Stop Washing Your Hair to Save the Planet
Testing eight washed and eight unwashed hair samples, the University of Missouri’s Lakshmi Pandrangi and Glenn Morrison found that, on average, unwashed hair absorbs around seven times as much ozone as freshly washed hair. “Ozone is probably reacting with components of hair oil,” says Morrison.
Read Green Option: Shampoo Skipping
Source: New Scientist
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I stopped regularly washing my hair in high school because it reduced my curly locks to a frizzy rat’s nest. Result: four years of ponie tails and lost pencils (my hair ate them; we still don’t know where they went). My friends were actually afraid of my hair - that’s how bad it was. And by fear I mean “Don’t touch Michelle’s hair, it bites.” And it did.
Now I shampoo whenever it needs it, every two to four weeks. The rest of the time I give my scalp a thorough scrub and rinse in the shower. I also put coconut oil in my hair and it’s perfect! It’s light weight, doesn’t get on my clothes or pillow, and I’ve been frizz-free ever since.
When we are long gone the planet will heal itself!
oh great, let me build up toxins in my hair for me to breathe in even deeper