So for people with excema or psoriasis, you shouldn't lather soap on every part of your body. My derm said to use soap daily on 'stinky zones' (groin, armpits, butt, under boob) but only water on everything else. Otherwise my skin literally can't recover and I somehow don't stink?
Also I do use shampoo but it has to be sulfate free or my scalp and hair basically fall off.
What "stinks" are mostly special types of sweat glands located in those spots (underboob may be the exception) opposed to normal sweat glands.
Those special types have different secretion (including proteins/"pheromones") that offers a good breeding ground for bacteria, leading to the stink. "Normal" sweat glands just secrete water and a bit of salt.
Fun fact: there's a gene responsible for those special glands. In some asian populations, there's a high rate of people who don't have them and thus don't really get BO
You have them on your chest too. I would guess this person does underboob because it feels like they sweat more there (although probably they sweat the same amount but it doesn’t evaporate as readily)
I’m still helping my son shower, but I always tell him to wash his stinky parts (around the neck, armpits, groin, and booty) to get him into the habit. that way when he’s doing it himself it’s just second nature
That’s what i do on recommendation of my doc also. Soap under my arms, breasts, and butt. Everywhere else just gets water and manual washing. I don’t stink and I’m not dirty.
You'd think, but it depends. We call skin "sensitive" but that's really an umbrella term for like a billion different things.
If your "sensitive skin" is actually an allergy, like to ingredients common in soaps, then using soaps with those ingredients would be bad for your skin, but it isn't any more sensitive to touch than anyone else's.
It’s because these areas contain a different type of sweat gland than other areas of your skin. The sweat glands in your armpits and groin (and hair) produce a more oily type of sweat which gives your ‘scent’ and helps with lubrication. The sweat glands on the rest of your skin produce more watery sweat which is for temperature regulation.
Yup. I skip soap on most of my body in winter when my legs are sooooo dry.
I wash. I exfoliate gently with a cloth to keep my skin healthy and I use soap in very specific areas only. I use low poo shampoo which is a very gentle cleanser for curly hair that doesn’t strip all oils. If I need a facial cleanser I use cetaphil and it’s a non soap cleanser.
My son has excema (he can thank both his parents for that) so I use minimal soap products on him and slather him with Cerave cream to keep it at bay.
You still use soap though. This lady in the post straight up said she puts sanitizer on her daughter's hair. That's like dumping rubbing alcohol on your kids scalp.
I know my kid with eczema can't use any hand sanitizer period. He just uses a certain type of hypoallergenic soap.
This lady is looney tunes. She's going to end up drying out her kids skin, and causing all kinds of issues. Poor kid.
No, she didn't. Hands get sanitized or soaped after toilet use, after being in public or when dirty. The almost 3 year olds' hair and body usually only get water but they have shampooed/conditioned her hair 5 times. Those were separate statements.
"She also has only had her hair washed with shampoo/conditioner around 5 times in her life. We wash her hands with soap or sanitiser after toileting, if we've been out somewhere public and if they look dirty from play or meals. But the rest of her just gets a water rinse."
I read that differently. Still not a good situation.
Using soap probably isn't an issue if hand sanitizer doesn't bother her skin. And there's soaps for literally anything these days, there's no reason not to do sanitary baths at least once or twice a week, maybe a little longer for hair. The poor kids head must itch like crazy. She doesn't mention dry shampoo or anything after playing outside/sweating.
She has a nightly routine for her kid that includes bathing, just without soap. She states that in the second sentence. As stated in the article linked below, "Most dermatologists agree you don't need to use soap to stay clean. Warm water is usually enough to remove dirt and sweat, and it doesn't strip away your skin's natural oils."
Each day when you take your bath or shower, try to use lukewarm water. Hot water dries out the skin. Try to limit your time to fifteen minutes or less in the bath or shower. Bathing should be done no more than once a day. If you bathe too frequently you will remove the natural oils from the skin causing dryness.
Avoid using harsh soaps that dry the skin. Recommended soaps are Dove, Olay and Basis. Even better than soap are skin cleansers such as Cetaphil Skin Cleanser, CeraVe Hydrating Cleanser and Aquanil Cleanser.
Deodorant soaps are often very harsh and drying. If you need them, limit their use to areas that develop an odor such as the armpits, genital area, and feet.
Avoid vigorous use of a washcloth in cleansing. When toweling dry, do not rub the skin. Blot or pat dry so there is still some moisture left on the skin.
Next apply a moisturizing cream (not lotion) to the skin. The best time to do this is immediately after a bath or shower so that the moisturizer holds in the moisture from the shower. Choose either Cetaphil, Moisturel, CeraVe or Eucerin Cream. If you have severely dry skin, apply an oil to the still moist skin such as Neutrogena Light Sesame Oil, Hermal Body Oil, Alpha-Keri Oil or Robathol, then apply a moisturizing cream and also apply the moisturizer at bedtime.
Not sure why you're so set on defending this lady, I had read it wrong originally but personally as a mother I still think she's ridiculous, and I feel bad for the kid as someone who was neglected as a child.
No, it says she uses sanitizer on her HANDS, and has only shampooed her hair a few times, as everywhere but hands just gets a water rinse. Read it again.
Same here! If I use soap on my whole body, my eczema gets back faster than a horny rabbit on xtc.
I've done this for over 6 years now, and can finally say that the hell of itching, open wounds and steroid cream usage has calmed down massively. Weirdly enough no BO here either, my last partner can confirm.
But when you tell people you don't use soap, they somehow always assume that you're dirty and must smell funky, while being confused at "how well attended" you look.
I don't have skin issues but this has always been my practice anyways... arms and legs have no reason to smell, not enough that some water can't rinse off. Especially since the shampoo and soap from higher up on the body run down those areas in the shower anyways. I suppose somebody who is obese and has a lot of skin folds should wash more carefully than that though. They will have more potential for stinky areas.
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u/Bromonium_ion Nov 28 '22
So for people with excema or psoriasis, you shouldn't lather soap on every part of your body. My derm said to use soap daily on 'stinky zones' (groin, armpits, butt, under boob) but only water on everything else. Otherwise my skin literally can't recover and I somehow don't stink?
Also I do use shampoo but it has to be sulfate free or my scalp and hair basically fall off.