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Hair Conditioner
  • Fitz
    Is it really needed? If you do need it is it ok to use it in the shower because I have heard you should never use conditioner in the shower.
  • lindygirl1960
    Not a Brain. Just my 2 pennies worth...

    Some people do not need to use conditioner. Generally those who have super short hair and a normal to oily scalp really do not need it. People who have wavy to curly hair tend to need conditioner more than those people with straight hair because wavy to curly hair tends to be drier by nature.

    Unless it is a leave in conditioner, you are supposed to rinse conditioner out so, of course, using it in the shower is fine. I am curious.  What was the reason you had heard given that conditioner should never be used in the shower?
  • Right BrainRight Brain
    I'd love to hear why, too! This makes no sense technically.
  • Fitz
    I am sorry you are correct. People with curly or coarse hair should use a conditioner. But it is true that everyone doesn't need conditioner. If you have thin or very straight hair maybe you don't. I watched a youtube video buy farah dhukai how to get long shiny healthy hair--my haircare routine. I really like most of her tips. Thanks.
  • rozy
    I have very short fine straight hair and when I use ,moisturizing shampoos or condition i look like i havent showered in a long time!
  • georgia
    When my hair was very short I didn't need a conditioner. I also found that my hair, although colored and on the dry side, looked better if I didn't use a conditioning shampoo. 
  • Ally E.Ally E.
    i heard that when you are washing a way conditioner in the shower it comes in contact with your body's skin and may cause clogged pores (same goes if it runs down your face) and cause breakouts. so now I make sure to shower after i wash out the conditioner. is it ridiculous? :D
  • Right BrainRight Brain
    Well it certainly depends on the comedogencity potential of all the ingredients in the formula. But given the fact that the ingredients would be diluted down as they're rinsed from your hair and that the contact time with your skin would be so brief, I find that hard to imagine. 

    Also since your entire body is wet from the shower your skin will have absorbed about as much moisture as it can. Therefore there isn't much drive (aka an osmotic gradient) for the ingredients to be absorbed into your skin as they run down your body toward the drain.

    I'm not saying it's impossible but it seems very unlikely. 
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