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"Wait, was that shampoo? Yeah.. Welp, I guess we're washing our body with shampoo today."

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Submitted ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨realitista@piefed.world⁩ to ⁨showerthoughts@lemmy.world⁩

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  • ToastedRavioli@midwest.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Generally speaking its fine to wash your body with shampoo, its just not good to wash your hair with body soap

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    • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      the real shower thought is always in the comments

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    • teft@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wait, why not? I wash my hair with bar soap all the time and it seems fine.

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      • janNatan@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Shampoo is pH balanced for your hair. Body wash and shower soap are not.

        Your hair likes slight acidity, believe it or not. (Look up “apple cider vinegar use in hair”) And, soap is basic. Using soap/body wash in hair will strip your hair of too much oil and throw of your hair’s pH balance. This usually makes your hair dry and frizzy.

        Keep in mind we used to use soap in hair all the time, back in the day. But people bathed a LOT less often back then. They needed the extra cleaning power. Plus, the less frequent use dried out their hair less.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You don’t get the 6 in one soap, shampoo, conditioner, motor oil, rust remover, and anti-fungal cream?

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  • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Oh we’re out of shampoo AND body wash? I guess hand soap it is. 🤷”

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    • tfm@piefed.europe.pub ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Image

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      • teft@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Don’t do that unless you only do it once. Adding tap water to dilute your soap can cause it to develop bacterial contamination.

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        you’ll own nothing. not even your life. and the algorithm will make you happy.

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    • TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “That’s out too? Dish soap it is then.”

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      • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I use bar soap for all of these things. 😅

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    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Honestly, sometimes using just water is fine and good for your skin since soap dries it out.

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      • rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah I have to moisturise my hands every time after shower because my palms get dried up by soap

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  • Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What’s the difference?

    Actually look at the ingredients of shampoo vs body wash; they contain the same chemicals, with shampoo containing a few dedicated to hair.

    So body wash is shampoo minus the hair chemicals.

    I just buy these very large squirt bottles of shampoo and wash my whole body with it. No problem, and much cheaper than buying several “specific” smaller bottles of mostly the same stuff.

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  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s soap… What’s the issue?

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  • TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have been using a shampoo bar recently and love it. It feels like it’s going to last forever, and no plastic packaging.

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  • Cheesus@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Shampoo ? What’s that?

    People wash their hair waaaay too much. I use shampoo in my hair once a month; the rest of the time I just scrub it with water and my fingers, and I very rarely have dandruff. Mind you, my skin is quite oily, but when I was a teenager with super long hair I washed my hair with shampoo every day and my hair was fried as fuck. Also, I think it contributed a lot to my extremely bad acne, which I almost never get anymore.

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    • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I stopped using shampoo completely. Much better, got rid of all the skin issues I had.

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  • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I honestly cannot fathom why people buy body wash… Shampoo is basically the same thing.

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    • sip@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      it’s a bit more agressive IMO, it dries up my skin.

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      • realitista@piefed.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah it didn't feel quite "right". More filmy, less moisturizing.

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    • parody@lemmings.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Guess I’ve never double blind tested them (would need to be careful with scents to avoid spoiling the test)

      That said my perception has also been a high-quality moisturizing body wash is less drying than shampoo

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  • Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My shower gel is rated for hair, face and testicles so I don’t need to worry about this.

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    • serenissi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      doesn’t shower gel/body wash automatically mean it’s for face and testicle?

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