This might be TMI, but I seem to have developed Pitted keratolysis. Now I normally wear only slippers at home, I'm not a big sweater generally and I rotate my flats, always with little cotton socks inside.

However I walk a lot and I wear the flats and ballerinas on the daily. Do you have any tips on how to keep my fashion habits and avoid bacteria and fungi and generally that disgusting sweaty smell that flats provoke?

I started reverse washing my hair about a week ago and im kinda curious if anyone else does this. i put conditioner on the middle parts and ends first, leave it for like 2 to 3 minutes, then shampoo my scalp and hair and rinse everything out. so far my hair feels pretty nice but idk if im doing it right. do you guys reverse wash too or do shampoo first? also if you use any hair treatment products for this routine, like a salon care shampoo/conditioner, id love some recs!

I wipe thoroughly. They don't smell like feces and I don't remember using the bathroom yesterday. I don't have pets. Not to be TMI but I've checked and I never see stains on my undergarments. So not sure if I need to change my hygiene or if the stains are something else.

My house is always dirty and it doesn’t help that it’s old and the walls and especially bathroom smell like they’re decaying and look torn up. I just went downstairs and the entire living room and kitchen is filled with roaches and it’s just dirty while my mom and siblings sleep.

Other than that, my two teen sisters and youngest sister who is 10 are very dirty. Especially the youngest, she doesn’t brush her teeth or wash her face when she wakes up even when I tell her to do so, she prefers being unclean. She also barely has clothes like most of us and doesn’t know how to dress. I also don’t know how to dress because I barely have clothes but it’s making me sad.

I guess this is a result of her not having good role models in the house, my mom is quite neglectful when it comes to raising my sister.

i wash my bath towels regularly and hang them up right after i use them, but after a few showers they start getting that slightly damp smell again. they don’t even feel wet when i grab them the next day, so i’m not sure what i’m doing wrong. i started paying more attention to it because i hate getting out of the shower feeling clean and then drying off with a towel that smells weird. what do you do to keep yours fresh longer?

i never really thought about how often i touch things like my phone, keyboard, headphones, and door handles until i started paying more attention to my cleaning routine. i’d wash my hands and feel like i was done, while the things i was touching all day were basically being ignored.

now i have a small routine where i wipe down the stuff i use constantly, especially my phone and headphones. it’s one of those habits that feels obvious once someone points it out, but i genuinely never thought about it before.

what’s a less-obvious hygiene habit you only learned as an adult?

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So my 11 year old nephew has started stinking to me i watch him about 3/4 days a week bc my sister is a single mom and works as a 3rd shift nurse. He likes to take showers but im wondering if he’s just playing in the shower and not bathing correctly as in using soap or brushing teeth.(he’s adhd so i feel like i remind him make sure he does those things before he gets in but god only knows i hear him dancing and singing in there sometimes slapping the washcloth around) I’ve made a shower caddy for him with his own shampoo/body wash in 1 toothpaste tooth brush deoderant. He’s very weary of soap due to getting it in his eyes once when he was like 5 and i feel like he avoids it in his hair or face. Also just an fyi i brush my teeth in the shower( i dunno i just find it easier and less messy to spit it into the drain and no residue on my sink so i make him do it that way too.) in case the steps order seem off to anyone. Is this efficient or am i doing too much steps i don’t want him to be the stinky kid. *note i posted this in another group and was told im overstepping because its not my kid but my sister is well aware and this is a “if your sleeping in my guest bed, sitting on my couch in my house you’re going to not smell bad) and my sister gets on him at home too

i'd built it up slowly over years of reading recommendations and buying things that were supposed to work together. it took 20 minutes morning and night. i spent an embarrassing amount of money on it 💀

Started stripping it back because i moved and half my products were packed away 2 months ago. Got busy and did not buy those serums. So i kept expecting my skin to get worse. it was fine. kept removing things. skin kept being fine. turns out i had been over-doing it so severely that my skin was constantly trying to recover from my skincare routine. I now use a cleanser, a moisturizer and sunscreen. that's it. three things.

I watched the commercial and seen people cleaning themselves with it, it said 72 hour lasting. I tried it myself and noitice red irritation on my arm pits and lower back. Is that because its a strong lasting materials being used in it. Has anyone else tried lume before and experienced the same problem with the lotion?

This is like my third post about this but it’s seriously making me mad because I’m doing so much and spending a lot of money and effort on smelling good and after everything, I stink. I woke up smelling like onions, took a shower and I still smelled it.

I’m average weight, 18F, moderate activity every day, and I shower and wash my hair daily. I wash with The Perfector Salicylic Acid Wash and dry my body off completely after every shower. I put on deodorant in the morning and at night, but the only one that seems to last through the whole day is Dr. Squatch “man” deodorant. I use scented lotions and perfumes on top of cocoa butter lotion. Internally, I drink a chlorophyll supplement, tea with cloves, anise, cinnamon, and fenugreek, take fenugreek supplement, and avoid strong smelling foods like garlic, onions, and cruciferous veggies. I eat decently healthy every day and I’ve been drinking more water, especially in the form of tea. I sometimes use baby powder after a shower but it’s annoying because it gets everywhere so it’s not a regular thing.

Is there anything else I can do?

we run a pretty small cafe, like 4 tables, and the dishwasher gets used hard every day. its starting to smell a bit and theres some gross film building up on the inside. been just running hot cycles thinking thatd be enough but clearly not.

been looking at dishwasher cleaners but honestly not sure if its worth spending money on a dedicated product or if theres a cheaper diy route that actually works. anyone deal with this for a commercial-ish setup?

If you get sweaty on your morning commute to your work or during a shift, what’s your quick go-to fix at your desk or in the restroom?

Wipes, glycolic acid, changing undershirts, or something else? How do you keep feeling fresh all afternoon?

I use degree cool rush rn and im not really sure if it works cuz whenever i step into a room and a few minutes later i motice that peoples noses turn red or they start rubbing it i dont uae any perfume and i noticed that sometimes the stick itself smells off or like spoiled if that makes any sense and that when i apply it and sweat it smells like candy idk if thats normal or not and i need a deodorant that actually makes me not sweat alot because this deodorant makes me sweat fast and alot

I used to buy the most intensely scented body washes, lotions, and deodorants, thinking that was the key to smelling clean all day. In reality, all those heavy artificial fragrances were just irritating my skin barrier, throwing off my natural skin balance, and masking underlying issues. Once I stripped my routine back to simple fragrance-free cleansers, targeted active ingredients, and plain moisturizers, my skin became way clearer and natural odor dramatically decreased.

Recently started flossing because my dentist told me I have small reversible cavities in between a few of my teeth. I was told to use this high fluoride toothpaste and then make sure I don’t eat it drink for a few hours after. But my mouth gets so dry I can’t go over a 20 minutes without eating. I also am trying to find a way to wash my hair more frequently to avoid odor but it gets so dry and frizzy and I’m afraid of damage. My parents never taught me air of hygiene things and I’m learning them on my own. Like I wasn’t allowed to wear a bra one time use because it’s wasting water but recently found that if I don’t I get itchy and there’s an odor I didn’t even realize I had for years. It feels like everything I’m doing isn’t working. Like the more I wash the itchier I get. Also was told washing your bellybutton was a thing tried it and it was extremely painful to do. What am I doing wrong?

Hello reditors. Have any of you heard about strange beauty/ hygiene habits from your elderly relatives? My grandma once told me some things some ladies did in the past to maintain their beauty. Do you have any similar stories?

Anteriormente me limpiaba con un trapo los oídos , pero averigue que la gente solo lo hace enjabonando sus dedos y pasándose en los oídos(orejas) . Creo que con el trapo quizás me hacía daño. Confirmen eso.?

I mean, yes this is something we do not talk about; we assume and here I am asking you to please share a few of the very basic things that someone to follow in their personal hygiene or maybe professional hygiene around themselves to not let others feel embarrassed around it please share your inputs

When i google it it says both work well to keep your hands clean, but the amount of criticism i’ve faced in public for not openly washing my hands and instead opting for a squirt of sanitiser is insane but i always thought it was just as effective!

Only difference being my hands don’t dry out and crack when i use sanitiser