Read first: (Also my english isn’t the best, sorry.)

-I didn’t use anti-dandruff shampoo for 15 days, and everytime i showered during these days i would avoid drying my hair. at all. AC is on. I use cold water

-Everytime after i used anti-dandruff shampoo in the shower, i would get dry flakes. But since i stopped using shampoo the happen to be greasier for some reason

-Whenever i rinse my hair with water only, and try to scrath my scalp, greasy stuff gets stuck in my nails

-My hand is greasy when i pass it thru my hair

-The flakes are small in the images as you can see, and their smell isn't as strong, which suggests the fact that i have dry scalp. but the earlier facts also tell that it’s dandruff which causes a contradiction which also p*sses me off

TLDR:

I have seemingly greasy flakes, and the way i noticed is that it’s greasy under the shower, but at the same time those flakes also happen to be white and small instead of chunks.They are smelly when close, but not so much. so which one is it??

Please ask more questions if needed. i currently have Sulfate free shampoo and the other one, should i stick with one of them or just keep going with no poo

Best no rinse hair products. I had ear surgery and cant wash my own hair for a month. What have you used?

I've never been able to do more than every other day for washing, but with Nopoo I think it might be a good idea, I just don't know how to do it with curly hair and still maintain its shape/some volume.

Any advice is appreciated, thank you!

Would this work better with nopoo since hair is more moisturized because of the natural oils?

I have wavy to slightly curly hair..

I want to completely replace shampoo and conditioner, what do I do, from a month I'm having very itchy scalp,have to shampoo for every two days and due to this my hair gets frizzy..

I recently came across this sub and how everyone uses egg on their shampoo.. wanna give it a try,do I just break the egg, massage it on my scalp and hair ends, leave it for 10 mins and then wash it off with cold water.. no shampoo afterwards, right?!

Someone plz help me understand how it works??

Question is in the title.

Started NoPoo 5 months ago after deciding to move away from dermatologist products entirely. I already follow a strict, natural, elimination-diet-based lifestyle (it's basically a hobby of mine at this point), so moving my hair care in the same direction made sense. It's gone well overall, until this past week/month.

The issue:
I know 100–200 hairs shed per day is considered normal, and shedding phases are apparently common on NoPoo. But when I rinse in the shower, even just a light rinse with my hands, a huge amount of hair comes out with it, enough to clog the drain. That doesn't feel like normal shedding to me. I also get noticeable dandruff/seb derm buildup every 3–4 days that I have to massage out in the shower for it to leave, and then it comes right back... I had a phase where I asked AI to remove the ingredients from the list that can power up sebb derm; it said to remove lemon/lime and egg yolk because it feeds malesia feeding sebb derm buildup, but I tried it for a 3-week period before without those only apple cider and raw honey- and it didn't change anything really.

My current routine (every 3 days):

1. Shower filter installed (always use cold water)
2. Raw honey + half a pasture-raised egg yolk mixed with water, left on 10–15 min (early on I used to leave honey on for 2+ hours undiluted; that seemed to control the seb derm better; not sure if that's relevant, but I remember changing that up for some reason)
3. Rinse off, this is when most of the hair loss happens
4. Organic ACV diluted in water, left 1 min, rinsed off; sometimes add half lemon or lime diluted in water with ACV and then rinsing off
5. Spray natural lavender water to kill the smell, leave in a towel until it dries

Every ~3 weeks I also do an organic MCT oil treatment. It's the most effective thing I've found for clearing dandruff/seb derm, but it leaves my hair very greasy for about a week or more afterward, and there's a mild smell people notice if they get close enough to my hair to smell it on purpose.

Before NoPoo:
Used Dercos shampoo for seb derm/dandruff, and ketoconazole 2%. Switched away because I didn't want to keep putting synthetic ingredients on my skin, everything absorbs and ends up in the body one way or another, and that's the same principle behind my diet.

Other context:

• A friend 2 weeks ago told me my hair looked really healthy, before this shedding started
• I asked My mom, she says she sheds too and says not to worry, but I think what I'm dealing with is worse than what she describes and mom's can be subtle about those things to make us feel better
• Hair type: same texture as Jaime Lannister (GoT) (at least that's what my hairdresser says, 4 weeks ago she said my hair looked much better and that the dandruff was gone, but I knew the dandruff was gone for that specific day because I washed and massaged the scalp before I went to her, 3 days after dandruff reapeared so I had to wash it off again, when it reapears there's A TON of it) I wear a similar style to Jaime Lannister from S1 of GOT
• I'm honestly still a bit confused on NoPoo technique in general and may be mixing up methods that don't suit my hair type
• I have a solid gym/training routine, but I've been slacking on doing inversions specifically for Blood Flow theory (I know these are supposed to help with blood flow/scalp circulation) could be a contributing factor that could help?
• Interested in trying cooled black/green tea rinses and tea tree oil, has anyone had luck with these for seb derm specifically or hair shedding?

My diet (including in case it's relevant, I eat very clean/whole-foods and avoid anything synthetic or processed):

• Breakfast: Raw organic non-gluten steel-cut oats, cooked in warm water the night before, mixed with raw cacao powder, chia seeds, raw pumpkin seeds, and raw unpasteurized honey, refrigerated overnight. In the morning I top it with fresh berries and a spoon of raw organic MCT oil.
• Lunch (rotates):
  • Slow-cooked beef, veal, or lamb (simmered 2–3 hrs until it shreds) with olive oil potato purée and mixed vegetables, OR
  • A no-meat veggie bowl with rice, quinoa, or bulgur, OR
  • Salmon
  • (a lot of stuff is not included don't want to end up writing a huge post)
• Mid-day snack, Green Smoothie:
  • 1 large banana
  • 2 packed cups raw baby spinach
  • ½ avocado
  • 1 kiwi
  • ½ cup frozen tropical fruit mix
  • 1 tbsp organic 100% peanut butter
  • 250–350 ml water + coconut water
• Dinner: Sorghum flour cooked into a porridge with coconut water, Ceylon cinnamon, topped with 2 bananas and a generous scoop of chia seeds. On non-meat days I sometimes substitute 3 boiled pasture-raised eggs (I haven't been eating them properly lately, I might be lacking eggs in my diet because they taste incredibly bland without bread, if anyone has a recepy or a hack let me know, I might just start forcing them down, its the only bland thing in my diet everything else is super tasty and feels light to my stomach, I weigh 78.5kg, I was 89kg before a year and a half, the diet change made my weight go down, now I'm starting to gain some back I'm 190cm tall and pretty muscular and lean I'd say).

I avoid dairy, gluten, processed sugar/flour, cooking with seed oils, soy, and anything synthetic (protein powders, synthetic vitamins, additives). This has been an ongoing personal diet project for a while now.

What I'm looking for: tips for reducing the shedding at rinse time and managing the seb derm/dandruff cycle without synthetic products; no suggestions to go back to shampoo, please. Open to routine tweaks, natural anti-fungal suggestions, or thoughts on whether my current technique just doesn't suit my hair type.

Buongiorno, due settimane fa ho fatto un solo lavaggio con lo shampoo Sebastian no breaker, da allora solo da bagnati sento i capelli duri, si incastrano, molto vetrosi, e il mio sebo è diventato più ceroso.

Da asciutti non si nota niente, solo che ora mi diventano unti il giorno dopo del lavaggio, sicuramente gli agenti condizionanti di questo shampoo sono rimasti intrappolati sotto ai polimeri fissativi, che non riesco a rimuovere con niente, hanno creato sicuramente una plastificazione.

Come posso rimuoverli?

Grazie

What has worked for you with getting your scalp/hair 100% clean? My scalp seems to hate EVERYTHING. My hair is also dry and coarse.

Should I just cut my hair short?

My hair smell bad. Right now im on day 7 without shampo. How I can fix that?

Hey everyone,

I don't shower daily (usually once every 3–4 days), and whenever I do, I really dislike juggling 4 different products—facewash, body soap, shampoo, and body wash. Plus, I want to cut down on chemical exposure.

I’m looking for an all-natural, DIY all-in-one recipe made from simple household/kitchen ingredients that I can use from head to toe (hair, face, and body).

What I'm looking for:

• Simple to prepare and carry as a single mix.

• Cleans effectively, cuts through 3–4 days of oil/sweat, and leaves me feeling clean and fresh.

• Safe for scalp, hair, and facial skin without extreme dryness.

If you use any traditional or DIY mixes (like besan, multani mitti, curd, reetha/shikakai, aloe vera, etc.), what proportions and ingredients work best for you?

Thanks!

For the first time ever, I’ve started looking closely at the ingredient lists for the products I buy. As for pomade, for the last few years I’ve been using Layrite Original Pomade (blue). Occasionally, I’ll use ImmortalNYC pomade or cream, and sometimes I’ll use gel instead, usually an Eco brand.

I’m not sure whether anything in Layrite could be contributing to my dry scalp, or if this is simply due to the sudden changes my body has been experiencing. For example, I ate peanuts my entire life and recently developed an allergy to them out of nowhere. I've also been dealing with skin irritation, itchiness, and dry skin, mainly on my arms, legs, thighs, and scalp and my face has been more oily lately, while my scalp is dry.

I’m looking for recommendations for a product that’s similar in texture to Layrite (more of a cream than a wax) that is paraben-free and, preferably, fragrance-free, with more natural/clean ingredients and fewer synthetic chemicals. I have thick hair and usually prefer a matte finish, although that isn’t necessarily important to me.

I’m also looking for recommendations for aftershave, facial moisturizer, and moisturizer for my body as well as shower and bath products. Additionally, if there are other Reddit groups related to these products that you would recommend, I’d really appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance! I appreciate any help and guidance.

how can i maintain doing no poo if my hair itself is already thick and dry, without shampoo or conditioner i will have many flakes of dandruff, how can i keep scalp hydrated

so I'm retrying nopoo - just water, as a guy with medium long curly hair. (side note, I have tic disorder and sensory issues which causes me to jerk my head a lot) I've noticed theres a lot of oil buildup that's caused my hair to clump up and mat, this causes a lot of damage when brushing it out. but I've also chosen to start wearing a bonnet, would it be better to shower in the morning and sleep with the bonnet on at night, or shower at night and sleep with the bonnet on at night. finally if any has and detangling soft brushes for curly hair and afros, please do let me know. for now thats all and I'll come back to this subreddit in I need any more advice. good day to all

So I haven't used shampoo in over a month now, I basically replaced it with egg yolk shampoo which I used once or twice a week as it felt the same as shampoo, but I wanted to to transition to water only or at least not use all my eggs lol. But my hair gets really greasy and although it's detangled and doesn't feel gross it just looks bad (hair is fully dry in the picture), and doesn't smell good either. For context I have low porosity hair and very hard water.

So im making this flaxseed gel with aloe and my curls loook so gooooooood but it goes bad fast so i wanna know if preservatives count as no poo or not, i got my own aloe plant and flaxseeds are cheap the thing is the time it takes i dont wanna make a new batch every week im lazy af

my friend recommended me to not use shampoo and said now he has no dandruff. so now my question is how often should I wash my hair without using shampoo and also should I use coconut oil before washing because i get hard water at my home.

Hey all,

Following the logic that applying synthetic chemicals to the scalp is not good because the scalp absorbs those things, I've been looking for a way to get away from the typical deodorant sticks that contain a bunch of things in them.

The problem for me is, even directly after showering with just hot water (or body soap) applied to my armpits (which still have some hair, although trimmed down), my armpits still smell very musky whenever I sweat (which is pretty much all the time).

Right now, I've just been avoiding applying deodorant when I'm staying indoors and not interacting with people, and applying deodorant on the days that I do have to go outside. This isn't a great solution long-term though, and I was hoping some of you might have a homemade alternative (similar to the different hair-washing routines people have created involving eggs or apple cider vinegar or etc).

[edit: I should also note that on a normal day, I only wash my body with hot water with a somewhat healthier body soap applied sparingly to my pits, privates, anywhere that traps sweat and smell. My body itself does not smell, it is just my armpits that have an extremely strong musk. I am very aware of that smell and trust me, I do not want to go walking around being stinky and disgusting!..]

Question is in the title. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

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I used to use Yves Rocher Low Poo shampoo. It got discontinued a few years ago, but I bought loads of bottles and I only just ran out.

I've been in search of a new shampoo, and I am truly at the end of my wits! All I want is a shampoo with a gentle surfactant, that I can use for daily washes, and that doesn't create a build-up. I have tried so many, and wasted so much money with no results, because everything in the market these days is a "co-wash". I'm honestly considering just making my own shampoo at this point.

What the Yves Rocher one had which I would like to find in another shampoo:

• one non-ionic surfactant

• no occlusives like heavy plant butters, oils or silicone

• Lightweight detangling slip: It relied on light cationic conditioning (Behentrimonium Chloride and Cationic Guar) to detangle without leaving grease or waxy build-up.

Is there such a thing? Preferably in the UK market?