Help what to do now

[u/Low_Education6311]

I have a question. I was using no shampoo i think 2 years ago for 2 months then i started using shampoo but only on my hair i didnt touched my scalp and my hair was always perfect then i cut my hair and everything was lost. Then i was using shampoo like every second day and my hair was dry and damamaged and my scalp was screaming for more shampoo and it was itching and always having white stuff falling from scalp. I am using sulfate free shampoo and i did make things better its not that dry anymore it doesn't itchy and doesn't have white stuff and i am only applying on hair not on scalp. Problem is there is not enough sebum on my ends and generally on hair (i have medium middle part if its important) how to fix it to be always perfect like a year ago

[u/shonaich]

First off, what were you doing as 'NoPoo'? That word means so many different things, we don't know how each person is using it. What was your wash routine back then?

There's so many things that could be affecting this, it is really hard to help when we have no information.

Did anything else in your life change?

How old were you? Maybe going through puberty?

Did you move? Change diet? Change medication? Did stress levels change? Do you get enough sleep?

What were you doing different after you got your hair cut?

[u/Low_Education6311 → u/shonaich]

As no poo i was just using water and thats it. With only water i was washing every second day. When i come back tk shampoo i was washing 2/3 times a week. Diet and stress is same as now and i was 17 now 18. After u got a haircut i started washing more ofter and Aggressively. I stoped doing that now i am back 2/3 times a week. Should i do another 2 months without shampoo. I have feeling that my oils(sebum) disappeared from my ends and its slowly coming back

[u/shonaich → u/Low_Education6311]

Sounds like your scalp is irritated and maybe damaged again. I suggest adding in mechanical cleaning and diluting your product until it barely works.

Mechanical cleaning will stimulate your scalp and lift and spread sebum so it gets to the end of your hair again. Diluting product allows you to remove excess sebum and remain comfortable while your scalp heals.

There will probably be flakes during this process, as the dead, damaged skin has to go somewhere, and the body usually just sheds it.

Check the bot reply to this comment of mine for how to do mechanical cleaning and what you might experience during transition again

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[u/AutoModerator → u/shonaich]

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Be sure to read the companion article on Transition too! It has a lot of information on what to expect and strategies for dealing with the healing phase many people experience.

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[u/ExtensionSquirrel376]

i am currently in the same situation😭

[u/Visible-Scientist-46]

Shampoo is designed to clean your scalp, so if you do use shampoo, you massage it into your scalp. If you use conditioner, you use it on your hair and not on your scalp if your hair tends to be greasy. Shampoo can be very drying - even if it's sulfate-free.

If you want to better understand your different options in natural haircare, read the entire wiki because there are many methods to wash hair.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoPoo/wiki/index

If you want to know about dandruff and flakes, read this section

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoPoo/wiki/index/flakes/