to stop washing

[gardengate]

We have a water metre so to save money I've decided to stop showering and bathing. I saw on telly (This Morning) about a woman who stopped washing her hair and it started self-cleaning in 8 weeks.

[expatinscotland]

Um, boak. YABU.

[cozietoesie]

I had a friend many years ago who stopped washing her hair and it did indeed stabilize after a while. I can't comment on how it felt or smelled because none of us wanted to go near her after a month or so.

[ClippedPhoenix]

I knew someone who decided to do this once, her hair bloody stank

[AgentZigzag]

You could save on your leccy bill by turning off the computer/telly instead?

That would be kinder on Everyone Else wouldn't it?

[SirBoobAlot]

Ew.

[expatinscotland]

It's half-term.

[McNewPants2013]

Yuck, I wash my hair every time I have a bath/shower which is every day.

[usualsuspect]

Just don't sit next to me on the bus.

[flow4]

A friend of mine stopped washing her hair with shampoo last summer. She did (of course) continue to wash it with water. Her hair was very short at the time - only about an inch or so long all over. She was abroad for 6 weeks at the time, so I didn't see it in the early stages, but by the time she came home, it did not seem dirty - just a bit lifeless. It is now soft and fluffy and 3-4 inches long, and no-one would ever guess it hasn't been shampooed for 6-7 months.

[N0tinmylife]

YABVVU!

[Locketjuice]

Ew

[gardengate]

I don't mean just my hair. I mean all of me. It will have the same effect won't it, that my body will start to self-wash in 8 weeks.

[Alliwantisaroomsomewhere]

Nice.

[ThreeBeeOneGee]

Are you my teenage son?

[LeaveTheBastid]

My god they're out in force tonight.

[VisualiseAHorse]

I didn't wash my hair once for about 6 weeks. Didn't smell, but did become very lifeless. I'd say the shorter your hair, the better - plus you can wear a hat to cover it up.

I did still wash it with water and washed my body too! It was a little bit of an experiment back when I was in college.

[HorribleMother]

yanbu, but yabu to ask us about it. Just set out your stinky ways without announcing it.

[VisualiseAHorse]

Oh, and it gets REALLY bad before it gets better.

[McNewPants2013]

What about that time of the month, no way would a strip wash be ok

[ThePinkOcelot]

You are joking, right?! You will stink to high heaven! Gross!!

[AgentZigzag]

Not something a teenage lad would have to worry about though McNew?

[Foggles]

I would say your body is more likely to rot than self-wash.

Ew.

[Sirzy]

This can't be serious?

[solveproblem]

I didn't use shampoo for a year and my hair didn't stink. Washed it with conditioner only.

It's quite a big thing, google 'no poo'.

Yes to washing body though!!!

[chickensarmpit]

You'll stink like mouldy kipper within a month. Please at least wash your vag!