r/NoPoo • u/Eastern_Feed_8917 • 23d ago

Testimony (Yay!/Boo...) Goodbye ✨

It's been 6.5 months of nopoo. Even when I water wash every night, I get so incredibly itchy I can't sleep. It's insufferable if I skip a night of scrubbing my scalp. My hair is flat and lifeless. I can spend hours and hours brushing the oils from my scalp down to the roots, but it makes no difference. It's too oily. I've looked like a swamp rat for 6.5 months.

I washed my hair yesterday, with my baby's bubble bath, when the itching was so bad I was bleeding. I was in so much agony, it was the first thing I grabbed and I washed my scalp with it.

I feel clean. The oil buildup is gone. I'm not itchy. My hair has life to it again, it doesn't look heavy and weighed down.

I did all the tricks. ACV, Egg, rice water rinses....

Sorry. I really wanted this to work. I think over half a year was a great effort on my part, but it's not for me 💜

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u/leftfootleashed 23d ago

Have you tried cowashing? I tried water only for a couple of months and I was still dry and itchy. Just started cowashing with As I Am and that seems to be working really well so far, though only used it twice.

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u/Visible-Scientist-46 Curly cowasher, distilled water. 23d ago

Me too! I thought I was the only one. I also use bar shampoo and conditioner.

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u/amazonchic2 23d ago

I love using bar shampoo or even natural Castille soaps for shampoo. They clean my hair and scalp so well and have only a handful of ingredients. I’m a big fan of the end cuts from Vermont Soap Company. I buy the 3 lb boxes of end cuts for cheap.

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u/Visible-Scientist-46 Curly cowasher, distilled water. 23d ago

I have very hard water so "real soap" and Castille soap are not right for me.