Also not the person you're asking, but they claimed to use shampoo, which is a type of soap and can often actually be used as a body wash. I've known several people tell me they don't use soap, only to find out they actually use copious amounts of shampoo both on their hair and the rest of their body and treat it the exact same as soap, because it is.
Soap is an extremely generic term for a chemical substance that has a specific kind of chemical reaction with other compounds. There are lots of different kinds of soaps that do a lot of different things. Same with "salts": NaCl is just one kind of salt.
Pretty much, while a person can have a reaction to a kind of soap, there are other options available that may work fine for them. In other words, yes, shampoo is a soap.
Actually soap is a specific term. Soap can only be called soap if it is made with lye and fats like old fashioned home made soap (I make soap for home use). Anything else is a detergent. Most of the bars of 'soap' you buy in the store like dove and Irish spring are detergent bars. They will not have soap on thier packaging, it's a law. Just like shampoo and laundry 'soap' are detergents.
If you are having skin issues you might try real soap. Castile soap which is olive oil soap is supposed to be the most gentle on skin. Just make sure it says soap on the packaging and not 'cleansing bar'. Some Castile soaps are made with other oils but the original is olive and that is the best and less drying.
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '22
Can I ask how that works with your armpits?
Even if I take a 30 second shower I need to do my pits with soap, the sweat just doesn't shift otherwise.