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Shampoo makers add ingredients which alter what you perceive with fingers. so if you wash your hair with gloves on hand, you can feel that shampoo did nothing t

Shampoo makers add ingredients which alter what you perceive with fingers. so if you wash your hair with gloves on hand, you can feel that shampoo did nothing to your hair. or try one hand with glove, other without and you can touch your hair to feel that scam. also most shampoos, shower gels are just soap making ingredients + fragrance + color... not walking on direct sun most of the day did more to beauty of current population than any beauty product on planet. yes im ugly.

dsr_ 1y ago
That's an interesting and unique take. Might I point out that combing and brushing are definitely affected by shampoo and conditioners? Source: although I am bald now, I had up to a meter of hair at various points in my life.
- klipt 1y ago
  > meter of hair Twisted Sister?
  - Calwestjobs 1y ago
    They had feet.
- eru 1y ago
  > I had up to a meter of hair at various points in my life. In total, or in parallel?
  - dsr_ 1y ago
    Many parallel strands each around a 1 meter in length. E.g. the ordinary, person-on-the-street concept of hair length.
    - eru 1y ago
      Please pardon my ill-fated attempt at humor.
ThrowawayTestr 1y ago
Shampoo is soap, yes. You say that like it's forbidden knowledge.
- Calwestjobs 1y ago
  Well, adverts made many believe shampoo is tears of virgin goddess.
- seszett 1y ago
  It's "soap" with a pH that is less than 7. It doesn't matter much for short hair, but washing long hair with actual soap makes the usefulness of shampoo obvious. Actual soap, with a basic pH, makes hair very difficult to comb.
1980phipsi 1y ago
And yet, if I don’t shampoo for a few days and run my fingers through my hair, then there will be dirt under my fingernails. Would you argue that washing with water is enough?
- Calwestjobs 1y ago
  Depends how long of a fingernail are we talking ! Yeah, i meant as a not changing structure of hair. Open women magazine and read what adverts say their heavenly concoction allegedly does to your hair. It does not do that.
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  - dpig_ 1y ago
    I don't doubt that their claims are fantastic rubbish, but you're verifying this by.. feeling the difference with gloves on/off?
powersnail 1y ago
> shampoo did nothing to your hair I don't know the scope of "nothing" in your statement, but shampoo does help remove dirt and oil, in a way that washing with water only cannot achieve, which is the number one goal of using shampoo for most people. This is verifiable by observing and touching hair of other people's hair before and after shower, which eliminates the possibility of shampoo manufacturers secretly altering what you perceive with your fingers.
- IMTDb 1y ago
  > This is verifiable by observing and touching hair of other people's hair before and after shower, which eliminates the possibility of shampoo manufacturers secretly altering what you perceive with your fingers. No; you would need to touch people hair after a shampoo shower and after a non shampoo shower to see the difference. My very possibly wrong understanding is that plain water + the mechanical action of the water being sprayed on the hair + your hand scratching the scalp does a huge portion of the work. Shampoo itself does very little. So if you don’t have any at your disposal; just does “as if”; and for slightly longer and you will essentially be good to go.
  - powersnail 1y ago
    > No; you would need to touch people hair after a shampoo shower and after a non shampoo shower to see the difference. Yes, that's exactly what I mean. My girl friend has long hair, and doesn't wash with shampoo every day (which is somewhat common for long-haired people I believe), and the texture after shower is very different. In college, especially exam week, we had more anecdata. It was possible to see people who 1) had not washed their hair, 2) had washed their hair in a sink with water only, 3) dry-washed with those sprays, and 4) washed with shampoo. It was very easy to tell which they did. In general, soapy cleaner (or similar substances) is going to help immensely when cleaning oily stuff. And hair can be really oily. Water-only is just not the same. One scenario I don't have is comparing other soapy products to shampoo. But shampoo aren't more expensive than other soaps anyway, so I never bothered to look.
    - 1y ago
crazygringo 1y ago
> you can feel that shampoo did nothing to your hair Huh? It removes oil and dirt. If I go for a couple days without washing my hair it gets greasy and gross. Water by itself doesn't remove oil buildup. And yes of course it's like soap. But it's milder. Technically it's a detergent because soap is too harsh. I've never heard anyone say shampoo is a scam, this is definitely a first...
- lbourdages 1y ago
  I wish they could borrow my scalp and hair for a week. They would definitely not feel like shampoo is a scam.
- chuckadams 1y ago
  > I've never heard anyone say shampoo is a scam, this is definitely a first... Well it's not a scam, it's a sham. Don't settle for fakes, demand real poo! :)=
- degamad 1y ago
  Some people have been saying it, but it's not a common story: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-_HKFjxVl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-_HKFjxVl0>
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dist-epoch 1y ago
This is going to be my favorite new conspiracy theory - BigShampoo.
- genewitch 1y ago
  Yeah, those tiny companies Unilever and J&J in the US, they wouldn't make things up just to sell us a chemical cocktail.

dsr_ 1y ago

That's an interesting and unique take. Might I point out that combing and brushing are definitely affected by shampoo and conditioners? Source: although I am bald now, I had up to a meter of hair at various points in my life.

klipt 1y ago
> meter of hair Twisted Sister?
- Calwestjobs 1y ago
  They had feet.
eru 1y ago
> I had up to a meter of hair at various points in my life. In total, or in parallel?
- dsr_ 1y ago
  Many parallel strands each around a 1 meter in length. E.g. the ordinary, person-on-the-street concept of hair length.
  - eru 1y ago
    Please pardon my ill-fated attempt at humor.

ThrowawayTestr 1y ago

Shampoo is soap, yes. You say that like it's forbidden knowledge.

Calwestjobs 1y ago
Well, adverts made many believe shampoo is tears of virgin goddess.
seszett 1y ago
It's "soap" with a pH that is less than 7. It doesn't matter much for short hair, but washing long hair with actual soap makes the usefulness of shampoo obvious. Actual soap, with a basic pH, makes hair very difficult to comb.

1980phipsi 1y ago

And yet, if I don’t shampoo for a few days and run my fingers through my hair, then there will be dirt under my fingernails. Would you argue that washing with water is enough?

Calwestjobs 1y ago
Depends how long of a fingernail are we talking ! Yeah, i meant as a not changing structure of hair. Open women magazine and read what adverts say their heavenly concoction allegedly does to your hair. It does not do that.
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]
- dpig_ 1y ago
  I don't doubt that their claims are fantastic rubbish, but you're verifying this by.. feeling the difference with gloves on/off?

powersnail 1y ago

> shampoo did nothing to your hair I don't know the scope of "nothing" in your statement, but shampoo does help remove dirt and oil, in a way that washing with water only cannot achieve, which is the number one goal of using shampoo for most people. This is verifiable by observing and touching hair of other people's hair before and after shower, which eliminates the possibility of shampoo manufacturers secretly altering what you perceive with your fingers.

IMTDb 1y ago
> This is verifiable by observing and touching hair of other people's hair before and after shower, which eliminates the possibility of shampoo manufacturers secretly altering what you perceive with your fingers. No; you would need to touch people hair after a shampoo shower and after a non shampoo shower to see the difference. My very possibly wrong understanding is that plain water + the mechanical action of the water being sprayed on the hair + your hand scratching the scalp does a huge portion of the work. Shampoo itself does very little. So if you don’t have any at your disposal; just does “as if”; and for slightly longer and you will essentially be good to go.
- powersnail 1y ago
  > No; you would need to touch people hair after a shampoo shower and after a non shampoo shower to see the difference. Yes, that's exactly what I mean. My girl friend has long hair, and doesn't wash with shampoo every day (which is somewhat common for long-haired people I believe), and the texture after shower is very different. In college, especially exam week, we had more anecdata. It was possible to see people who 1) had not washed their hair, 2) had washed their hair in a sink with water only, 3) dry-washed with those sprays, and 4) washed with shampoo. It was very easy to tell which they did. In general, soapy cleaner (or similar substances) is going to help immensely when cleaning oily stuff. And hair can be really oily. Water-only is just not the same. One scenario I don't have is comparing other soapy products to shampoo. But shampoo aren't more expensive than other soaps anyway, so I never bothered to look.
  - 1y ago

crazygringo 1y ago

> you can feel that shampoo did nothing to your hair Huh? It removes oil and dirt. If I go for a couple days without washing my hair it gets greasy and gross. Water by itself doesn't remove oil buildup. And yes of course it's like soap. But it's milder. Technically it's a detergent because soap is too harsh. I've never heard anyone say shampoo is a scam, this is definitely a first...

lbourdages 1y ago
I wish they could borrow my scalp and hair for a week. They would definitely not feel like shampoo is a scam.
chuckadams 1y ago
> I've never heard anyone say shampoo is a scam, this is definitely a first... Well it's not a scam, it's a sham. Don't settle for fakes, demand real poo! :)=
degamad 1y ago
Some people have been saying it, but it's not a common story: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-_HKFjxVl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-_HKFjxVl0>

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dist-epoch 1y ago

This is going to be my favorite new conspiracy theory - BigShampoo.

genewitch 1y ago
Yeah, those tiny companies Unilever and J&J in the US, they wouldn't make things up just to sell us a chemical cocktail.