Maybe they're onto something

Note: works for fur only

Signed,

Sphynx Cats

When a sphynx or a Rex get shiny, its time for a bath.
Isn't hair and fur the same thing, we just call hair on animals fur
- Sphynx cats don't have hair/fur 😋

Also cat: my asshole tastes acceptable today. Also human: that asshole I just ate tastes acceptable today.

Obvious conclusion: cats and humans are genetically identical.

How many of you have cats that look like they should be in a hair commercial?

Edit: ITT, Send me cat pics

I can guarantee you that cat was brushed by a human just before that shot. No alley cat in the wild would ever look like that from just licking.

Good nutrition too. That's a cat that gets the best and it shows.
Hot tip for humans: You too can have healthier hair if you eat better, get sleep, exercise and reduce stress!
(Unless you have baldness genes, in which case, shave that shit and own it.)
- eat better, get sleep, exercise and reduce stress
  I love this idea even though I'd probably need to quit my job.
Society treats feral cats better than homeless hominids
- The Soviets built cost effective, durable homes for all their homeless (tens of millions since most of the destruction in ww2 happened on the eastern front) and the world will never forgive them for it.

It’s not implausible that, among the enzymes in cat saliva, there are some which evolved to maintain the condition of the cat’s coat.

But how will we know if it's in our saliva if we never lick ourselves clean?
- Get a tongue extension and try it out. For science.
Don't people also give their cats food that explicitly aids them in growing a better coat?
That, and cat hair is much finer.

The something is not scrubbing out all the oils with alkaline cleaners every single day forever.

Yup. I only wash my hair with water. No shampoo. We never needed that shit in the first place
- You should clean your hair to limit bacterial growth and remove pests. You just don't need to strip the oils out daily.
- You and I have VERY different hair then. My hair is horrific if I get it wet and don't soap it.

Also something related I never came to grips with: cat's breath = the stench of a thousand decaying corpses. Licks fur constantly. Fur = the smell of springtime itself.

My (unfortunately late) void had a scratching post with the top level just at my nose height, so whenever he lolled around there I made a point of taking a deep breath of fluffy freshness.

I have owned many cats, and I have huffed deeply of them all.
Cat fur, cat toes, cat bellies, all have these unique and wonderful scents that are probably more connected to our emotional connections to them than the actual nature of the scent itself. This should teach us a lot about social conditioning and our senses.
- Taxoplasmosis has also successfully made us subservient in mindset
Cats really do smell great
My cats breath isn't really bad. I thought if their breath was bad it means they likely have something wrong in there.

I've noticed that after switching my cat to raw food his fur is a lot smoother.

- Economically no. I live in the UK and use Bella and Duke. Not sure if they trade in any other countries. I gave them my cat's weight and for £43.80 they send me just enough food to feed him for a month.
  That's a bit pricey compared to supermarket cat food but frankly I can afford it and it's worth it for the health benefits as well as the convenience. Also I can't think of a company I've ever had better customer service from. They called me the day after I received my first box and asked if I had any issues.
  From what I've read it can help delay the kidney problems that inevitably come with age. Like I say I've noticed an improved coat but more importantly he doesn't vomit anymore which he used to occasionally and he has firmer, less frequent, better smelling turds.
- I believe there was a few tips in the c/vegan lemmy recently for cat nutrition

I have 2 cats, the orange has a thicker fur and it was never very soft but the tuxedo has a velvet, soft, shinny fur. It's so amazing that I pet her for too lomg sometimes and get a bitch slap

You don't need shampoo or conditioner except sometimes medicinally!

And more often socially.
- Soap works fine.
  It literally only needs 3 ingredients – water, lye and oil.
- you really don't i've only ever had one person comment on my not washed hair, and they were autistic, and also a female.
  Literally nobody cares.
It's been 2 years now since I've used shampoo, just been rinsing with water only since. I'm no cosmetologist but my hair feels perfectly normal and healthy, and without telling him anything's changed, my barber hasn't been able to tell a difference. The first few weeks after stopping using shampoo my hair did get pretty greasy, but it eventually settled down and now it's totally fine. Instead of stripping away the natural oils with shampoo and replacing them with the synthetic oils in conditioner, just let your natural oils come back. Granted, this doesn't apply to everyone, I am lucky enough to have a hair type that I'm able to do this with.
- Your barber probably wouldn’t tell you if they think your hair is kinda gross unless it was so bad they wanted to reject you as a client.
- Same, although I've been going for longer than two years. Honestly, I cant really remember when I stopped use shampoo. But if I don't shower for a day, it starts looking a little greasy. I have lots of straight fine hair, run the water and my fingers through it rigorously in the shower, and then I come out, scrunch it with the towel (dont rub, it will break the hair fibers) and then air dry. Get compliments on my hair all the time.
  As for smell, it just smells like hair. It can get slightly more pungent if I dont shower, but otherwise it just smells like me. Every once in a while I ask my full-poo GF to check if my hair smells because my own noseblindness, and she hasn't told me to go shower yet.
  Definitely when you go from poo to no-poo, your hair is extra greasy. I don't know the science behind it, but it seems to over produce oils and takes a couple weeks to normalize. During that period I was showering once in the morning and once at night, again running my fingers and water through my hair for ~2-3 minutes straight. After a while my hair didnt get so greasy.
  When I use soap or shampoo, my hair loses all of its body and shine doesn't go back to normal for a day or so.
  I imagine for some people this works, but for others it doesn't. I do feel a little weird when people ask me what my "secret" is and I'm literally like "yeah just don't wash it lol"
If you do not apply some sort of (proven) cleaning agent to your hair on a reasonably frequent basis, i dont care how in touch with nature and your primal self you are, you stink. If you dont want to deal with the maintenance cut it off, rocking the wrecking ball aesthetic is pretty great actually.
- The no-poo (no shampoo) movement is very real and definitely works for many people (dependant on hair type and oil secretions). Basically, once you stop washing away your natural oils daily, the production normalizes and then a regular rinse with water and occasionally something like diluted soap, lemon juice or apple cider vinegar.
  I've met them, I was one, I know them. You wouldn't know unless they told you.
- i think you might be confusing the idea of "artifical smells" with "natural human scent" where as humans normally smell like "nothing"
  as a chronic non scented user, because i hate smelling like things, i would annoy the shit out of you.
  If you dont want to deal with the maintenance cut it off
  this isn't even remotely true, you still have to brush it, tie it off, and wash it out properly, all of which takes a lot of time. You can't not do that.
  Literally the only reason i ever stink is because my clothes aren't clean (i sweat like a motherfucker) or i genuinely just haven't showered in like a week.

Btw, i use shampoo with urea (skin issues) and noticed it makes the hair stronger and glossier.

So you piss on your skin, too! I'm glad I'm not the only one
- With that argumentation, don't ever eat anything; it has animal piss in it.

That something is hairballs.

Save money and use saliva. 😉

If I could lick the top of my head then you know I would..
- Lick your paw and then use the paw to distribute saliva on your head.

you want to polish up a cat, brush him. My boy Harry would shine up so bright after a good brush. My current girl Izzy is kinda frizzy anyway but she'll take a satin finish.

you guys know that you don't have to shampoo and wash your hair right? It's really not that bad.

As long as you shower regularly and properly wash it it's literally fine.

If you don't believe me try it.

Hair is actually very much not the same from person to person, let alone race to race.
As long as you shower regularly and properly wash it it’s literally fine.
this statement alone is generic (and thus problematic when you try and apply it to all humans). What does regularly mean here? Every day? Every few days? Does this arbitrary regularity match a black person with curly hair vs a white person with straight hair? etc.
It's almost like a one-size-fits-all when it comes to health isn't a great idea
- it is not hard to understand. wash your ass, wash all your bits. this does apply very broadly to humans. i don't care who you are, your skin is an organ and it's doing weird stuff.
- every 6 hours works fairly well
- Hair is actually very much not the same from person to person, let alone race to race.
  i mean obviously, but don't forget that we also literally evolved without the existence of shampoo and conditioner, and showers. So we're probably fine without it.
  this statement alone is generic (and thus problematic when you try and apply it to all humans). What does regularly mean here? Every day? Every few days? Does this arbitrary regularity match a black person with curly hair vs a white person with straight hair? etc.
  I don't know, how often do you shower? Most people shower daily, some people shower less frequently than that, very few people shower more infrequently than that outside of just having bad hygiene, unless we're not counting baths for some reason.
  There's a reason it's a generic statement, i can't prescribe my highly irregular and variable shower schedule to the average person as it's probably not socially acceptable, but i also don't go outside, so.
  I feel like most people can sort of like... Figure it out themselves? Seems like a reasonable assumption to me when it comes to personal hygiene.
  It’s almost like a one-size-fits-all when it comes to health isn’t a great idea
  yeah... That's why i said go try it?
I have tried, and my hair gets super greasy and a bit smelly if I don't wash it every once in a while. And the conditioner is mostly just to keep it from getting frizzy after I've slept on it all night.
- yeah, it's dependent on the individual, most people just excessively use that shit every day.
  The overnight frizz is a nightmare, but i just live with it, my hair is naturally messy anyway so it's not getting much better even if i did lmao.
My scalp gets itchy if I don't shampoo at least once a week. Also if you have sweaty scalp you are gonna have a lot more oil build up that can collect dirt, grime and dead skin.
- there's definitely things to be aware of, but that's not my prognosis to make lol.
You must stink. People around are just being nice by not saying anything. 🤔
- evidently not, as nobody has complained about it, just the fact that my hair looks like shit because i don't wash it lmao.

Shaving what little hair I have left on my head is so much more convenient, lol.