Yip, there’s now a small, extreme group emerging of people who either very rarely or never ever reach for shampoo—“no ‘poo” users!

While some of them are just going longer between washings, the most radical ones have switched completely to rinsing with things like vinegar and baking soda. Baking soda took the place of shampoo while vinegar filled in for conditioner. And although it seems like this is mostly an attempt at improving hair health, there’s also the green factor—less shampoo means fewer empty plastic bottles to deal with.

Fact is Americans love to shampoo. They lather up an average of 4.59 times a week, twice as much as Italians and Spaniards, according to shampoo-maker Procter & Gamble.

But that’s way too often, say hair stylists and dermatologists. Daily washing, they say, strips the hair of beneficial oil (called sebum) and can damage our locks.

Check out blogger Jeanne Haegele, writes a blog called  LifeLessPlastic.

Thank heavens I am shaven bald pip!