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The opening paragraph is precisely why so many people have moved to natural ingredient products and fragrance free. Some fragrance makers have new for formulas with “clean” ingredients, but they are still proprietary and come with a “trust us” promise. It’s interesting to see the specifics of what these products can do other than what’s advertised on the tin.

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My skin care routine is "I showered in some not-so-distant past" and sunscreen. You hit diminishing returns very quickly. Showering more than once a week has no health benefits, it's just so that other citizens of your overcrowded city wouldn't complain about your natural smell.

Not showering for a week means I have a headache all day. So evidently not everyone is doing it for someone else.

That doesn't sound normal? Why would you get headaches from not showering? Never heard of such a thing.

Could be muscle tension or something helped by the warm water

It's not terribly uncommon. My wife also has it. It's also related to the length of my hair, where longer hair is significantly worse. Presumably it's the oil build up as my hair is extremely oily and fine.

edit: I am fully aware that not washing leads to less oil build up over time, but I have tried and doctors have tried and that boat has sailed.

I'd imagine a hair wash in the sink also does the job when in a hurry then? Do dry shampoos work too, or does it need a wet wash?

Yes, washing the hair in any capacity works. Unsure about dry shampoo.

I see, that's interesting. Initially sounded like a hair weight issue, so by wet washing it you remove enough sebum to not drag on your scalp too hard. But I'm not sure it adds enough weight for it to do that.

I wonder that over time your scalp produces enough of some chemical to give you a headache, and so you need to rinse it away before that happens? Especially since you mention that any wet wash helps, so the chemicals in the shampoo aren't actually relevant for it. Interesting issue though, don't envy you.

Somebody needs to touch grass

But what about dating? The nether regions should be washed in anticipation for certain activities. There are no diminishing returns for that.

Just date people who’ve had a bad case of COVID. Problem solved!

All you need is a modest trauma to the nose in right direction. Bones shifting a bit will cut forever hair-like nerves going from your nose sensors back to brain, effectively making you lose the sense of smell. When asked some doctor friends they confirmed harm is permanent.

Ok, so dont shower, and punch my date in the nose. Got it!

COVID would be better because the sense of taste is also affected.

Sir this is HN. Nobody is dating.

Also sex is a different thing from dating.

When you realize that through most of human history people married because of teenage sex drive or economic necessity rather than emotionally mature relationships, then the whole dating thing loses its appeal really fast.

Also, the smell of sweat of someone attractive turns me on really hard.

> Babe I love it how you naturally smell

> That's great but I just bought a new generic cherry shampoo

some of us exercise, and have oily skin, and break out with acne if we don’t shower right away.

some of us live in hot climates where a cold shower genuinely feels amazing and cools the body down.

some of us enjoy showering daily, because the bed sheets get less dirty that way, which means less laundry to do, and reduces my stress.

some of us are married to a lady and want a happy home life (lol).

a sample size of 1 (you) does not mean it’s true for everyone. Just saying. :)

I worked with someone with your mindset and he smelled horrible in the office to the point where HR had to step in and talk to him about hygiene.

Your returns are nowhere close to diminishing, even for people with close to no physical activity or sweating, people can tell if you haven't showered for a week.

I only use naturally-ocurring radium and free-range poison ivy.

But is the poison ivy ethically sourced?

I'm wondering if you have its informed consent.

I see you are a man of culture.

You're not using mixture of amygdalin from organic apricot kernels, coca leaves mixed with unripe seed pods of opium poppy? Does wonders.

You jest, but there's a ton of people convinced they can use rock alum which is natural and so is better than industrial deodorants which contain aluminium.

My inner chemistry geek weeps.

I'm similarly puzzled by "uncured bacon" which afaik still uses naturally occurring nitrites. How they're allowed to call it uncured when it's clearly still cured is beyond me.

I can't use those aluminum containing antiperspirants at all -- they violently irritate my eyes if I put them on my skin.

The rock alum works better, and I don't think you can get it into a different form. The stuff in deodorant is a different aluminium compound.

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