Is the dirty hippie making a comeback?

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The New York Times has just reported on a new trend towards what's sometimes known as soap-dodging. Among those who have cut down on daily showers, baths or hair-washing were a woman who swipes a sliced lemon under her armpits instead of deodorant, another who uses baby wipes to freshen up after her lunchtime runs, and a salesman who shampoos only once a month and gave up anti-perspirant for three years.

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Over the last few years there have been regular suggestions that daily hair-washing, or even any hair-washing at all, is quite unnecessary, with the commentator Matthew Parris admitting he hadn't shampooed his hair for a decade, and broadcaster Andrew Marr reporting himself perfectly happy with the results when he followed suit for a short while.

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There are, of course, environmental benefits. In a bid to reduce his carbon footprint to the absolute minimum, environmentalist Donnachadh McCarthy, 51, limits his showers to about twice a week. "The rest of the time I have a sink wash," he says. "I believe that I'm as clean as everyone else."

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As McCarthy points out, it's only recently that we have expected people to bathe or shower every day. "When I was a kid," he says, "the normal thing was to bathe once a week." Head much further back into history, and we find Elizabeth I bathing once a month, and James I apparently only ever washing his fingers. In 1951, almost two-fifths of UK homes were without a bath, and in 1965, only half of British women wore deodorant.

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It might be worth us all occasionally missing a shower or two, then, so long as we don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. While being environmentally friendly is good, smelling like a bin is not.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/02/give-up-washing-showering

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

They never went away from my area. Only thing worse than a hippie that won't use soap and water on a regular basis, are the ones that douche themselves daily with cheap perfume.

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They never went away from my area. Only thing worse than a hippie that won't use soap and water on a regular basis, are the ones that douche themselves daily with cheap perfume.

Can you say Second Amendment remedies?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Not bathing everyday was fashionable back in the 30's and 40's, when people had to ration.

[The_Dude 1,142]

They never went away from my area. Only thing worse than a hippie that won't use soap and water on a regular basis, are the ones that douche themselves daily with cheap perfume.

What about the one that is sitting at your computer desk right now?

[Amby 490]

bathing daily is recommended BUT they say you're not supposed to wash your hair daily because it strips the hair of the natural oils and leaves it dull looking

[one...two...tree 2,762]

bathing daily is recommended BUT they say you're not supposed to wash your hair daily because it strips the hair of the natural oils and leaves it dull looking

I like to soak mine in olive oil.

[Jenn! 918]

bathing daily is recommended BUT they say you're not supposed to wash your hair daily because it strips the hair of the natural oils and leaves it dull looking

This is true. My hair looks much better when I only wash it every third day.

[chri'stina 190]

If I skip a day shampooing my hair, it feels and looks yucky.

[Amby 490]

This is true. My hair looks much better when I only wash it every third day.

mine too. makes my life easier too because my hair is so long.

If I skip a day shampooing my hair, it feels and looks yucky.

it usually works best for people with thicker hair for some reason. my hair person told me that a long time ago but I forget the reason. have you ever tried using one of those brush through dry shampoos in between?

[chri'stina 190]

it usually works best for people with thicker hair for some reason. my hair person told me that a long time ago but I forget the reason. have you ever tried using one of those brush through dry shampoos in between?

I have thick hair, but when I don't shampoo it, it weighs it down a lot on the top half and just feels too heavy to me, plus it looks oily.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Not politics, or religion. Safe for the gentler, kinder Off Topic.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Not politics, or religion. Safe for the gentler, kinder Off Topic.

This is the new OT. The old one should be renamed as the Silly Games Forum.

[Danno 1,228]

I have thick hair, but when I don't shampoo it, it weighs it down a lot on the top half and just feels too heavy to me, plus it looks oily.

Ahh dust if with baby powder and the oily look goes away.

[chri'stina 190]

Ahh dust if with baby powder and the oily look goes away.

I have done that. Most often while in college by oversleeping, rushing to class without showering. But don't put too much or you have to pat it out of your head.