Sunday 26 April 2015

Sleep, Breathing and No-Poo Hair

Sleep
So what is new? Nothing really. Have just been understanding how I underestimated the power of sleep. I have observed how everything feels better when you've had proper sleep.....never realised that flu, bronchitis, etc heals so much faster when one can have proper sleep. AND the skin feels calm.

Breathing
Before I get up, I now try to breathe deeply ten times. This seems to energise my body and believe this is because it is a deep breathe rather than our shallow breaths that we take when we are doing everyday things. Worst is when we are doing activities such as running. We forget to breathe and either breath through our mouth (very shallow breaths) or in through our nose and immediately expel everything out through out mouth. If you are a runner, try breathing in and out through your nose.

Result:
- less snot
- more energy in the legs

No-Poo Hair
I have given up on shampoo. It took most of last year to do so. I used to shampoo my hair frequently because it itched and also because it became greasy very quickly. Last year I began to reduce the frequency I shampooed my hair starting from:
1. washing it every other day for about a couple of months until I felt comfortable to go the next step
2. washing it every 2 days etc
3. washing it every 3 days etc

After washing it every other week, I decided to drop the shampoo altogether at the end of October.

I now only wash my scalp with water when I have sweat. It is not greasy. However my hair seems to be a little dry from the hard water so adding oil on the ends seems fine.

Result:
- my head is no longer itchy (unless I am very tired)
- less split ends

Still moisturising skin and take a quarter of an anti-histamine before the "grouchy woman time".

BTW folks keep recommending creams and stuff to me. Great if it has helped you! It does not mean it will help me. An example, I have often been told Aveeno is really good for moisturising eczema. My skin hates it! I have documented what works for me. So thanks for trying to help and forgive me if I respond negatively to "do I want to try a product".

Get back to holistic measures on your own body rather than looking for a fast fix. You will have a long term heal with Atopic eczema when you provide your body the right environment to heal and to fight.