Beetle_O_Rourke [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoAny Dermatologist not in bed with Big Soap will agree!!hexbear.netimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1imageAny Dermatologist not in bed with Big Soap will agree!!hexbear.netBeetle_O_Rourke [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 months agotbh not entirely wrong wrt specifically to soap You should hit your whole body with cleanser but actual soap is drying af
minus-squareTheDoctor [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoWhat’s the difference?
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoIf you only use soap is pretty ineffective, you need to use water too.
minus-squarequeermunist she/herlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoSoap has a pH higher than your skin and it kinda caustically dissolves you while also stripping it of sebum i.e. “skin oil.” Cleansers are formulated to not do that.
tbh not entirely wrong wrt specifically to soap
You should hit your whole body with cleanser but actual soap is drying af
What’s the difference?
If you only use soap is pretty ineffective, you need to use water too.
Soap has a pH higher than your skin and it kinda caustically dissolves you while also stripping it of sebum i.e. “skin oil.” Cleansers are formulated to not do that.