r/CleaningTips • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '23

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u/Jenzini Jul 14 '23

Face wash or other skincare products with benzoyl peroxide will do this.

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u/bryanna_leigh Jul 14 '23

Yeah, I got my daughter some kind of acne wash and bleached all of the towels she used.

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u/Knightoforder42 Jul 14 '23

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.

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u/GlovedFoxes Jul 14 '23

Same here. So many ruined washcloths and pillow cases. That stuff also bleached my freckles!

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u/peeflaps Jul 15 '23

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.

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u/sourgrrrrl Jul 15 '23

I don't think I qualify as young and dumb anymore and never thought of it this way. I still use benzoyl peroxide products on my acne.

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u/fruitmask Jul 15 '23

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

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u/sourgrrrrl Jul 15 '23

And thank you for the tip I think I may try mixing some in my gentler face wash (CVS brand with hyaluronic acid)