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As someone who doesn’t use shampoo and has hair which has re-adapted to not having the natural oils stripped out, and doesn’t use soap for the same reason, I am confident to say:

**Showers are a good thing. **

Just don’t blast your skin with steaming hot water and your skins microbiome and keratin glands will adapt. Being “100% clean” will lead to sweat which stinks because of the resistant bacteria which flourishes and produces bad odour after consuming your sweat.

Sweat itself doesn’t have a smell, it’s why you don’t stink the moment you start sweating.

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WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You will not take away my hot showers liberals, grrr

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- Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Hot showers are bourgeoisie propaganda, designed to keep the working class in a perpetual cycle of stank.
  
  Think about it, the sales of hygiene products fuel our economies, they have us played for absolute fools.
  
  Our hot showers come at the cost of energy, normally coal, which makes climate change worse, making us hotter, and more sweaty, leading to more hot showers.
  
  Ten thousand years ago, our ancestors had no class divide, no climate change, and no hot showers.
  
  Surely you see now that our only option is to rise up,l together, say “fuck this shit” and kill billionaires and stop taking hot showers.
  
  And if you keep taking hot showers then you’re enabling the fascist techno crypto oligarchy patriarchy.
  
  Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a lukewarm shower to attend.
  
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  - Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Wow you sound like a certain instance that shal go unamed
    
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    Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I know lol, I’m just playing along.
    
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Lupus@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

As someone who doesn’t use shampoo and has hair which has re-adapted to not having the natural oils stripped out

That’s very likely not a thing. The natural oil production (sebum) is primarily influenced by genetics and hormones.

Some people experience less oiliness over time, but this is likely due to changes in distribution, absorption, and perception, rather than a true shift in sebum gland function.

Frequent washing with harsh shampoos can temporarily increase oiliness due to compensatory production.

However, studies suggest this is a short-term effect rather than a long-term change in sebum gland activity.

** Showers are a good thing. **

Absolutely, using shampoo or not, proper scalp hygiene is important, too much sebum creates bacteria friendly environments, which can lead to infections.

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- Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  As you said, the increase in oiliness is compounded upon daily use of shampoo. Using it frequently will eventually strip all of the oils out (if you’ve got long hair - People with shorter hair shouldn’t have an issue).
  
  There are certainly times where I use it, but it’s very rare, it normally fucks my shit up for a good week.
  
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  - Lupus@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    As you said, the increase in oiliness is compounded upon daily use of shampoo
    
    As a short term effect, not a long term change in sebum production, the sebum glands are most likely primarily genetically and hormonally controlled.
    
    I also said > Some people experience less oiliness over time, but this is likely due to changes in distribution, absorption, and perception, rather than a true shift in sebum gland function.
    
    Using it frequently will eventually strip all of the oils out (if you’ve got long hair - People with shorter hair shouldn’t have an issue).
    
    I know what you’re saying, but it could be interpreted as that the glands on your scalp just stop producing altogether, which is not true and if it happens likely presents a serious medical issue.
    
    I briefly touched on the distribution of oil in your hair - if you brush long hair thoroughly and frequently you distribute the oil from the glands to the tips, which gives the perception of less oilier hair and is in fact, very healthy. Oil in short hairs obviously distributes faster and more easily from the glands to the tips, so a more frequent use of shampoo doesn’t impact healthy hair as much.
    
    Like I said, proper scalp hygiene can accommodate a wide range of hair washing habits. But if you forego that you’ll get nasty issues.
    
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    Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Didn’t mean to imply any impairment in sebum production, other than the increase to accommodate for the dryness.
    
    For what its worth, my haircare routine consists entirely of warm water and a bit of a scrub.
    
    People are genuinely amazed when I tell them I don’t use shampoo or conditioner lol.
    
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felixwhynot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Maybe sweat doesn’t smell but armpits def do

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- Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Because of sweat?
  
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  - feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Apocrine glands I think.
    
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    Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    [Their apocrine glands, like those in humans, produce an odorless, oily, opaque secretion that gains its characteristic odor upon bacterial decomposition.
    
    ](en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrine_sweat_gland)
    
    Because of sweat.
    
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HelixDab2@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You may not smell bad immediately after going to the gym, but if you leave your sweaty gym clothes in the bag to ferment overnight, they’re gonna smell like a dehydrated cat pissed in your bag.

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- Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Thats why I do my exercises in the nude.
  
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  - silasmariner@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    As nature intended
    
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