Wash more often, but don't use soap. Soap strips the epidermis of its natural sebum, so your oil glands go into hyperproduction to replenish the sebum and protect your skin. This causes acne break-outs and bacteria growth which can lead to BO pretty fast. Once your skin gets used to washing with only warm water (it'll take weeks or even months), you'll stop needing to shower as often as the natural acidic and oil balance of your skin will be restored. You'll smell better ALL the time, you might even lose your BO all together, and you won't break out or get dry skin. This is the way humans were meant to wash, not with soap or other surfactants that are really irritants. Just make sure you use warm and not hot water. Hot water can lead to dry skin, even in the summer. Try it!
I'm living proof of how this works. When I started using harsh bodywash on my back, I got zits there and I never had before. When my hormones got messed up when I was 23, I started washing my armpits with soap, and I developed BO when I sweat, which I also never had. Like you, within a few minutes of showering, if I didn't put on deodorant and I smelled my underarms, they didn't smell clean. So I wonderered why when I didn't use soap as a teenager that my skin never broke out and I never had a body odour. Then I read up about sebum and surfactants and learned that your hair and skin do much better without soap. Within a week of not using soap and only using water, my skin was back to normal and I stopped needing to use deodorant. The only way I ever get mild BO now is if I'm sweating for hours, and even then one spray of axe covers it. For me, the whole BO and acne thing is in the past. Plus, it saves you some money xD
If you have strong BO or bad acne, maybe this won't work as well and you'll need a mild face wash or a shampoo with sulphates (not recommended, but most shampoos have them) I only know my personal experience, so I think it'd work for others like me who tend not to smell anyway. But don't worry, your skin STILL feels clean after showering with just water. You don't feel oily, and your dead skin STILL sloughs off in the shower. Just don't shower too long (over 45 mins or so) or your skin layers will absorb water too deeply and will then dry out and get flaky (if you get dry skin). Keep experimenting until you find what works for you. Don't settle for what other people tell you should work, because everyone's different.
Is it normal that i stink down there 5 mins after showering?
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Wash more often, but don't use soap. Soap strips the epidermis of its natural sebum, so your oil glands go into hyperproduction to replenish the sebum and protect your skin. This causes acne break-outs and bacteria growth which can lead to BO pretty fast. Once your skin gets used to washing with only warm water (it'll take weeks or even months), you'll stop needing to shower as often as the natural acidic and oil balance of your skin will be restored. You'll smell better ALL the time, you might even lose your BO all together, and you won't break out or get dry skin. This is the way humans were meant to wash, not with soap or other surfactants that are really irritants. Just make sure you use warm and not hot water. Hot water can lead to dry skin, even in the summer. Try it!
I'm living proof of how this works. When I started using harsh bodywash on my back, I got zits there and I never had before. When my hormones got messed up when I was 23, I started washing my armpits with soap, and I developed BO when I sweat, which I also never had. Like you, within a few minutes of showering, if I didn't put on deodorant and I smelled my underarms, they didn't smell clean. So I wonderered why when I didn't use soap as a teenager that my skin never broke out and I never had a body odour. Then I read up about sebum and surfactants and learned that your hair and skin do much better without soap. Within a week of not using soap and only using water, my skin was back to normal and I stopped needing to use deodorant. The only way I ever get mild BO now is if I'm sweating for hours, and even then one spray of axe covers it. For me, the whole BO and acne thing is in the past. Plus, it saves you some money xD
If you have strong BO or bad acne, maybe this won't work as well and you'll need a mild face wash or a shampoo with sulphates (not recommended, but most shampoos have them) I only know my personal experience, so I think it'd work for others like me who tend not to smell anyway. But don't worry, your skin STILL feels clean after showering with just water. You don't feel oily, and your dead skin STILL sloughs off in the shower. Just don't shower too long (over 45 mins or so) or your skin layers will absorb water too deeply and will then dry out and get flaky (if you get dry skin). Keep experimenting until you find what works for you. Don't settle for what other people tell you should work, because everyone's different.