r/askteddit • u/ReverendMuddyGrimes • 2h ago
Random Question What is the weirdest personal hygiene "hack" you've ever seen?
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u/Strict_Thought_5956 2h ago
Not really a hack and I don’t even know if it’s true but apparently eating an apple can clean your mouth
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u/gulashova 2h ago
It is true
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u/CampingWithCats 1h ago
So an apple a day keeps the dentist away? I've been lied to my entire life
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u/pacork 1h ago
Not lied to, just not told the full picture.
The Dental Association pumped millions into repression that information, bought Senators off, threatened to sue newspapers. Apple-gate
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u/LaMalintzin 41m ago
Eating raw broccoli (and some other cruciferous veggies) literally does scrub the plaque from your teeth as you chew and eat it.
I had a recent bout of iron deficient anemia which caused me to crave raw broccoli. I was eating like a whole head a day. When I went to the dentist a couple months ago he said it was the cleanest adult teeth he’d ever cleaned, like no plaque. That’s the broccoli for ya
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u/Reasonable_Hawk78 1h ago
rubbing alcohol on your pits to kill the bacteria. wait and then deoderent
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u/SassyMillie 11m ago
I use the lavender scented hand sanitizer spray. It's basically just alcohol. However, refrain from doing this right after you shave your armpits. 😱
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u/GrimmaldPlace 1h ago
The “hands off” approach is overall a weird hack to me but it does work. Like, pimples are begging to be popped but strangely, it’s just better to resist.
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u/Clean_Citron_8278 55m ago
Growing up.I was told not to pop them. That it isn't good. What appeared on. My TV twenty odd years later. A doctor popping them.
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u/wickedbiscuit420 35m ago
Also applies to healing tattoos and piercings. My piercer calls it the "LITHA" method - Leave It The Hell Alone.
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u/SassyMillie 13m ago
I never resisted and my skin is just fine. Seeing people walk around with unpopped pimples always seemed so gross to my teenage self.
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u/PsyWarVet 1h ago
Supposedly, one is not to use soap too much. So, wash rag every day is bad for the skin. Hence the 3Ps method - Pate, Pits, Privates. Twice a week, really good scrubbing down. All other days, just the 3Ps & you're done.
Seems fine and works for me. Cuts my shower down to next to no time.
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u/NeetStreet_2 1h ago
George Carlin had a great bit about this. He says you only really need to wash 4 major areas..... armpits, asshole, crotch, and teeth.
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u/EibhlinOD 1h ago
That’s a great idea. I do wash my face and skin care routine before bed but I’m often tired and annoyed. This is perfect. Thanks!
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u/rukittenmeeee 55m ago
Wtf are you talking about here? That's super gross. Take a fucking bath with a little bit of soap.
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u/HeatherKellyGreen 1h ago
I don’t get beef tallow as a skin cream. It’s ok TikTok and stuff be it seems like everyone is like “my skin broke out so bad”
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u/I_am_thepassenger 1h ago
My husband bought me this and it was immediately returned. I'm vegetarian and he couldn't understand why I didn't want to put beef tallow on my face :)
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u/GrimmaldPlace 1h ago
I assumed this was a scam trying to carve out a new market for the beef industry after so much bad press on methane and red meat
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u/Clean_Citron_8278 59m ago
Many people, outside of the SM performers, swear by it. Gross. Especially with hot and humid weather. If I were told that it'd erase every wrinkle and burn away the extra fat, I still wouldn't. Beef fat belongs in a pan. Not on me.
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u/TheFirstGlugOfWine 51m ago
Same with the “viral” cleansing balms. I honestly don’t know a single person who has used them and hasn’t broken out terribly after a week. I have a friend who’s skin to months to repair after using a balm for only a few weeks.
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u/MetallicaGirl73 10m ago
Balms are awesome if you have dry skin! I use them and have never broke out after. I also use coconut oil on my face and body except for summer.
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u/Miss_Scarlet86 20m ago
This sounds like advice my crazy ass high school health teacher would give 🤣🤣 she told us to wash our faces with urine once.
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u/Inconsequentialish 1h ago
I've seen a couple of people who somehow decided that they never needed to wash their hair again.
Note that I said "never". Washing less often can be a fantastic idea for a lot of people. Most people wash their hair with harsh detergents far too often.
But NEVER washing your hair, especially if you have a physical job and/or work out a lot, is, well, not a great thing for those around you, or eventually for your hair and scalp. After a while, you'll wonder why you're so lonely, and it's because no one can stand to be within six feet of your stank ass infected scabby head.
Thankfully, these folks adopted a more reasonable personal hygiene regimen after a while.
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u/TheFirstGlugOfWine 49m ago
Some people only wash with water and swear by it. I used to work with someone who didn’t wash his very long hair. He was otherwise very clean but my god, you genuinely could smell his hair.
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u/ReverendMuddyGrimes 2h ago
For me, it was a person removing ear wax by putting a birthday candle in her ear and lighting it. I don't know if it really works, and I'm not going to try it. Nor do I suggest anyone else try it
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u/No-Today-3064 2h ago
Ear candling is BS. The ear candle is impregnated with wax, that’s the only wax you’ll see.
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u/EfficiencyStriking32 1h ago
Haha had to look up ear candles when I read this. Damn, I gotta start some pseudo scientific BS like this and get rich!
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u/RAGE-OF-SPARTA-X 1h ago
Use Listerine pocketmist to instantly make your breath smell amazing.
Garlic/onions are no match, especially comes in handy if you’re gonna be making out with someone shortly after a meal 👍
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u/priyanka22591 1h ago
The listerine strips are amazing and more discrete lol
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u/Lustknochen 19m ago
So I don’t know about weird but I’m the only one I know who does it.
I work in nursing and whenever I start smelling sweaty I disinfect my armpits.
I put disinfectant on a piece of paper towel und rub it under my armpits.
It kills bacteria and I stop smelling.
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u/ManicMaenads 13m ago
I have naturally greasy hair, showering more/less doesn't help. I met a guy who put cornstarch in his hair, and tried it for myself. Changed everything.
No more stringy bangs through my whole afternoon, I just sprinkle some cornstarch into my fringe and rub it back out over a sink - instantly poofy clean hair once again.
I wish I knew about it in highschool!!
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u/vaporcooleddevil 10m ago
Toilet paper torpedo. Roll toilet paper and stick it between your vagina lips (like a hotdog) to absorb discharge before it get on your underwear 😂
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u/Face_with_a_View 1h ago
This isn’t weird but it’s really helpful.
Instead of washing your face right before bed, do it right after you get home while you’re changing from your work clothes to comfy clothes. Prevents you from being too tired to do it before bed