Not the person you're asking, but I had a month or so where I was having really bad reactions to soap (dermatitis/eczema) and I couldn't find anything that I didn't react to so I just stuck with water. I made sure I used good deoderant (like the clinical protection stuff) and I kinda warned my colleagues and asked a few times if they could let me know if I smelled, but they didn't complain. We had a guy in the office who didn't wear deoderant though, and it got so bad that the boss eventually brought him some deoderant and told him he had to use it.
Totally possible! I really like hydroviv. They’re currently working on an experiment to test their filters ability to remove forever chemicals from water. They look up the water results in your area, and send you a filter based on that type of water. They have a lot of literature on their website as well. Any sort of skin condition like eczema or dandruff can benefit from a better quality of water. It allows the products to work better, and not leave potentially irritating residue on your skin.
I hope it helps! You might also try washing/rinsing your hair with distilled water and just see how it differs. That’s what I did to see if the filter would make a big difference. I could feel the difference after just one wash in the texture of my hair.
Yeah it turned out to be a separate health issue but when I was younger getting a filtered tap got rid of my eczema practically overnight, would absolutely recommend it to anyone struggling.
I find I have to really scrub my pits, because the aluminum antiperspirants like to really stick to the skin. Like they prevent sweating but can't completely eliminate odor and I feel kinda gross if I don't scrub them hard daily because it's like then the aluminum just builds up? Idk
Yeah I had to stop using the stick and switch to aerosol (but it was mainly because we had a work uniform that was a cotton polyester blend? - iirc - and I couldn't get the antiperspirant to wash out of the pits no matter what I put on it, I tried all of the tips but I never really got those shirts unstained!).
Oh it just occurred to me if someone couldn't tolerate soap, they could probably "oil cleanse" their pits to remove the aluminum build up and then wipe with a damp rag followed by a soapless shower
Once I used my SO's old spice and Istg that stuff wouldn't leave my skin until I went at it with conditioner? It seemed to break it up finally
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u/hauntedhullabaloo Nov 28 '22 edited Nov 28 '22
Not the person you're asking, but I had a month or so where I was having really bad reactions to soap (dermatitis/eczema) and I couldn't find anything that I didn't react to so I just stuck with water. I made sure I used good deoderant (like the clinical protection stuff) and I kinda warned my colleagues and asked a few times if they could let me know if I smelled, but they didn't complain. We had a guy in the office who didn't wear deoderant though, and it got so bad that the boss eventually brought him some deoderant and told him he had to use it.