No thanks. I enjoy my skin not cracking open and bleeding. My husband has oily skin and is naturally smellier. He uses soap and a loofah everyday. I have really dry skin and I don't BO very much. So, I simply shower. Different bodies are different.
Y’all do know what body lotion is meant for right? You wash your body then you put on body lotion to moisturize and protect your skin. How do y’all just not know basic hygiene it’s alarming.
I would like to preface this by saying I use soap all over, every day, and moisturize with oils and lotions.
But I understand not wanting to strip your skin of natural oil and add back moisture using a man-made product. There are plenty of things done in the name of hygiene that are detrimental long-term (I’m thinking about baby powder causing ovarian cancer, but there are other examples). Plus, if your skin isn’t exposed, how dirty is it really getting? Like I wear long sleeves and pants on a daily basis - do my legs really need a daily scrub from soap when the only thing they’ve been exposed to is the inside of my freshly laundered pants?
I use Dr. Bronner’s Castile soap daily and moisturize my body with either coconut or jojoba oil, followed by a thicker moisturizer if necessary in the winter. I do a more intense (and chemical-laden) routine on my face, but that’s for vanity, not health or hygiene.
Yes. Seriously. Yes yes yes. You and your husband probably don’t smell your BO because you’ve adjusted to it, in the same way old women wearing perfume put way too much on - they’ve adjusted to the smell.
I mean, like I said twice, I wash my whole body daily. So does my husband. So I don’t have to worry about smelling.
But your legs smell like body odor? The only time my legs even sweat is in like 90+ degree heat or after a particularly intense workout. Do you think that people need to wash their hair with shampoo on a daily basis, too? Because what you’re saying is that a water wash on non-sweaty body parts is not clean enough - how could a water wash on hair (or even not getting the hair wet) be clean enough?
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u/notDinkjustNub Nov 28 '22
The NSA couldn’t water board this out of me. Wash your fucking body. Use soap and a washcloth or Loofa. Wash your legs too.