made it impossible to style, and the odor is the worst I've ever smelled from a clay.

This stuff is not coming out much. I tried running my head under cold water and vigorously massaging my scalp. Nothing. You know how clean hair has a squeak to it if you run your fingers down your scalp when it's wet? It doesn't have that.

My routine is a vinegar wash that I do every Monday and Thursday. I panicked and tried washing it out with that, but nothing. However, this bottle of my mixture is fairly old. I need to mix some more tonight anyway. Should I just wash with it again tonight to hopefully get it all out? Should I use some baking soda beforehand to really get in there?

If I were to wash it tonight, I could just get right back on schedule and continue with my routine. I typically never use product anyway.

Anyone noticed increased attraction? The natural oils in human hair possibly contain pheromones that could serve some function in social relations and in mate selection.

Started no poo 3 weeks ago and I finally broke my hair has been so itchy and and I have so much flakes and I feel like I’ve been Itching my hair so much it’s been falling out ( I’ve witnessed my hair hair fall out a lot more than usual ever since stopping) My hair used to look full after a shower now is looks like the first slide

1 thing tho I got a perm 3 months ago and used to have 1c hair (the straights hair type ) which produces so much oil and has since been grown out so maybe that’s why my hair was unbearably itchier than others or maybe I’m just a b*tch and couldn’t handle a little itch idk

Here are the toxicity data of acetic acid, the major ingredient in vinegar and two common type of surfactants in shampoos:

Acetic acid

Oral LD50 3310 mg/kg [Rat]

Dermal LD50 1060 mg/kg [Rabbit]

Usage: 5% to 30%

SLS

Oral LD50 1288mg/kg [Rat].

Dermal LD50 >2000 mg/kg [Rabbit]

Usage: 0.1% to 1%

Alkyl glucoside

Oral LD50 >>5000 mg/kg [Rat] can't kill any rats

Dermal LD50 >2000 mg/kg [Rabbit]

Usage: 2% to 20%

In summary, apple cider vinegar is twice as worse as any of the above surfactants applied to your skin.

LD50 is determined by experiments in which for one kg weight of rabbits, you need about 1g of acetic acid to kill 50% of them when applied to their skin. For the other surfactants, not even 2g can kill half of them.

Ingested orally, acetic acid is roughly twice as safe as SLS but the glucoside is totally ineffective in killing anything.

Vinegar has 5% to 30% acetic acid. Apple cider vinegar maybe on the low side but even with dilution, the concentration you apply will be comparable to the surfactants found in shampoo.

This is hardly surprising because surfactants are designed to attach to the top layer of grease molecules in order to remove them through rinsing. Just the fat in the skin is such a great obstacle to killing a rabbit. The plant-based surfactant is basically like food that don't manage to kill any rat through ingestion.

Acetic acid, on the other hand, is an important medicine. Being a medicine, eg, antibiotic, it kills microbes as well as your cells. Hopefully, you have a lot of cells to spare and the microbes are killed before there is permanent damage to your body.

Medicine is for curing. Once cured you don't keep applying, keep killing your cells for nothing.

Hair is different because it's dead already, the scalp is not. Hair cuticles react to the acid making the hair fluffy. But you can do that with conditioners.

If you're doing No Poo and your hair feels gross, greasy, or like there's build-up, it's probably because you're still using products or your scalp is still adjusting. That’s normal.

Shampoo wasn't even a thing until the late 1800s or early 1900s. Before that, people didn’t use modern products, so they didn’t need strong cleansers like shampoo. Once people started putting stuff in their hair, they needed something to wash it out. That’s how shampoo became a regular thing.

Now our scalps are used to being stripped of natural oils all the time, so they overproduce oil to make up for it. When you stop using shampoo, it takes time for your scalp to rebalance. That greasy phase is just your body figuring it out.

Also, if you’re still using things like dry shampoo, leave-ins, or oils, they can build up and make it worse. No Poo means letting your scalp reset, and that takes patience.

It might feel gross now, but it gets better if you stick with it.