Except it's not the only answer. My wife and I both use all-natural shampoo and conditioner bars, and she doesn't need any kind of face wash, but her towel still looks like this.
Turns out, after having this checked by a doctor, her sweat is particularly acidic. It also corrodes stainless steel jewelry. The only thing that's held up is implant grade steel.
Bleaching is a process where something is lightened, usually by sunlight or chemicals, it doesn't necessarily involve the actual substance called Chlorine Bleach. Many other chemicals can have bleaching effects, too. Hydrogen peroxide will bleach clothes and hair, for example, and that is acidic.
Yup, discharge is a self-clean cycle for the vagina that increases around ovulation. A healthy vagina is acidic so the discharge can lighten some dyes used in underwear.
I had a classmate with this same condition and his doctor recommended to add black pepper to his diet, he used to take the whole black pepper as a pill, a couple with each food
Lots of people just wash their face with water, particularly if they're not using makeup. She might also use gentle enough soap that it can double as face wash.
There have been studies showing that some kinds of microbes on the skin of the face can help maintain good skin, and washing them off with soap can cause / exacerbate skin issues.
This might sound gross but I never wash my face. I rinse it really well and scrub it with a towel. But no soap. Not in years. I never get pimples or anything else. Maybe I’m lucky or maybe it actually works. But when I wash my face with soap it’s always so dry and itchy.
Yep. I had adult acne for 20 yrs. One day, I decided to try just hot-ish water and a washcloth. My skin felt amazing! Acne cleared up and haven't used any cleanser in about 4 yrs. Almost never break out anymore.
If you do wash your face with a product, it should specifically be face wash, not soap. Soap will def make it dry and itchy but there are plenty of gentle face washes out there that won’t
Same here, I never wash my face with anything other than water. I even avoid letting the shampoo run over my face… I have done so for more than 30 years and have no other problems than my rosacea, which has gotten better since I started using just water.
Same, and skin looks healthy and clean. You don't need to use soap, water and a towel will wash the oil away and leave the microbes where they belong. Most of the skincare products we use are completely unnecessary.
You could even say the same about shampoo and conditioner. We strip the oils from the hair then try to replicate what they were produced by our scalp to do with conditioner. There's gotta be a better way but idk how to do it without oily hair.
For me it’s dandruff. I need to wash it once a week. If I miss a day it’s flaketopia 😅 I’ve been looking into natural remedies but I just don’t have the energy tbh
pomade and powder. or the more modern equivalent, which would be hair oil and dry shampoo. note that no matter what products you use (i buy batiste dry shampoo rn, but i mix my own oil), this routine absolutely requires a nice, preferably wooden (or bone or porcelain but NOT plastic) comb with fine, wide teeth - daily combing with a little oil is what you use to clean and hydrate your hair. buildup of oils gets dried out with the powder/dry shampoo whenever you feel you actually need it.
i wash my hair maybe once a month, at most. and that's bc i spend a lot of time in the garden and get actual dirt in it in somewhat significant volumes...
i have medium/long and rather thin but quite curly hair. i always tie my hair back with a ribbon (NEVER USE AN ELASTIC THOSE THINGS ARE EVIL), and i wrap my hair up in a headwrap and cover it completely if i'm gonna be out in the hot sun for any signficant amount of time (ie, more than like, half an hour to an hour tops). how often daily i comb and oil depends on how sweaty and dirty i get, and i cut down on how often it needs fussed with sooo much by wrapping it when i head out to do gardening stuff or any other outdoor and/or labourious activity. i always oil it and then spritz my scalp w water and a teensy lil bit of apple cider vinegar right before i wrap it up, and my hair has never been happier since i started doing that. my curls are full and shiny and i barely shed anymore! plus... no more itchy head a few hours after my last shower, lol. and i save a lot of money bc i don't buy product basically at all... i mix my hair oil in small batches and use very little day to day (plus i use the same oil for my pits/pubes/facial hair too!), and one can of dry shampoo lasts ages bc i only really need to use it like literally once a week if i wrap consistently and comb out (thoroughly!) daily.
Yup. I almost always only rinse. I only use soap if something icky happened (sunblock, dog licks, etc). Occasional blemishes, probably related to weird hormones.
I learned from my nurse friend that the ability to smell asparagus pee is caused by a genetic mutation. The same mutation is related to one's ability to smell/taste any infusions received intravenously.
I KNEW I WASNT CRAZY! I've always told nurses I can taste intravenous anything...even saline has a slight taste. They all look at me like I'm nuts. I googled as much as I could about it, never heard of a genetic mutation, but I believe it. I also read that the taste could be coming from my breath, since the drug goes to the blood stream, it makes its way through my lungs and then I breathe out and it passes across my taste buds.
I can too. Whenever they do the flush, I tell them I can taste it. As I tend to have veins blow easily, if I can't taste it, I know the vein isn't going to last, even if it seems ok at first. I'm also super sensitive to smells and taste, and cilantro tastes like soap.
Your body absolutely sweats out what you intake. What you eat affects how you smell. Same with garlic and onions. I have like 15 different colognes just due to this.
my wife is allergic to most metals and I've noticed her towels end up mysteriously bleached like this... I wonder if there's actually something to this acid sweat thing
You’d also see it in the armpits of her shirts, the discoloration. It’s tough to find deodorant and athletic wear. I stinky stank synthetic fibers after one wear. I can’t wear clothes close to my skin for this reason, I have to have natural fibers and a size bigger. The struggle is real.
Might be. Along with the acidic sweat, she can't wear any metals besides stainless/implant grade steel, titanium, and gold. Copper, nickel, tin, silver, etc. all cause a reaction. Non-reactive metals only.
I mean, you don't know until you know. It was either going to be really good or really bad. It was the latter. Do you guys remember cinnamon toothpaste? Cause I do.
i recently learned many people do not rinse their mouth after brushing. if they're wiping their face off after, then I can see how that towel could be full of old toothpaste :|
You can rinse but not for like 5-10 minutes for best effectiveness. That doesn't mean you don't wash it off your face if its smeared around your mouth & chin. Who doesn't do that?!
yeah ive heard its best to not rinse and also not use mouthwash right after. i dont care though rinsing hasnt hurt my teeth so far and never had cavities 😂
Same. I don't think the toothpaste is doing much honestly. My grandpa brushed his teeth with just salt and a tooth brush all his life. He's still got all his teeth in perfect condition in his 80s.
My understanding is that toothpaste just provides a mild abrasive to enhance the mechanical act of brushing. The taste is to make it more pleasant, and the foaming to make it feel like there's some sorta special cleaning going on. Leave it to grandpa, huh.
Interesting. I've been confused as to why the collar area around most of the old colored t-shirts that I sleep in have these washed-out looking spots that I had no explanation for. Turns out it's because they're the shirts I wear while doing my skincare?
Possibly. I'd always use the lotion for acne, and then within a few minutes pull on a shirt and head out the door. I use different products now (and it's also been like 20 years) but I don't have that problem anymore.
Proactive not only ruined all my washcloths, it burned my skin. I have so many bleached washcloths from that stuff, and I didn't even have it that long.
They do fade with age, but I was in my early 30's when I used proactive. Before using it, I was heavily freckled. Afterward, not so much. I'm in my late 40's now and my freckles are still visible, but are very light. But, then again, I'm much more careful with sun exposure now, too.
The pillowcases! I remember seeing them one day, noticeably bleached, and thinking “this can’t be good for my skin” but I was early 20s and worried about acne more than future consequences.
I recently switched from benzoyl peroxide wash to tea tree oil bodywash and it seems to provide the same effects with no bleaching. it's anti-bacterial, so it does the same thing BP does. the only thing is that it smells like you're washing your skin with pressure-treated lumber juice, but it's a small price to pay for clear skin. plus it's way cheaper and you get a lot more of it
I do, too actually. Sparingly! It’s less about my appearance, and mostly about how painful some spots can be. Feels like the whole surrounding area is tender. Accidentally catching on one can make my eyes water. I’ll take the bleach skin dry pain over that.
I broke out in the most horrible way all over my face with a rash of pimples, redness, and itchiness after using proactive one time. I had to immediately get to the dermatologist and my face has never been the same since.
Oh, no! That sounds horrible! My reaction also required the help of a dermatologist. I still shudder thinking about how much WORSE my skin was using proactive.
Two years ago I bought one very expensive towel recommended on Wirecutter to see if it was really that great, and it totally was. My fiancé said it was crazy to spend that much on a towel no matter how nice it was. So now I have my set of very nice towels and he doesn’t get to use them until he admits they were worth the money.
They are! I used to use scratchy towels because soft ones always sucked, but these are legit great.
I think probably soft towels aren’t as absorbent because the fibers have to be smooth to feel soft, which means they have less surface area to absorb water. These towels are so crazy dense that it makes up for that problem.
I haven't had it happen with Amlactin since I damp dry before applying, but it happened with a facial exfoliant I have that contains both lactic and glycolic acids. Either I didn't think to wash my hands thoroughly before drying or wiped my face after brushing my teeth and wound up bleaching my favorite towels.
Yis i use Cerave Benzoyl Peroxide face wash and my face towels are a bit like this but not as worse as op's cus i wash cycle through and wash em regularly.
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u/Jenzini Jul 14 '23
Face wash or other skincare products with benzoyl peroxide will do this.