My scalp condition is that I have too much hair. Too dense and thick, it gets greasy after not washing it 1 day, so I don’t even dare to replicate your experiment.
I also used to have a cold weather dandruff problem, but that was solved entirely when I started always air drying after every shower. Thanks to a random tip years ago on reddit. My dandruff problem was apparently because of humidity.
The adjustment period is real. I was showering twice a day when I stopped shampooing, because my hair (lots of it, but fine and not coarse) got greasy quick. After a few weeks, it normalized. I can shower once a day now. I still wash it by running my fingers and water through it over and over, so it doesn’t smell. I still have a somewhat dry scalp though, it didn’t really fix that. Don’t really have dandruff, but if I scratch my scalp a bunch or use a comb directly on it several times, I’ll have to rinse the dandruff out.
Potentially part of your issue is that you use shampoo, particularly if it’s really strong. Shampoo strips oil from your hair, which is why you need conditioner to add oil back. Your scalp naturally produces oil to protect your hair. If you strip it, particularly if you don’t replace it, your scalp will go crazy producing oil.
Eventually going no-poo this dies down as everything normalizes. For a little while, it’ll be pretty oily though. What I did many years ago is I went from washing with shampoo daily to every other day, to once or twice a week, reducing until I hit zero. Wash with water daily though. I also recommend trying conditioner washing as an alternative to transition as well. The oil in your hair will bind to the oil in the conditioner and clean your hair, but it doesn’t strip it dry. That’ll probably help reduce how much your scalp needs to produce.
Obviously it’s your hair. Everyone is different. This may not be something that can work for you, but you can’t know until you do some experiments. I wouldn’t assume it’s the case yet.
My scalp condition is that I have too much hair. Too dense and thick, it gets greasy after not washing it 1 day, so I don’t even dare to replicate your experiment.
I also used to have a cold weather dandruff problem, but that was solved entirely when I started always air drying after every shower. Thanks to a random tip years ago on reddit. My dandruff problem was apparently because of humidity.
The adjustment period is real. I was showering twice a day when I stopped shampooing, because my hair (lots of it, but fine and not coarse) got greasy quick. After a few weeks, it normalized. I can shower once a day now. I still wash it by running my fingers and water through it over and over, so it doesn’t smell. I still have a somewhat dry scalp though, it didn’t really fix that. Don’t really have dandruff, but if I scratch my scalp a bunch or use a comb directly on it several times, I’ll have to rinse the dandruff out.
Potentially part of your issue is that you use shampoo, particularly if it’s really strong. Shampoo strips oil from your hair, which is why you need conditioner to add oil back. Your scalp naturally produces oil to protect your hair. If you strip it, particularly if you don’t replace it, your scalp will go crazy producing oil.
Eventually going no-poo this dies down as everything normalizes. For a little while, it’ll be pretty oily though. What I did many years ago is I went from washing with shampoo daily to every other day, to once or twice a week, reducing until I hit zero. Wash with water daily though. I also recommend trying conditioner washing as an alternative to transition as well. The oil in your hair will bind to the oil in the conditioner and clean your hair, but it doesn’t strip it dry. That’ll probably help reduce how much your scalp needs to produce.
Obviously it’s your hair. Everyone is different. This may not be something that can work for you, but you can’t know until you do some experiments. I wouldn’t assume it’s the case yet.