In summary: He stopped washing his hair with any products and started using just cold water, in an effort to help with his dandruff problem. Overall seems to have worked for him. Seemed mildly interesting to me.

Not actually NSFW, but I tagged it because the thumbnail is a close-up of some pretty severe dandruff, and there’s a few seconds of video in the middle where he shows the condition of his scalp before quitting shampoo. Just thought I’d mention, in case that makes you squeamish.

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    Jesus Christ the uninformed comments in this thread. Are you seriously saying soap is bad?

    You do understand the benefit of removing viruses from your hands, right?

    Washing with soap and water is one of the key public health practices that can significantly slow the rate of a pandemic and limit the number of infections, preventing a disastrous overburdening of hospitals and clinics. Source

    I can only hope you were only trying to reference scalp care rather than the benefits of soap as a whole.

    But either way you’re wrong.

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      This is how people get started on the anti-science train. Next thing you know they’ll be talking about how bad vaccines are for the body.

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        Yeah in this age of misinformation I think it’s really important to not just share the truth, but also avoid saying something that could be interpreted in an anti-science way. No the commenter doesn’t explicitly say “never use soap” but, as written, that’s what’s implied.

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      We’re interpreting this comment very differently. The way I read it, they’re saying that the oils and microbes that occur naturally on our skin are largely beneficial to good health, which means that there are downsides to removing it.

      That shouldn’t be controversial. It’s not saying “never wash”, but rather pointing out that excessive cleaning with soap can negatively impact your health. There’s plenty of evidence that that’s the case.

      Of course, you should be washing your hands properly, there’s also plenty of evidence that not doing so causes disease. I think the major point here is that it’s not black and white. Excessively washing your whole body with soap can very well lead to dry/cracked skin and skin infections.

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      Since you want to get hostile: if you you could read, you’d already know that no one is saying don’t wash your hands with soap. All the people who poses reading comprehension skills in this thread understand that we’re talking about the excessive use of soap when not needed; for example everyday on your hair or perhaps even all over your body.

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        All the people who poses reading comprehension skills in this thread

        Lol yep tell me more about your reading comprehension skills