I have never CO washed before, in fact have never even heard of it until here, does that really get the hair and scalp clean?  I have a hard time imagining.  ???

So, I'm thinking that this would be good to try on a day when I would like to shower off, but not necessarily put my hair through another washing.  I shower and wash my hair every morning before work, and usually like to shower again when I come home -sometimes I just need to wash the "day" off of me, if you know what I mean!- and subsequently end up washing my hair again.  Washing hair twice a day can't be good for it, not unless you're working in the coal mines, I suppose!  I'm going to put this on my 'to-do' list along with vinegar rinsing, I'm gonna get to it...I swear! 

You're funny styg, I have never imagined baking french fries on my head!  That's a pretty funny thought!  I feel too self-conscious if I don't wash it every day, I get very oily and I would never want to be misconstrued as a dirty person because my hair was greasy, I would die!  I also have kind of an obsession with being, looking and smelling clean.  Have you ever noticed that odor that comes from someone who hasn't washed their hair in a while, I call it "head smell", yucky-yucky!  I guess that's my fear in not washing every day, I just get too greasy too quick, I don't think I could pull it off.

Just a reminder that your body is constantly reacting to what you do to it.  When you wash your hair, you are removing the oil (sebum) which causes the body to react and create more oil.  You can "re-train" your body to create less oil by gradually extending the amount of time between shampooing. 

I used to shampoo my hair every day or else it would look like a grease pit.  I now shampoo once every 5 days (except when doing long bike trips and get excessively sweaty).  I will rinse my hair during those five days, and sometimes use a bit of conditioner on my hair, but only shampoo every 5 days.  My hair does not look greasy until late on the 5th day.

5 days!  That is great, Bikerbraid!  I can't imagine ever getting mine to go that long.

I think the water rinse thing might work for people who don't get oily hair, but I've found that my hair is just as oily after the shower as before if I don't use something to wash out the greasies.

I used to need to wash my hair every day, but I washed it every third day. Now it's reached the point where I can go two days without stringy roots, but I still often go three days, even though my scalp is happier when it is scrubbed clean. 

CO wash didn't change this for me.

About 10 years ago I noticed that I was getting an itchy scalp with greasy buildup on my second or third day after wash. On the theory that conditioner was causing this, I carefully stopped applying conditioner to my scalp. This had no effect on the problem. I later found that a vigorous scalp massage during the washing process (when the buildup is softened most) will allow any buildup to be lifted off and washed away. At the same time I found that my facial skin also has some flaky buildup, and by removing this buildup in a similar way (gentle abrasion during a shower) I was able to eliminate what looked like eczema around my nose.

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lol ... i am not sure though i would do it if i din't have dark hair. somehow it fits, but it has to be in a ponytail. and i don't think (hope) i smell like an homeless person yet