Escape Goat
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We could just merge all the hygiene threads together. Though it be more like 50 reasons why being filthy is good for you
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Is it true that you should only use soap on minimal areas of your body when washing?
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We could just merge all the hygiene threads together. Though it be more like 50 reasons why being filthy is good for you
serenewarfare
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Isn't this negated by all the moisturizers added into various body washes? I could see this applying to standard bar soap, but not those.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Lol, you losers are still hung up on soap?
Come on, we already figured out this bathing thing thousands of years ago. Get yourselves some olive oil and a strigil and start scraping away. There, I just fixed all your skin problems. (Side effects may include a strong desire to burn Carthage to the ground.)
Come on, we already figured out this bathing thing thousands of years ago. Get yourselves some olive oil and a strigil and start scraping away. There, I just fixed all your skin problems. (Side effects may include a strong desire to burn Carthage to the ground.)
Ron Mexico
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Can't believe there's no George Carlin reference yet--
You wash the 4 key areas: armpits, asshole, crotch and teeth. If you're in a rush, use the same brush on all 4 areas.
You wash the 4 key areas: armpits, asshole, crotch and teeth. If you're in a rush, use the same brush on all 4 areas.
Moisturizers are added to bar soaps as well, not the lye kind, but many cosmetic brands.
Walter White Walker
Member
I use soap all over. I'm going to continue doing so.
Does crotch include penis or is soap bad for that?
umop_3pisdn
Member
Soap doesn't make an appreciable difference over most of your body, in fact it might disturb healthy skin bacteria. The benefits of soaping your whole body on the basis of hygiene are just psychological or imaginary.
Dylan Sexbang
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Listening to everything on the internet is using the internet wrong
Omegasquash
Member
I had a cousin once that washed his penis and it fell off. Makes you think...
what the fuck
only my partner gets to do that.
Mammoth Jones
Member
No. I lather and wash everything.
Skin gets dry? Use some lotion after you bathe and stop fucking stinking up the office, Paul.
Skin gets dry? Use some lotion after you bathe and stop fucking stinking up the office, Paul.
Due to a GAF thread a good many years ago I did try the whole not using any soaps or shampoos for about half a year or so. It was OK, but not great. Even when I resorted to using Apple Cider Vinegar to wash my hair every few days my hair still felt way too greasy and dirty after just a day or two. My skin too was OK, but it didn't feel much better or anything. It wasn't a total failure, but it wasn't exactly a worthwhile alternative.
Before then I used to go overboard with soap and exfoliating every day and I had pretty dry skin as a result. I would often take two full showers a day scrubbing everything thoroughly. And using moisturizing soaps and lotion never seemed to alleviate things and it always made me feel greasy and uncomfortable afterwards, negating my thorough scrubbing altogether.
Before then I used to go overboard with soap and exfoliating every day and I had pretty dry skin as a result. I would often take two full showers a day scrubbing everything thoroughly. And using moisturizing soaps and lotion never seemed to alleviate things and it always made me feel greasy and uncomfortable afterwards, negating my thorough scrubbing altogether.
Omegasquash
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I mean, I guess soap isn't that much of a priority, as long as you turbo your asshole.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
I feel like most dermatological advice is filled with science-y sounding words and plausible mechanisms of action but doesn't seem to be clinically validated and is almost always attached to some sort of lifestyle-type plan and/or product being sold.
But youre not speaking on what really matter stump. No soap or soap 3x a day. Pick a damn side!
Waddle Dee
Member
Just scrub your ass. Scrub it till your soap turns brown (or red).
This. There's no right and wrong way to do stuff like this. The internet just loves to be controversial to mainstream methods - look hard enough (and typically it's not that hard), you'll find someone going against the grain of everything. People just want to lead a new fad.
Just wash with soap. If it dries you out, find a different kind or just minimise how you use it. Hell, cut it out entirely if you want. It's up to you. It's not to say that soap has been used wrong.
You might be able to get away with a milder soap and shampoo. Most soaps and body washes are way too harsh, even the ones that purport to be mild.
Well, there are scientific claims for proper hand washing and such, of course... but volume and speed of water are also effective in washing non-critical areas. And I was told this by both nurses and doctors.
(Actually, a nurse even told me that flushing superficial wounds with an adequate amount of water is just as effective as disinfecting.)
Soaps and detergents by their very nature don't moisturize; they have to remove oils as they're surfactants. Soaps may have added moisturizers, but they're not very effective.
Using a mild soap with moisturizers can help. Or soaping critical areas only followed by full body rinsing.
eot
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Really depends on your hair and scalp. If you're shampooing it every day it will take a long time to train your scalp to produce less sebum. Also, the curlier and the thicker the hair, the longer it takes for the scalp to dirty it up, so you can get away with not washing it as often.
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
Just bathe in salt. It's how they traveled with meats on the trail, and that stays fresh for years.
titiklabingapat
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I do what is said in the OP and current and former lovers haven't said anything. Of anything I get complements on how smooth, supple and good smelling my skin is.
Vegetable Lasagna
Member
This is kind of what I do. But I do the full body soap every 3 days just to cover my bases. So far my gf hasn't complained that my non-stink areas stink, so I think I'm good.
That depends on skin/scalp and hair. You should use shampoo as often as you need, but not anymore than that. My hair unfortunately gets really greasy from scalp oils about 30 hours after I take a shower. So I have to shampoo every morning. Condition every 2 or 3 days cause too much of that makes my hair a greasy mess also. And I always condition before I shampoo.
That depends on skin/scalp and hair. You should use shampoo as often as you need, but not anymore than that. My hair unfortunately gets really greasy from scalp oils about 30 hours after I take a shower. So I have to shampoo every morning. Condition every 2 or 3 days cause too much of that makes my hair a greasy mess also. And I always condition before I shampoo.
RollingCheese
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I bet these are the same people that tells people to stop washing their hair and faces with no scientific evidence to back up any sort of benefit for doing so. If your sky is dry after thoroughly cleaning them, apply moisturizer. It's not really rocket science.
Humans back in the good old days before modern skin care were absolutely disgusting and unhygienic. There is a reason modern humans can live for so long while the life expectancy of neanderthals all the way to dark age Europeans don't even reach the american retirement age in 2017. Cleanliness and hygiene is king.
Humans back in the good old days before modern skin care were absolutely disgusting and unhygienic. There is a reason modern humans can live for so long while the life expectancy of neanderthals all the way to dark age Europeans don't even reach the american retirement age in 2017. Cleanliness and hygiene is king.
Vegetable Lasagna
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That has little to do with soaping up in the shower and a lot more to do more modern inventions like sewage and water filtration systems. It sounds crazy, but consuming everyone's feces to hydrate or cooking with feces is a lot more serious to life expectancy than not soaping down your entire body every morning in the shower. As long as you're showering, washing your hands and being a generally clean person that is.
And American life expectancy is behind a ton of European countries. There are a lot factors and what we're discussing isn't one of them.
Alcotholic
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Yeah, those are the obvious gross places. I kinda just wipe over my chest and back after that. I dont really scrub any other area.
Head of Vengarl
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I'm guessing these are the same people who go to Magic/anime/video game conventions and make the entire place reek of BO. I was about to say "you know who you are," but actually the problem is that you people don't realize how bad you smell to the rest of us. Mouth-breathing crunchy ass scallywags, the lot of you.
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
Messofanego
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Stumpo, just give me the scientific answer as to what's best.
Androidsleeps
Member
Yeah normal cheap soap would dry ur skin.
Use cream based soaps or shower creams/gels. And moisturize.
This kind of shit is why there are so many filthy fucks out there.
Use cream based soaps or shower creams/gels. And moisturize.
This kind of shit is why there are so many filthy fucks out there.
Additionally, human society has developed a better idea of when and where to remove bacteria, and when and where it is beneficial.
We're not saying to not wash -- obviously you have to wash pits and all that -- but excessive washing (and hot water) heavily damages your horned layer.
old manatee
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It's fucking disgusting that some of you just cover every inch of your body in soap. I only put soap on my face, ears, armpits, arms, chest area, back legs, knees, foot arch, elbow, and lower thorax.
Patrick Young
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Havent used soap since early 2015. Has been great.
Id love to go shampoo-free as well, but psoriasis makes it impossible.
Id love to go shampoo-free as well, but psoriasis makes it impossible.
This advice isn't going to work well for someone who lives an active lifestyle and does athletic events during the week. Or rather, it wouldn't work well for the people that have to be around them. My hair is funky after just 1 long run. Washing it with water doesn't get all of the sweaty-salty funk smell out.
Water poisoning is a thing. We can't win!
I mainly worry about the dirtier or more oily areas. I'm sure, say, most of my arm can go without soap just fine, it's the hands/pits that actually need it.
Oveja Negra
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Both soap & shampoo are nothing more than a social construct.
Pai Pai Master
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Just wipe your pits with some water from the sink every few days and you're good to go for a month at least.
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
I full body wash/scrub + shampoo my hair every other day.
In the days between, I just rinse off my hair thoroughly, and put a little gel soap on my hands into a lather and rub into my groin, pits, and buttle. If any lather is left I get it between my toes simply because I walk a lot at work and don't want any fungus.
I do NOT scrub on those off days, or else my skin will over exfoliate and get dry. Exfoliation is good, yes, but it's been widely exaggerated to sell products we don't need.
ADDITIONAL PSA: Wash behind your ears folks. Believe it or not, it can get smelly back there if you don't give it enough attention depending on the shape of your ears and the way the skin folds back there.
In the days between, I just rinse off my hair thoroughly, and put a little gel soap on my hands into a lather and rub into my groin, pits, and buttle. If any lather is left I get it between my toes simply because I walk a lot at work and don't want any fungus.
I do NOT scrub on those off days, or else my skin will over exfoliate and get dry. Exfoliation is good, yes, but it's been widely exaggerated to sell products we don't need.
ADDITIONAL PSA: Wash behind your ears folks. Believe it or not, it can get smelly back there if you don't give it enough attention depending on the shape of your ears and the way the skin folds back there.
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