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Richard Nikoley at Free the Animal has been experimenting with basically a soap-free lifestyle for 18 months now (according to a recent update) and reported his experience (six months in):
http://freetheanimal.com/2009/12/paleo-i-dont-care-i-like-no-soap-no-shampoo.html
Me, I've been doing laundry detergent-free for about the same time and no complaints here. But the no-soap idea sounds a little scary. And exciting. Well, I'm not ditching deodorant. But soap? I dunno.
What do you think?
Richard Nikoley said:I haven't used soap or shampoo anyplace on my body for six months, save hand washing in advance of food prep. That's it. let me just report my observations and leave you to judge.
* Took about two weeks to normalize. That is, I felt my hair was greasy and skin oily up to then.
* Now it's intermittent. It's perhaps a function of water hardness, but sometimes skin and hair feel squeaky clean, and other times indeterminate.
* Even when I feel greasy/oily in the shower with just water, once everything dies out, it's always all the same -- fine; soft & dry.
* My skin & hair have never been softer. Never.
* If anything, my hair is less "greasy" than ever, yet shampoo hasn't touched it in over six months.
* Private parts. Have to address this, of course. This is the biggest benefit of all. Surprised? You'll just have to try it, because I'm not going to elaborate. That's why they call them "private parts." OK, a clue: maybe it's the constant cleansing that's the cause of the sweaty-stinky problem in the first place? If for nothing else, I'm soap free for life on this point alone. I feel as though I've been scammed -- and liberated. I can't explain further. You'll just have to try.
* You'll save a lot of money, especially you chicks. Grils: you can Google about no shampoo. Lotsa links.
...I'll never use soap or shampoo on anything but my hands for the rest of my life.
http://freetheanimal.com/2009/12/paleo-i-dont-care-i-like-no-soap-no-shampoo.html
Me, I've been doing laundry detergent-free for about the same time and no complaints here. But the no-soap idea sounds a little scary. And exciting. Well, I'm not ditching deodorant. But soap? I dunno.
What do you think?