[king_jester]

> How long is your hair? I have a LOT of shoulder-length hair and I'm just not sure if I can clean that amount of hair with just water and no soap.

> I tried the no shampoo thing some years ago (my hair was shorter), my then-girlfriend did in fact comment (after I tried it for at least a couple of weeks) that my hair was more greasy (it was definitely not "much nicer"). Got a bit of irritated scalp too. I didn't feel very clean either, as if I was just smearing the hair-grease onto the rest of my body in the shower.

Most people find best results with still occasionally shampoo-ing, usually a couple of times a week. Doing daily shampoo will strip your hair of its own chemicals and oils which is damaging in the long run, but for a lot of folks not shampoo-ing at all can cause issues with dandruff or scalp irritation.

[tripzilch]

Yes, but doesn't everybody know you shouldn't shampoo your hair daily, no matter what it says on the bottle? I do it about 2-3 times a week.

BTW this thread is starting to feel like a Reddit discussion :) [and I don't mean anything bad about Reddit that way btw, just that it's kind of unusual to talk about haircare on HN :)]