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Title: Shampoo Timing
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 18 December 2016, 12:45:03: Tp4 shower everyday, shampoo every other day.. conditioner every 3 day.. (http://onion-head.atspace.biz/big_onion/a24.gif)

I've been reading that some people only shampoo once every week..

I don't understand how that's possible since my hair gets clump-ee after 2 days.

Any weekly shampooers on GH ? how does it work..
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: Geroximo on Sun, 18 December 2016, 13:49:25: Are there any weekly showerers on geekhack?
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 18 December 2016, 13:52:05: Quote from: Geroximo on Sun, 18 December 2016, 13:49:25
Are there any weekly showerers on geekhack?

How bout Geekhack nomadic Mongolians, they only bath once a year, so the saying goes..

(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/uhuhuh-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862523)
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: Air tree on Sun, 18 December 2016, 15:36:25: If I shampoo, I'm usually conditioning in the same session.

But I shampoo, every other day to every 2-3 days. Just depends on when my hair gets too oily.
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: Halverson on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:17:54: Do you have glorious four foot hair?
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58: Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: pr0ximity on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:48:30: Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58
Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.

+1

yall nasty
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: noisyturtle on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:50:34: Quote from: pr0ximity on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:48:30
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58
Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.

+1

yall nasty

A good way to go bald at a young age
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 18 December 2016, 17:11:59: Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58
Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.

I heard this is not good for the scalp.
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: pr0ximity on Sun, 18 December 2016, 17:16:53: Quote from: noisyturtle on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:50:34
Quote from: pr0ximity on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:48:30
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58
Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.

+1

yall nasty

A good way to go bald at a young age
rofl
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 17:28:53: Quote from: noisyturtle on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:50:34
Quote from: pr0ximity on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:48:30
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58
Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.

+1

yall nasty

A good way to go bald at a young age
No, that's the PhD done that, not the soap :p .
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 18 December 2016, 18:45:34: Quote from: noisyturtle on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:50:34

A good way to go bald at a young age

Male baldness patterns are generally set by about age 27. Obviously, we all continue to lose hair as we age, but whatever *pattern* you have at about 27 is likely what you can expect going forward.
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: SpAmRaY on Sun, 18 December 2016, 19:32:24: I thought everybody washed their hair every time they showered which I always assumed was at least once a day whether morning or evening just depends on the individual situation.
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: pr0ximity on Sun, 18 December 2016, 19:34:30: Quote from: SpAmRaY on Sun, 18 December 2016, 19:32:24
I thought everybody washed their hair every time they showered which I always assumed was at least once a day whether morning or evening just depends on the individual situation.
I've always been a morning person myself, but I do see the appeal of a shower before bed. Maybe I'll change some day.
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 18 December 2016, 20:41:38: Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 17:28:53
Quote from: noisyturtle on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:50:34
Quote from: pr0ximity on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:48:30
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58
Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.

+1

yall nasty

A good way to go bald at a young age
No, that's the PhD done that, not the soap :p .

Here's an interesting tidbit

My entire side of the family with Male smokers, have 0 hair lose.. BLACK hair, no receeding hairline NOTHING, through age 60..

My entire side of the family that DO NOT SMOKE, hair loss, graying..

There's something weird in Chinese Cigarettes.. (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/ahaaah-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862489)

Not saying you should smoke, this side of the family have other significant healthy problems..

But the HAIR really is stand out.. I couldn't believe the head on some of these uncles..
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 21:36:28: Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 18 December 2016, 20:41:38
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 17:28:53
Quote from: noisyturtle on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:50:34
Quote from: pr0ximity on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:48:30
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58
Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.

+1

yall nasty

A good way to go bald at a young age
No, that's the PhD done that, not the soap :p .
There's something weird in Chinese Cigarettes..
Show Image
(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/ahaaah-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862489)

Ground-up tiger testicles? (http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/Chyrosran/8I%20smileys/I8_zpsmkdo4cj9.gif)
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 18 December 2016, 21:41:05: Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 21:36:28
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 18 December 2016, 20:41:38
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 17:28:53
Quote from: noisyturtle on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:50:34
Quote from: pr0ximity on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:48:30
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58
Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.

+1

yall nasty

A good way to go bald at a young age
No, that's the PhD done that, not the soap :p .
There's something weird in Chinese Cigarettes..
Show Image
(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/ahaaah-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862489)

Ground-up tiger testicles?
Show Image
(http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab207/Chyrosran/8I%20smileys/I8_zpsmkdo4cj9.gif)

I'm actually not sure if they use the round part.. But they do use the stick part..
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: MandrewDavis on Sun, 18 December 2016, 22:38:19: Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 18 December 2016, 20:41:38
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 17:28:53
Quote from: noisyturtle on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:50:34
Quote from: pr0ximity on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:48:30
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58
Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.

+1

yall nasty

A good way to go bald at a young age
No, that's the PhD done that, not the soap :p .

Here's an interesting tidbit

My entire side of the family with Male smokers, have 0 hair lose.. BLACK hair, no receeding hairline NOTHING, through age 60..

My entire side of the family that DO NOT SMOKE, hair loss, graying..

There's something weird in Chinese Cigarettes..
More
Show Image
(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/ahaaah-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862489)

Not saying you should smoke, this side of the family have other significant healthy problems..

But the HAIR really is stand out.. I couldn't believe the head on some of these uncles..
Same thing going on here but nobody is really a smoker. One side, all the males have really thick, full heads of hair into 70s but patchy facial hair and limited chest hair. Other side, all my uncles just get bald spot but have full beard and carpet chest.

Heading down the path of the former so no posting in the beard thread :/

TP4 going bald with a long thin beard?
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: audax989 on Sun, 18 December 2016, 23:22:28: Is it wrong I shampoo + conditioner everyday?

I'm turning 30 next year will I lose my hair?
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 19 December 2016, 00:22:02: Quote from: audax989 on Sun, 18 December 2016, 23:22:28
Is it wrong I shampoo + conditioner everyday?

I'm turning 30 next year will I lose my hair?

Yes, start buying lots of hats now.
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: Leslieann on Mon, 19 December 2016, 00:50:45: Shampooing will not likely not make you go bald (wearing a hat or tight braids/dreads can!), however, excessive shampooing, especially with todays harsher shampoos (sulfates are EVIL) can and do strip out essential vitamins and oils, hence needing more/stronger conditioners to replace all the nutrients you just stripped out.

Which is why TP your hair feels nasty after 3 days without conditioner. Use a milder shampoo, that will help, but don't expect results immediately. Your hair adapts to your routine, however, not always in ways you like. You need to find a schedule and/or shampoo/conditioner mixture you can both agree on. Also, shampoo is not actually for your hair, never really has been, it's for your scalp (scrub the scalp not the hair!), rinsing it from your scalp and flowing through your hair is all your hair needs to get clean. Even then, it's mostly the water doing the work

Unless you get dirty, sweaty, work in a smoky or smog filled environment or just tend to stink, you probably don't need to shampoo or even shower daily and many people find their hair is at it's best the day after they wash it. Personally, with my hair (down to small of my back), I would go broke paying for conditioner if I used it daily. It takes a lot more effort and worse, is drying it, ideally, at this length, you don't want to curl or use a blow dryer because that damage can take years to grow out or just get compounded. Once you get to the shoulder blades how you wash and dry, even how you sit and sleep has to change to keep from pulling or breaking the hair, I even got satin pillows because it's easier on your hair.

As for people shampooing once a week...
This was common until TV became popular and only changed because soap and shampoo companies told people they should do it daily with their commercials.

However, there are people with long hair who go entirely without shampoo (called the "no poo movement") and only use conditioner (and possibly a light shampoo), and no, they don't stink. Again, hair will adapt to your regime, in this case once your hair stabilizes the oils in your scalp and hair, and the water rinses off anything stuck to it similar to how non-domesticated animals do it. It's totally normal. However, because of using heavy shampoos, most peoples hair gets NASTY and really oily at first because their hair/scalp is used to replenished stripped hairs nutrients at an accelerated rate, but after a couple weeks it goes back to normal. Some people have even found their dandruff problem goes away when they stop using shampoo.
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: SpAmRaY on Mon, 19 December 2016, 06:11:20: @leslieann thanks for the knowledge bomb :thumb:
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 19 December 2016, 11:38:46: I'm not convinced on the no-poo thing..

It's probably ok for someone living in a rain forest w/ clean air..

But we live in the concrete jungle, amidst what's essentially a very diluted industrial waste..

Let that stew on the skin and hair.. //
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: Melvang on Mon, 19 December 2016, 12:51:37: I shower every evening after work. If I don't work, then I speed about 2 or 3 days. Once in a while, I don't wash my hair, but if I shampoo, I have to use conditioner. My hair is to coarse to get away without it.

My beard gets a softener in the shower usually once a week, and oil couple times a week, and always after the softener.
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: romevi on Mon, 19 December 2016, 12:54:36: I wet/shampoo my hair only on days I take showers at night, which is about half the week. That's also when I condition it.

I find that, after a few days of leaving my hair dry, it looks really good. The consistency and malleability is amazing. After that, though, it starts to look greasy. I heard that if you can get past that point it looks even better, but I haven't the guts.
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: C5Allroad on Tue, 20 December 2016, 00:43:12: Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 18 December 2016, 17:11:59
Quote from: chyros on Sun, 18 December 2016, 16:19:58
Shampoo and conditioner every day, I pretty much have to.

I heard this is not good for the scalp.

Well have me smell like lilies or sweat and grime from work?
Title: Re: Shampoo Timing
Post by: Leslieann on Tue, 20 December 2016, 07:20:23: Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 19 December 2016, 11:38:46
I'm not convinced on the no-poo thing..

It's probably ok for someone living in a rain forest w/ clean air..

But we live in the concrete jungle, amidst what's essentially a very diluted industrial waste..

Let that stew on the skin and hair.. //
Like I said, once your hair adapts it seems to be fine.

Would I do it, no, but quite a few long haired people do it.
With short enough hair, you can wash it with bar soap/no conditioner and it will stay baby soft. Long hair though, boy, you do anything slightly wrong and it will haunt your hair for a long time. So when someone with REALLY long hair says it works, it probably does. They wouldn't have that long hair if it didn't.

Besides, how do you think you keep dread locks nice. Yes, I know some are nasty, but it depends on the person. Dreads, like long hair, requires serious effort and almost religious like care if you plan on keeping them, and it needs to be done from the start, not 2 years into an experiment. Done right, you can sometimes (not always) untangle the hair and straighten it out even after an extended period. Done wrong, the only way dreads come out is by chopping them off.