Thread: My Hair Loss Paranoia

I'm on the other side. I think the chemicals probably are causing your hair to thin. No one would consider washing their hair in diesel but your shampoo isn't that far removed from petro.

I quit shampooing my hair back in December. The idea is called "No-Poo" Here's what you need to do to clean it without chemicals.

Daily, rinse with water as hot as you can stand it. Lightly and quickly rub a wet but ringed out wash clothe over it. Rinse your hair again and repeat. I do this 2 or 3 times. Brush it a few times once you get out of the shower. Pat it dry with a towel.

Weekly, use a baking soda paste. Keep a box of Arm and Hammer in the bathroom along with a bottle of Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV from here on). Before you enter the shower, pour some of the baking soda into a plastic cup that won't break if you drop it. Get in the shower and do the hot water rinse. Allow the water from the shower to run into the cup with the baking soda and make a light paste with it. Pour this onto your head from the crown toward the front. Pour it all on. Take the palm of your hands and lightly rub the paste over your hair and then gently massage it on your scalp. Rinse throughly.

Rinse out the cup your used for the baking soda and pour some ACV into the cup, about a 1/4 of the container. (I use a plastic sour cream container) and then fill it up the rest of the way with the water from the shower. Pour this over your hair from the crown to the front and just kind of lightly rub it onto your hair. Rinse thouroughly. Bath off as usual and towel dry your hair.

Your hair will be softer and more healthy than it ever has been.

Hair gets down and dirty | Health & Beauty

Shampooing your hair strips it of the oil that God intended it to have and leaves it conditioned with diesel fuel. Screw that dude.

Also, don't scrub your scalp. This will pull the hairs out. Massage your scalp as this stimulates hair follicles.

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Originally Posted by AnarchoPhil

I'm on the other side. I think the chemicals probably are causing your hair to thin. No one would consider washing their hair in diesel but your shampoo isn't that far removed from petro.

Is there any objective basis for comparing shampoo with diesel?
I mean I am not going to argue the benefits (or lack thereof) of using baking soda and vinegar, but shampoo is not bad just because it doesn't come out of a tree.

These two ingredients as well as mineral oil are petroleum products:

PROPYLENE GLYCOL || Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Reviews

BUTYLENE GLYCOL || Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Reviews

Below is a quote from a story about the benefits of petroleum:

The student is awakened by a petroleum product (her alarm clock), is wearing petroleum (her pajamas), and uses petroleum to turn on the light (the light switch). She has a convenient shower thanks to petroleum (the water pipes and shower curtain), washes her hair with petroleum (shampoo), and then applies petroleum to make her skin soft (lotion). illumin : article : A World of Petroleum

Ingredients can be looked up at Household Products Database - Health and Safety Information on Household Products and it also lists the synonym names.

Edit: That Household Products Database is a .gov website if you feel that is objective... Personally, I don't.

Originally Posted by AnarchoPhil

These two ingredients as well as mineral oil are petroleum products:

PROPYLENE GLYCOL || Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Reviews

BUTYLENE GLYCOL || Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Reviews

Below is a quote from a story about the benefits of petroleum:

Ingredients can be looked up at Household Products Database - Health and Safety Information on Household Products and it also lists the synonym names.

Edit: That Household Products Database is a .gov website if you feel that is objective... Personally, I don't.

Don't forget the food is grown with petroleum...

Ok back to the regular thread...