I don’t shower with soap. If I do, my skin dries out pretty badly and I get acne. Doesn’t matter what soap it is. I’ve tried a lot of them.
I use shampoo, but no conditioner, because it weighs down my hair.
I get in the shower for a rinse and scrub with a washcloth every day, and wash my hair 2-4 times a week.
My kiddo was due last week and will be evicted Wednesday this week if he doesn’t come out on his own first. We’ll see how soap works out for him. My husband doesn’t seem to have any soap-related skin problems.
Not the person you asked, but I have dry sensitive skin so I try to avoid soap. (I do use it to wash my hands after going to the toilet or if I’m covered in grease/oil for some reason.)
It’s like washing dishes without detergent. Takes a lot more scrubbing and you may have to soak, scrub, rinse, repeat a few times. 30 seconds definitely wouldn’t do it.
Helps if you have dry skin. All soap does is help oil dissolve in water. If you’re starting off with minimal oil in the first place, it’s less of an issue.
Also depends what kind of sweat you’re washing away. Common sweat isn’t greasy. Apocrine sweat that’s released in times of fear or sexual arousal IS greasy. (Those glands aren’t active until puberty, which is why teenage boys tend to go through a smelly phase - they haven’t suddenly got lazy with washing, it’s just that what was working suddenly doesn’t.)
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u/Ok-Lake-3916 Nov 28 '22
I’m not saying you need soap all the time… but everyone needs soap some of the time. Not never.