To never wash again

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Am I being unreasonable to never wash my hair again. Does anyone else not wash their hair?

Noooooo!

Each to their own, but definitely not for me.

3 days max (and even then my head starts to itch uncontrollably).

I have a friend who never washes his hair with soap, although he does rinse it with water when he showers. It looks fine - just like anyone else's hair and I've never noticed a smell (not that I've ever sniffed his head). He said it was horrible and greasy for the first 6 weeks of no washing but then found a natural balance.

But it is short and like I said, he does rinse it.

I did No Shampoo for a while a few times. A Lil baking soda did the trick to get rid of the grease and my hair was fine. It was a thing a few years ago.

Cats do not stink! Their fur smells lovely, like dust and cupboards. I believe you can actually get a perfume that smells like cat fur!

Their breath on the other hand.... just move your whole head away if they yawn within 3 feet of you!

Dogs smell greasy (most types, not all). It's a different type of fur/hair to cats. Especially older dogs, ugh when you stroke them and your whole hand smells of dog grease. I just want to tell the owners to get the dogs shampooed at a dog parlour once in a while!

Oh and re hair wash (the main point of thread ) I think hair self-cleans after a while, but you can't get pollution dirt, or smells out of the lengths of hair that easily. Plus it will never look the same as freshly washed. It might be technically clean and naturally moisturised (by natural hair oils) but that won't smell pretty. Natural yes, pretty no. Not many body odours do smell pretty by our 21st century western standards.

Honestly I don't really get it. Most of us are lucky enough to live in a civilised world with running water, access to hygiene products etc. Why not just take advantage of them?

If shampoo itself is a problem, try dry shampoo. I use it when I travel long haul and love it.

HughLauriesStubble totally agree, I look at th curly girl method photos and I'm so jealous. Without styling I look like bonnie Tyler

From what I remember, even if you let your hair 'self-cleanse', you still have to wash it with water.

Not sure how hair can be cleaned without water...the air isn't going to magically lift off grease and dirt from hair

a man at work doesn't wash his hair. Once i discovered that it explained why his hair constantly looks greasy.

Why would you not want to clean your hair and scalp? What do you think will happen to the oil and dead skin that accumulates?

I get being anti-chemical laden shampoo, but there are alternatives to simply never washing it. You will stink, that is a fact.

I'm known for having the nose of a bloodhound and can confirm my cat smells of expensive. (Which he bloody should do, the amount we paid for him on Preloved and the cost of his upkeep )

I can't really explain it. It's sort of like the smell of a cold forest, with a bit of spendy leather handbag and traces of my perfume. He's what Harvey Nichols would smell like if they bottled it.

goes off to find cat to sink nose into plushious, fudgy neck fur

Anyway, loads of people talk with evangelical fervour about hair cleaning itself - there is literally no biological mechanism whereby this is possible, either straightaway or over time.
Particles from vehicle exhaust, cooking vapour, dust, aerosols, all stick to your hair and no amount of sebum production is going to magically rinse them away in an invisible cloud.
Philip Kingsley the trichologist said that leaving all this environmental pollution on your hair by not washing it, basically just means it will start to become damaged.

Unwashed hair takes on this warm mammal smell - I don't think the owners can smell it. I always seem to end up sitting on the bus next to 'no poo' fans and I don't share the enthusiasm.

I wash my hair every 2 weeks and only then because it starts to matt (throwback to being 18 years old and having dreadlocks - them were the days). My hair never looks greasy and never smells, I have a shower every morning and every evening if I have been to the gym so its get wet but not washed.

My sister has done this for a long time now. Doesn't use shampoo but rinses her hair and oils / conditions it regularly. Her scalp and condition of her hair are great - she doesn't smell - and no chemicals or plastic used. We all wash far too much (bodies as well as hair) - been sold a lie by the cosmetics companies.

Firstly, cats don't smell so if yours do then there's something wrong.

Secondly, for the sake of anyone who comes in to contact with you, please wash your hair.

What's the perfume that smells like cat fur? Maybe they could make a fabric spray - Furbreeze.

Cats do smell as do dogs and humans who dont wash

Cats do smell. It's not unpleasant if the cat is healthy and well kept, but ALL creatures smell. Most things animate and inanimate have a smell, vanishingly few don't.

A healthy cat has quite a pleasant odour in their fur

One of our cats smells lovely like a teddy bear. The other smells like a scruffy dog. Ironically the smelly one is called Teddy. Just saying. Nurse?

Op, stop using the 2 in 1 shampoo because it's very harsh on your hair and scalp. You would be better to use a low silicone, low sulphate shampoo and conditioner which will be much better for your hair and skin. Don't stop washing your hair unless you want to be smelly.

Mike, I love the idea of 'furbreze'!

My cat smells like popcorn I love smelling him

My son has not actively washed his hair since he was 8 - if he has a shower he may wet his hair but never use shampoo. His hair is gorgeous and I understand the natural oils make it self cleaning.

I stopped washing my hair for maybe 8 or 9 months when I was about 18. I was convinced it was self-cleaning, and that my mum complaining about the smell just didn't like that it didn't smell like shampoo and was being a spoilsport. I eventually washed it because she kicked up such a fuss.

I look back at photos now and it just looks horrifically greasy and unwashed, and I imagine that it probably did smell! Maybe it works for some people, but in my case it was definitely a bad idea.

My advice is to keep washing your hair but stop reading the Sun. You'll feel cleaner in many, many ways.