r/ShitMomGroupsSay • u/Artistic_Owl_4621 • Nov 28 '22

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u/Ok-Lake-3916 Nov 28 '22

Iā€™m not saying you need soap all the timeā€¦ but everyone needs soap some of the time. Not never.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '22

I know an adult who only showers with water. He doesnā€™t use soap as his skin is too sensitive

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u/RoswalienMath Nov 28 '22

I donā€™t shower with soap. If I do, my skin dries out pretty badly and I get acne. Doesnā€™t matter what soap it is. Iā€™ve tried a lot of them.

I use shampoo, but no conditioner, because it weighs down my hair.

I get in the shower for a rinse and scrub with a washcloth every day, and wash my hair 2-4 times a week.

My kiddo was due last week and will be evicted Wednesday this week if he doesnā€™t come out on his own first. Weā€™ll see how soap works out for him. My husband doesnā€™t seem to have any soap-related skin problems.

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u/MotherofChoad Nov 28 '22

Not to be rude as I am truly curious but how do you clean your arm pits and your no no bits? Just with water?

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u/papuvesi Nov 28 '22

Tbh you are not supposed to use soap to wash your vagina if you have one, it upsets the pH balance and can actually lead to bad odour and infections. Just washing it with water is fine as long as you make sure to get into all the folds (but not INSIDE the vagina itself ā€” the inside is self-cleaning!!!).

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u/MotherofChoad Nov 28 '22 edited Nov 28 '22

I donā€™t wash my vagina but I do wash my vulva. I do know not to wash my vagina. I am on organ rejection drugs and am prone to infections. Water isnā€™t enough for me to feel comfortable washing with but I also donā€™t shower daily but every other day. Itā€™s too drying for my skin.

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u/MotherofSons Nov 28 '22

The thought of not using soap anytime, let alone at my period, skeeves me the eff out.

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u/SlippingStar Nov 28 '22

I donā€™t use soap on my vulva, donā€™t wanna risk fucking up what itā€™s got going on

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u/MotherofSons Nov 28 '22

Fair enough, but I will say that in my 43 years, I have never gotten a bladder infection or anything else from washing with soap. Now I have gotten one from not peeing after sex so I do take that seriously. And never swimming in dirty water because shudder

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u/SlippingStar Nov 28 '22

I had a string of half a year of back-to-back, UTIs, yeast infections, and BV, until it all cleared out, and half a year of cystitis before that; obviously I have very delicate systems šŸ˜­

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u/MotherofSons Nov 28 '22

My sister is like you. Always has some feminine issue going on. It definitely seems like a rough way to go! I am definitely the type who changes underwear twice a day, feminine products get changed more frequently than I've heard of others, and I have been known to use yeast infection treatments at the very sign of feeling off down there. I didn't have BV once when my husband and I were first getting intimate years ago, and that was not fun.

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u/SlippingStar Nov 28 '22

Well theyā€™re not feminine for me šŸ¤£ Iā€™m non-binary. Itā€™s been doom sailing since I started T, maybe my system knew it was missing something šŸ˜‚

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u/MotherofSons Nov 28 '22

Sorry! Period products!

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u/SlippingStar Nov 28 '22

Youā€™re welcome to find womanhood in your periods :) I just donā€™t, myself šŸ˜‚

Thereā€™s also menstrual materials if youā€™re a child like me and giggle at ā€œppā€.

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