▲ 35 ▼ A physician didn't shower for 5 years. Here's what he found out (bigthink.com) submitted 2 years ago by Renneder@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/becomeme@sh.itjust.works 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 years ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Serdan@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago We haven't always bathed daily, but we've had perfumes for thousands of years. I think that's probably significant as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I don't know if I missed it, but I'd say a study like this probably would be better still rinsing/exfoliating/spongebath/swimming etc with no soap (or using unrefined soap plants when needed, or maybe sparing use of a very basic/homemade unscented castile or glycerine soap). EDIT: I watched the video and he said he does rinse permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Yeah, one of the oldest known methods is basically using mud from a riverbed to scrub. It exfoliates better than a lot of modern things (like those damned nylon scrubbies) because it’s basically pumice stone dust. The friction from the large surface area does a decent job at carrying grime away. And since the riverbed is made up of sandy particles that are large enough to sink and not get carried away, nothing “dusty” gets left behind afterwards. So you actually come away surprisingly clean. I’ve used it while camping before, and can confirm it works. The big issue is that you can’t get your hair clean with this method, so you’ll still end up smelling like wet dog unless you have something to cut the grease in your hair. But if you can get ahold of some shampoo, you can avoid the BO issue everywhere else with simple river mud. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cagi@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Daily bathing is a fairly new societal invention. We were driving cars and lighting our homes with electricity before we were bathing daily. I wonder how BO was thought of before now, it certainly couldn't have been considered as offensive. Cultural attitudes plus smell adaption? I just couldn't imagine some old west cafeteria during the lunch rush not being unbearably smelly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) This is far from scientific, but I swear I have better "luck" on dates when I don't wear deodorant or cologne. Like, I'm obviously freshly showered so it's not like I smell bad, but maybe there's a subtle chemical communication thing going on? Or maybe I just don't smell like every other douchbag, idk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago We can't sense feromones like other animals apparently. But maybe you have a good body odor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Serdan@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago We haven't always bathed daily, but we've had perfumes for thousands of years. I think that's probably significant as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I don't know if I missed it, but I'd say a study like this probably would be better still rinsing/exfoliating/spongebath/swimming etc with no soap (or using unrefined soap plants when needed, or maybe sparing use of a very basic/homemade unscented castile or glycerine soap). EDIT: I watched the video and he said he does rinse permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Yeah, one of the oldest known methods is basically using mud from a riverbed to scrub. It exfoliates better than a lot of modern things (like those damned nylon scrubbies) because it’s basically pumice stone dust. The friction from the large surface area does a decent job at carrying grime away. And since the riverbed is made up of sandy particles that are large enough to sink and not get carried away, nothing “dusty” gets left behind afterwards. So you actually come away surprisingly clean. I’ve used it while camping before, and can confirm it works. The big issue is that you can’t get your hair clean with this method, so you’ll still end up smelling like wet dog unless you have something to cut the grease in your hair. But if you can get ahold of some shampoo, you can avoid the BO issue everywhere else with simple river mud. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Yeah, one of the oldest known methods is basically using mud from a riverbed to scrub. It exfoliates better than a lot of modern things (like those damned nylon scrubbies) because it’s basically pumice stone dust. The friction from the large surface area does a decent job at carrying grime away. And since the riverbed is made up of sandy particles that are large enough to sink and not get carried away, nothing “dusty” gets left behind afterwards. So you actually come away surprisingly clean. I’ve used it while camping before, and can confirm it works. The big issue is that you can’t get your hair clean with this method, so you’ll still end up smelling like wet dog unless you have something to cut the grease in your hair. But if you can get ahold of some shampoo, you can avoid the BO issue everywhere else with simple river mud. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cagi@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Daily bathing is a fairly new societal invention. We were driving cars and lighting our homes with electricity before we were bathing daily. I wonder how BO was thought of before now, it certainly couldn't have been considered as offensive. Cultural attitudes plus smell adaption? I just couldn't imagine some old west cafeteria during the lunch rush not being unbearably smelly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) This is far from scientific, but I swear I have better "luck" on dates when I don't wear deodorant or cologne. Like, I'm obviously freshly showered so it's not like I smell bad, but maybe there's a subtle chemical communication thing going on? Or maybe I just don't smell like every other douchbag, idk. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago We can't sense feromones like other animals apparently. But maybe you have a good body odor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago We can't sense feromones like other animals apparently. But maybe you have a good body odor. permalink fedilink source parent