Warning: saw a huge difference in my clients' hair growth after switching to sulfate free shampoo

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Started noticing something weird when I switched to sulfate free shampoo - it wasn't just the hair growth, my scalp stopped being so itchy and flaky all the time. I read somewhere that sulfates can strip your natural oils too much, which then makes your scalp overproduce oil to compensate, and that messes with your hair follicles big time. So maybe the real reason people see more growth isn't the shampoo itself, but their scalp finally calming down and letting hair do its thing. Kinda makes you wonder if all those harsh cleansers are just setting off a chain reaction of problems we don't even connect.

robinp8911d agoMost Upvoted

That point about "harsh cleansers setting off a chain reaction" really hit home. It's kind of like how my skin gets super oily when I use those heavy duty acne washes that strip everything, then I end up in this cycle of drying it out and fighting breakouts that just keeps going. I've noticed this pattern everywhere now, like with dish soaps that dry out my hands so bad they crack, then I have to slather on lotion that just makes everything greasy. It makes me wonder if half the products we use are basically creating problems that other products then claim to fix. Your scalp thing is just another example of how our bodies try to balance themselves out when we keep throwing stuff at them that's too strong.

jessem5911d ago

@robinp89 You nailed it with the acne wash comparison, that cycle is exactly what I was trying to get at. Its like our bodies have this built in survival mode where if you strip everything away, it just doubles down on producing more oil to protect itself. And then youre stuck buying more products to fix the mess the first one started. The dish soap hand thing is a perfect example too, Ive noticed the same thing with hand sanitizers during flu season, my hands get raw from the alcohol and then I need lotion that just feels wrong. Makes you wonder how many industries are basically built on that feedback loop of stripping and then replacing what you just took off.