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I just don't want to mix them because I feel like it would make me less clean.

Relatedly, what's the best way I can follow the Patrick Bateman skincare routine as a simplified version that's actually practical to follow and contains the most important steps?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yes people really do sterilize those areas. Its more common when you need to take a farmers bath. You sterilize because the main cause of stink is not dirt or oil or sweat but microorganisms.

Bacteria that live on your skin colonize and thrive in those areas. That smell is sulphur based waste they produce.

Soap does not kill microorganisms very well on its own, instead it helps the water pick them up and wash them away. If you have a lot of clean running water and a lot of soap it works well enough but doesnt 100% get rid of the colony. sterilizer kills off whats left.

That being said most people (me included) who use sterilizer are cautious about putting it on the groin/taint since those areas are so sensitive but a teeny tiny bit on a realy wet washrag seems to be okay imo. I mainly use it for the pits and just soap and scrub really well down below.

Also about the surgeon thing I'm pretty sure they still use sterilized gloves in a sterilized environment with equipment that's been through riggerous decontamination. They probably use hand sanitizer too lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Its more common when you need to take a farmers bath.

Interesting, I didn't know about that term at all. What's a farmer's bath, some kind of deep-wash, basically?

You sterilize because the main cause of stink is not dirt or oil or sweat but microorganisms. [...] Soap does not kill microorganisms very well on its own, instead it helps the water pick them up and wash them away

Which is why I mentioned soap as a degreasing agent, removing oils and the vast, vast majority of microorganisms with it, alongside water and friction.

Also about the surgeon thing I'm pretty sure they still use sterilized gloves in a sterilized environment with equipment that's been through riggerous decontamination.

Because they're gonna play with your insides, where the smallest thing could infect and kill you.

They probably use hand sanitizer too lol.

While washing their hands with soap and water?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

A farmers bath is a term for taking a small tub of water and washing yourself with it and a rag. Its how people usually kept themselves clean historically before running water was a thing. Still very common in rural areas, with campers, and nomadic people who live in vehicles.

About the other stuff, look dude I'm not trying to get into an argument or debate you on semantics. You asked a question and I answered it honestly. Sorry if it sounded like I was talking down to you or insulted your intelligence. I hope that I helped you learn something interesting. Have a nice day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's not a semantics thing, nor was it a debate, I'm trying to understand lol