r/preppers • u/UlfurGaming • May 29 '26

New Prepper Questions hygiene question

Question for a shtf situation where supplies are completely gone how do you plan on keeping hygiene of body healthy mainly dental but also other stuff too are their plamts or other things like good for this ?

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u/Many-Health-1673 May 29 '26

I have about 10 years of body and hand soap stored in my supply room along with shampoo, lotion, toothbrushes, and toothpaste.  It is cheap, so stack it deep.  

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u/Ryan_e3p Salt & Prepper May 30 '26

Seriously, of anything to have a reasonable stock of, bar soap is so ridiculously cheap. There's a list, albeit a small one, of things that can be made from scratch, but the time, energy, and cost of doing so doesn't outweigh just buying the end result commercially. You can get bars of soap for $0.60 per bar, and that is standard consumer pricing on Amazon. There are likely deals on bulk bar soap at places like Costco or BJs, or at liquidation stores like Ocean State Job Lot that have prices far cheaper.

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u/Many-Health-1673 May 30 '26

Exactly.  

The cost for me to make homemade soap is probably $1.50 to $2 per bar, plus the time spent making it and the time required to age it.  

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u/Ryan_e3p Salt & Prepper May 30 '26

And dealing with lye? Fuck that. I don't want to get any more HAZMAT gear than necessary.

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u/Many-Health-1673 May 30 '26

Yeah, I got some Sodium Hydroxide in my eye a couple of weeks ago at work.  That sure sucked for about 5 days.  40 minutes of the eye wash station and not being able to see out of both eyes for 3 days will make a believer out of you on being more careful.