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to stop washing

83 replies

gardengate · 24/02/2013 20:11

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.

OP posts:
expatinscotland · 24/02/2013 20:12

Um, boak. YABU.

cozietoesie · 24/02/2013 20:14

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 · 24/02/2013 20:15

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

AgentZigzag · 24/02/2013 20:16

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 · 24/02/2013 20:17

Ew.

expatinscotland · 24/02/2013 20:17

It's half-term.

McNewPants2013 · 24/02/2013 20:19

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

usualsuspect · 24/02/2013 20:20

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

flow4 · 24/02/2013 20:22

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 · 24/02/2013 20:24

YABVVU!

Locketjuice · 24/02/2013 20:26

Ew

Original poster
gardengate · 24/02/2013 20:27

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.

OP posts:
Alliwantisaroomsomewhere · 24/02/2013 20:28

Nice.

ThreeBeeOneGee · 24/02/2013 20:28

Are you my teenage son? Grin

LeaveTheBastid · 24/02/2013 20:31

My god they're out in force tonight.

VisualiseAHorse · 24/02/2013 20:34

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 · 24/02/2013 20:35

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

VisualiseAHorse · 24/02/2013 20:36

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

McNewPants2013 · 24/02/2013 20:37

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

ThePinkOcelot · 24/02/2013 20:38

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

AgentZigzag · 24/02/2013 20:40

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

Foggles · 24/02/2013 20:41

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

Ew.

Sirzy · 24/02/2013 20:44

This can't be serious?

solveproblem · 24/02/2013 20:47

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 · 24/02/2013 20:47

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

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