Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high...
by dashundchen on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:49PM
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You could just soap the most important areas that cause odor - armpits, groin and feet every time. Sometimes neck and behind the ears to exfoliate. Everything else plain water, unless I've been hiking etc. I do this with a plain unscented soap, takes only a minute or two to shower and no odor problem. Light soap on face maybe every other day. Skin feels much healthier this way.
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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high...
by IntronExon on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:09PM
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I totally support this, assuming your body odor and oil type accommodates it. For me, I find hot water hair rinses with less frequent shampooing is much better. By the same token god help anyone around me if I didn’t soap my armpits that day. I see a huge difference between finding what works for you, and absolutist approaches to hygiene.
Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high...
by stephengillie on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:15PM
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It would take me more time to selectively lather certain parts of my body. It's faster to just lather my whole body with a soapy cloth.
And what happens if you accidentally get soap on part of your arm or leg?
Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high...
by dashundchen on Friday February 16, 2018 @05:11PM
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I could shower and soap everything quickly in a few minutes to, bit the GP comments were talking about taking 15 to 20 minutes to shower, which seems extremely long to me.
Nothing happens if I get soap elsewhere, I just don't intentionally soap outside those regions daily. In my experience arms, legs torso etc aren't particularly dirty on a daily basis and the skins seems more mostrurizied and healthy if I just use water on them. YMMV depending on skin type.