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Bernardo de La Paz

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3. Same trick in dry-eye drops like Visine (don't know specifically about that brand). Avoid all crap

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 20, 2020, 02:30 PM

Apr 2020

Average American doses themselves with huge quantities of chemical on body and in house:

* carpet cleaners
* hair spray
* liquid soap instead of simple bar soap
* lotions up the wazoo
* cremes for any slightest imperfection
* oven cleaner once a week
* overuse of special body shampoos
* perfumed deodorants
* tons of plastic packaging
* spray air "freshener" and plugins
* on and on

It leads to massive absorption through the skin and high levels of indoor pollution.

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ZOMG! I had decades of dandruff and used Head & Shoulders. Switched and No More Dandruff. [View all] TheBlackAdder Apr 2020 OP

Would not this OP be more appropriate in Lounge or elsewhere? Especially in this crisis? Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #1

It did improve with use of the product, it's just that stopping it caused a flareup. TheBlackAdder Apr 2020 #2

Same trick in dry-eye drops like Visine (don't know specifically about that brand). Avoid all crap Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #3

That was kind of snippy, Bernardo. BComplex Apr 2020 #4

"Even liquid soaps contain it and other chemicals"-- yup. That's why i've gone back to bar soap hlthe2b Apr 2020 #5

Maybe you should check the ingredients on your bar soap. Blue_true Apr 2020 #17

I certainly have. I use finely milled soaps, but there are several US brands that hlthe2b Apr 2020 #19

The best thing I have found for dandruff, excema, dry skin, etc is a brand called MG17 Marrah_Goodman Apr 2020 #6

You mean, MG217 coal tar shampoo ? MG 17 is a machine gun. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2020 #11

Yes, you are correct :) Marrah_Goodman Apr 2020 #22

I'm allergic to that. Lars39 Apr 2020 #7

Is hard to say whether it's intentional, but definitely could cause Mersky Apr 2020 #8

Your post has me thinking of the times I wash my hands and there's a mild irritation afterwards. TheBlackAdder Apr 2020 #9

Happens, yes, it does Mersky Apr 2020 #10

I use only the soap I make. I know exactly what is in it. sinkingfeeling Apr 2020 #12

Soap making is a lost art to most Americans. Blue_true Apr 2020 #18

YouTube is bringing back soaping in a big way. Codeine Apr 2020 #21

Used it for years. Limited success rufus dog Apr 2020 #13

A soap has totally improve my life: Dr. Bonners Peppermint soap GulfCoast66 Apr 2020 #14

Kicking this on general principles Hekate Apr 2020 #15

I read an extensive article that a guy wrote a few months back. Blue_true Apr 2020 #16

I'm allergic to methylisothiazolinone Pobeka Apr 2020 #20