Does a bald man use soap or shampoo to wash their scalp?

Answer 1

Soap, it removes stuff that shampoo can't.
Basically you would treat your head like your face.

Shampoo is a lighter and less harsher substance than soap so it doesn't clean as well and it doesn't remove the old dead skin as well as soap can.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shampoo
"Shampoo cleans by stripping sebum from the hair. Sebum is an oil secreted by hair follicles that is readily absorbed by the strands of hair, and forms a protective layer. Sebum protects the protein structure of hair from damage, but this protection comes at a cost. It tends to collect dirt, styling products and scalp flakes. Surfactants strip the sebum from the hair shafts and thereby remove the dirt attached to it.

While both soaps and shampoos contain surfactants, soap bonds to oils with such affinity that it removes too much if used on hair. Shampoo uses a different class of surfactants balanced to avoid removing too much oil from the hair.

The chemical mechanisms that underlie hair cleansing are similar to that of traditional soap. Undamaged hair has a hydrophobic surface to which skin lipids such as sebum stick, but water is initially repelled. The lipids do not come off easily when the hair is rinsed with plain water. The anionic surfactants substantially reduce the interfacial surface tension and allow for the removal of the sebum from the hair shaft. The non-polar oily materials on the hair shaft are solubilised into the surfactant micelle structures of the shampoo and are removed during rinsing. There is also considerable removal through a surfactant and oil "roll up" effect. The foamy effect achieved by massaging shampoo into the hair is purely aesthetic.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap
"Soaps are useful for cleaning because soap molecules attach readily to both nonpolar molecules (such as grease or oil) and polar molecules (such as water). Although grease will normally adhere to skin or clothing, the soap molecules can attach to it as a "handle" and make it easier to rinse away. Applied to a soiled surface, soapy water effectively holds particles in suspension so the whole of it can be rinsed off with clean water.

(fatty end) :CH3-(CH2)n - COONa: (water soluble end)

The hydrocarbon ("fatty") portion dissolves dirt and oils, while the ionic end makes it soluble in water. Therefore, it allows water to remove normally-insoluble matter by emulsification."

Shampoo is designed to ONLY wash hair, if you have even a little hair then you need to wash that with soap. Washing your hair with soap dries it out and damages it.

Answer 2

I used to shave my head (briefly) but now I have a regular head of hair, and either way I just use regular bar soap to wash it. The main difference between shampoo and regular soap is just texture and packaging, it all does the same function.

And every bald guy I know just uses regular soap.

Answer 3

My dad has been bald for many years and he has always used soap. When I was young, I asked him why he used soap....he said, "Shampoo is for washing hair and I don't have any." LOL

Answer 4

Usually soap, till the moment you dont have hair, depending on the amount of hair left, if its quite a bit, then using shampoo, but if less, soap does just right!!!

Answer 5

My son keeps his hair VERY short, and uses shampoo. The scalp is different from the rest of the skin on our bodies; the addition of things like lanolin that is commonly found in shampoo makes it a little more gentle.

Answer 6

neither, dish washing liguid .