As uncomfortable as the thought is, I think I'd give this a shot. Regardless of the reliability of these claims, I respect people who question what's "normal" in society.
I haven't used soap or shampoo in a year, and it's awesome
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#12I live in the FWI, in a tropical climate. Outside temperature is quite stable around 30 celcius in the daytime and a little less at night, say around 25. Here, avoiding BO requires a minimum of 2 showers a day. I tried this for a week and went back to soap and shampoo. Maybe in the canadian winter that's possible? Also, why is there all this hype for paleo stuff? Is this the new fad after environmentalist concerns?
It takes longer than a week for your body to adapt to the new soap/shampooo regiment.
I can't stay away from work more than a week. And I'm not sure I'd be welcome at work during a no-soap experiment..
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#13I went for almost a year never using soap or shampoo. Shampoo I still rarely use. I rinse my hair with hot water and brush it sometimes. If you don't use product in your hair you only have the daily sweat, dirt, and sebum to get rid of. Brushing and rinsing is almost always enough. As for soap I use it as I need to. Sometimes I can't get whatever is living in my pits to go away with any amount of hot soapy water and…
Where were you during that year? I mean, did it get hot?
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#14As uncomfortable as the thought is, I think I'd give this a shot. Regardless of the reliability of these claims, I respect people who question what's "normal" in society.
I don't think there's a question of reliability... why would someone make it up?
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#15Cool story bro, just stay away from me.
Why is this upvoted? Almost everyone who has tried the no soap no shampoo thing says the same thing; that it works great. It's a little ridiculous that this trolling response is considered "contributing" to the site and has 17 upvotes.
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#16>Sometime mid-summer I stopped by a barber and before I'd realized it he'd squirted a glob of shampoo onto my head. It was too late to protest, so I just sat through the scrubbing. For the following 2 weeks my hair was a mess: full of dandruff and totally uncontrollable. I find this hard to believe. My money's on confirmation bias.
Soap strips all the oil away, scalp dries out and flakes. I'm not sure why that would be hard to believe..
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#17I'm really interested in giving this a go. I think the secret is to keep showering. I've often given my hair a quick rinse when I haven't showered in days, and my hair looks and feels great for the rest of the day.
Yeah, obviously you keep showering, that's not a secret. Just stop using soap and shampoo when you do.
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#19people who are doing this: do you use deodorant or anti-perspirant?
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#20As uncomfortable as the thought is, I think I'd give this a shot. Regardless of the reliability of these claims, I respect people who question what's "normal" in society.
I don't think there's a question of reliability... why would someone make it up?
It took me a long time to realize this, but you can find people who say/believe almost anything, even very earnestly, sometimes for the flimsiest of reasons.
People might try this out in the winter, and swear by it in online forums until summer comes, or a stressful interview comes up (stress sweat stinks more than normal), or until a coworker with super sense of smell says something.
It may work great, but healthy skepticism is just as important as a willingness to buck convention.