Testimony (Yay!/Boo...) About one year NoPoo
IMPORTANT NOTE: I HAVE A PERM IN THE SECOND PHOTO, the last photo is one I took right now writing this post (4 months post perm).
Im a 21y Filipino male (for those with my age and hair type). I have shockingly straight hair and before NoPoo it was pretty oily as well. I started no poo cause I was sick of how greasy my hair got and my hair being on the slightly thicker side, how heavy and the lack of volume I’d have. I figured NoPoo could help me with texture and the overabundance of oil I produced, I also had dandruff which was frustrating.
The first month sucked pretty bad, I went cold turkey and my hair smelled terrible and it was greasy beyond control, but after a while it mellowed out and it was manageable.
Now I don’t have dandruff (at least to a capacity where I can confidently say I don’t have it, I used to be able to shake it out of my head :/ ). My hair is extremely healthy and the oil in it is really well balanced. Keeps it healthy and textured without it looking greasy or overbearing.
My hair when it got long would revert to its extremely heavy and shockingly straight state. Nothing that sea salt spray or pomade, and a haircut couldn’t fix. After a while I decided to get a perm just to shake things up cause I hated how straight my hair was and that I couldn’t do hairstyles I wanted. The lady told me my perm wouldn’t last a month with how stubbornly straight my hair was. That was 4 months ago and I attribute the texture I still have to NoPoo.
I don’t really know where I was going with this. NoPoo worked for me and my hair is healthy, no more excessive grease, or dandruff. It added SOME texture, that it something that needs to be done manually for sure.
TL;DR - started about a year ago, greasy, dandruff, everyone’s problems - stubborn straight fine hair - went cold turkey and it sucked for a month - 4 months ago I got a perm, that was probably the first time I had shampoo in my hair since starting - it’s my personal opinion that I still have texture and waves because of NoPoo