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In college I fell pretty deep into the nopoo conspiracy, that shampoo manufacturers get you addicted to the cycle of stripping off your hair's natural sebum and replacing it with conditioner that attracts dirt... literally rinse, repeat.
I think I was frustrated that I couldn't figure out how to take care of my scalp and hair, and here was this social group with an explanation and a scapegoat.
I still think that shampooing every day is probably too much for me, and embraced mechanical cleaning, but I've relaxed the conspiracy thinking.
Wait, what the f...
...oh, thank goodness.
I don't know about the conspiracy, and every body is different, so I don't believe there's a best solution for everyone.
But no shampoo works very well for me. Only wash my hair thoroughly with water and brush it afterwards.
It's never looked and felt better. I used to have horrible dandruff which is now completely gone.
And if it smelled bad, there are enough people in my life who I know wouldn't be too polite to tell me.
Lucky. If I dont use specialized shampoo, I end up with some of the thickest dandruff you've ever seen, as well as the irritated, itchy skin that comes with it. That and my hair is way too thick to brush without product...or at all really, once it grows past a certain length. It is a practice in futility to even ideate, in my case.
Glad you found what works for you, but trying these things would be hellish for one of my needs lol
Almost sounds not like dandruff, but psoriasis. I have it on my scalp only. Tea Tree shampoos work for mine (head and shoulders type stuff is overly harsh). Sometimes it flares up badly and a medicated shampoo will clear it up.
Yeah I've come to accept that everyone is different, but it makes it so hard to learn the right way to care for long hair lol.
What works for me now is I brush close to every day, and I clean the brushes. I sometimes wash with just water but my hair will start getting greasy if I don't shampoo once in a while. I try to use a minimally bad shampoo just on the scalp/roots and conditioner just on the ends.
And once in a while I get seboritic dermatitis / dandruff, and I use a medicated anti fungal shampoo that clears it up.
I'm still in that cycle of thought with these influencers selling skincare routines. They'll all just shill the latest thing theyre paid to, and tell you "its an essential part of their daily routine and they never go without it because its that good honestly guys" and before you know it you've got way more products than you need, that are likely interacting with eachother in negative ways making your skin worse. So you turn to your influencer of choice who has perfect skin and they have over a million followers so they must know what theyre talking about, and wouldn't you know it they've got another essential cream to recommend you.