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[โ€“] SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why is curliness relevant to shampooing?

[โ€“] miracleorange@beehaw.org 2 points 6 hours ago

So... straight hair gets greasier the longer it goes without being washed, right? There lots of reasons for that, a few being brushing, combing, running your fingers through it, or just the oil running down it. Well, the curlier your hair is, the harder those things are to do. In fact, oil often won't run down the strands at all on very curly hair, so you'll be left with an oily scalp and increasingly dry hair. Shampoo is inherently oil stripping, and if you put it on curly hair that's already lacks oil, you'll just make it even more frizzy and awful. Hence, a lot of people with curly hair forego shampoo.

shampoo strips natural oils which makes hair thick or something, i really have no idea i just like my curls :3