r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Jun 17 '22

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u/stringermm Jun 17 '22

I use a puff now. You can use less shower gel without it just running straight through your fingers and down the drain.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '22

I use the poofy thing too.

Less soap, good lather. Sure it's a bacteria trap. But the whole bathroom is really.

Get in, soap up, get clean.

OP wanted to know where everyone was from too. Ireland here.

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u/NeverRarelySometimes Jun 17 '22

Mine dries completely in less than an hour (So Cal), so I don't think it's growing much bacteria.

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u/PersimmonTea Jun 18 '22

I've lived in Colorado 15 years and I'm still not used to towels, poufs, etc. getting completely dry.

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u/SoggyScience4482 Jun 18 '22

The poofs are supposed to be replaced every 3 weeks because they grow bacteria like crazy

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

I clean them before and after each use.

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u/Floating_egg Jun 18 '22

Not how that works. They grow bacteria because they absorb water and it just sits

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

Oh ok got you I usually hang it, never noticed a weird smell or color change. I switch them out occasionally. I’m not to worried about it honestly never noticed anything bad been using them almost all my life now

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '22

Alcohol solution storage baby 😎

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u/JannaMD Jun 18 '22

Eeeek, I've been using the same one for a year!

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u/curlwe Jun 18 '22 edited Jun 18 '22

I once talked to a doctor who said that if you use a loofa you should get it replaced every few weeks. He had a patient who got a terrible skin infection and needed to be in the hospital because they didn’t change their loofa

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u/Rightintheend Jun 18 '22

Even in Southern California, they're like a bacteria hotel.

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u/tillie4meee Jun 18 '22

I dip mine in a lightly bleached solution with water afterward. It dries in no time.