Poo
January 13th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Today, I shampooed my hair for the last time. I hope.
I’m not going all hippy or anything, well, at least I don’t consider this a hippy measure. It’s a decision born of desperation. My hair is a goopy, oily, mess every 8 hours. Every time I wash and dry my hair a clock starts ticking. I’ve got about 8 hours before my scalp has produced more oil than necessary. I look at my friends hair with envy, their hair is thick or wavy or whatever, it looks CLEAN even the 2nd day! They can shower before bed and skip out the door with a mere brushing. Sigh.
Anyway, I got fed up with this mess a few weeks ago and started to do some reading. Over the years my shampoos have become harsher and harsher to strip my hair of all that gross extra oil. And, it works for a while… I may get 3 weeks of fairly normal hair before it all falls apart again. At this point I’ll be pouring bleach on my head in a year or so. I don’t want that!
Imagine my surprise when I found that other people with my problem have gone to a ‘no poo’ system. No poo means they don’t use shampoo AT ALL! EVER! From what I’ve read the first week or two is going to be bad, really really bad. But, eventually my scalp will get the message that it doesn’t have to make all that extra oil and it will stop. So, I’m going to try it. Honestly what do I really have to loose?
If you’re reading this post then I’ve come to some sort of conclusion about this no poo thing. I felt really bad about the milk thing when I didn’t finish it. One of my biggest pet peeves with people is when they say they’re going to do something and then they don’t do it. So, I’ve not really told anyone I’m doing this. Well, I mean I’ve told a few of my girlfriends and Scott of course. I need them to tell me if I’m completely insane. They already think I might be, but this has not set me over the edge in their minds so I take it as a good sign.
No poo. We’ll see how it goes! I’ll update you after the first week is over.
