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the 65 million dollar question: do you only wash your butthole with water as well

willio58 7y ago
Shit to shower sans soap? No-go in my book.
freejak 7y ago
this is why i visit hacker news edit: i'll also add that i too use soap minimally when showering (nether regions). i'm asian so BO has never really been an issue but i did notice that my athlete's foot has not reappeared since i stopped washing my feet with soap for a few years.
- PakG1 7y ago
  No kidding? Did you do anything else to treat it? I thought diligently cleaning my feet with soap would be helpful. I think it has been, but it's recently started coming back a little bit, so I'm not sure. I've tried a whole bunch of other things too, but didn't do anything other than constantly soap for a while because it didn't come back for so long. And now it's coming back....
  - Renaud 7y ago
    I started using boric acid about 6-7 years ago. I’m nit talking about those ineffective foot powders, just straight pure boric acid (looks like powdered sugar), about a teaspoon every 2/3 days in my shoes. Basically stopped all smells, no fungal infection of any kind for years, and at the end of the day, my socks still smell of fabric softener. Doesn’t prevent sweat but the boric acid completely blocks the proliferation of bacteria, so no smells and no fungus can grow. It’s more effective if you start using it on new shoes as they will never be contaminated by bacteria. Truly amazing how effective it has been. Just give it a few weeks.
    - PakG1 7y ago
      That's interesting. I presume it needs to spread evenly over the entire insole?
      - Renaud 7y ago
        Just shake the shoe to spread the powdered boric acid. Doesn’t need to be precise, over time it will spread everywhere.
- twic 7y ago
  When i was younger, i didn't wash my feet. Then i started getting athlete's foot a lot. Now i wash them with soap. I get athlete's foot occasionally, but not a lot.
kstenerud 7y ago
Not since moving to Germany. They don't have bidets here, and the toilets are mounted to the wall, so you don't have access to the water intake line to install one, nor can you install washlets :/
- lozf 7y ago
  You might like these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/items/?_nkw=bidet+bottle&_sacat=&_ex_kw=&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_sop=12&_fpos=&_fspt=1&_sadis=&LH_CAds= https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/items/?_nkw=bidet+bottle&_sacat=&... or even a basic jug like the most basic of Indian bathrooms, which takes a little more practice.
stronglikedan 7y ago
I've tried this, and it's like getting peanut butter out of a dog's fur.

Shit to shower sans soap? No-go in my book.

this is why i visit hacker news edit: i'll also add that i too use soap minimally when showering (nether regions). i'm asian so BO has never really been an issue but i did notice that my athlete's foot has not reappeared since i stopped washing my feet with soap for a few years.

PakG1 7y ago
No kidding? Did you do anything else to treat it? I thought diligently cleaning my feet with soap would be helpful. I think it has been, but it's recently started coming back a little bit, so I'm not sure. I've tried a whole bunch of other things too, but didn't do anything other than constantly soap for a while because it didn't come back for so long. And now it's coming back....
- Renaud 7y ago
  I started using boric acid about 6-7 years ago. I’m nit talking about those ineffective foot powders, just straight pure boric acid (looks like powdered sugar), about a teaspoon every 2/3 days in my shoes. Basically stopped all smells, no fungal infection of any kind for years, and at the end of the day, my socks still smell of fabric softener. Doesn’t prevent sweat but the boric acid completely blocks the proliferation of bacteria, so no smells and no fungus can grow. It’s more effective if you start using it on new shoes as they will never be contaminated by bacteria. Truly amazing how effective it has been. Just give it a few weeks.
  - PakG1 7y ago
    That's interesting. I presume it needs to spread evenly over the entire insole?
    - Renaud 7y ago
      Just shake the shoe to spread the powdered boric acid. Doesn’t need to be precise, over time it will spread everywhere.
twic 7y ago
When i was younger, i didn't wash my feet. Then i started getting athlete's foot a lot. Now i wash them with soap. I get athlete's foot occasionally, but not a lot.

kstenerud 7y ago

Not since moving to Germany. They don't have bidets here, and the toilets are mounted to the wall, so you don't have access to the water intake line to install one, nor can you install washlets :/

lozf 7y ago
You might like these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/items/?_nkw=bidet+bottle&_sacat=&_ex_kw=&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_sop=12&_fpos=&_fspt=1&_sadis=&LH_CAds= https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/items/?_nkw=bidet+bottle&_sacat=&... or even a basic jug like the most basic of Indian bathrooms, which takes a little more practice.

stronglikedan 7y ago

I've tried this, and it's like getting peanut butter out of a dog's fur.