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body odor after shower
I smell even after taking a shower
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If you've had this all your life it could be a medical condition, rare, but when ones pores do not work properly. I can't say if anything can be done in that case.
On the other hand, assuming your pores work just fine, after years of insufficient cleaning of our body, we can have layers of dead skin cells that are not removed by light scrubbing with showering and using body soap. This layer of dead skin cells holds bacteria that smells.
Ever wonder why old people and their homes and their stuff tend to have an "Old people smell". Theres a reason for it.
The skin is constantly renewing itself. New cells are formed on the lower layer of skin which slowly move upward. By the time they reach the surface of the skin, these cells are dead and are removed daily. With ageing, this process of cell renewal slows down. The "dead cell" layer remains longer on the surface of the skin giving the skin a dull look. This skin feels rough and scaly.
You ever notice how when you are toweling yourself dry after a shower, the rubbing of the towel seems to remove more dead skin that balls up on your skin. If it came off in bathing and scrubbing as it should, why is it still there?
I personally don't think enough is taught about choices for cleaning the skin of our body and proper care for our skin. Not only that, not enough options are available to purchase. Here's what I know will work best on everyone. Our ancestors of the ancient world knew better than us how to keep clean.
They used something called a Strigil. Strigils were the most common bath tool of the ancient world. It is simply a strip of metal with a handle at one end and a curve at the other. Read the article about it here:
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Photo of one from ancient times
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I use a dull but thin edged small butter knife as my strigel. Before a bath, I might smell, but without any soap used at all, just a little olive oil in very hot bath water, soaking and then scraping, I can come out smelling fresh. At first you tend to scrape and remove lots of dead grey gunk, I don't allow it into the water as I fear a grimy bath ring. I slide it off the edge of my knife and deposit the dead skin "putty" on the tubs edge after each scrape. I know it sounds gross when you see it in that state, but just think, we're walking around day in day out wearing this dead skin and the movement of clothes on skin isn't enough to make all dead skin come off. Once out of the bath, you gather it up with paper towel to throw away in trash. Only on very few occasion do I use any soap since discovering that a butter knife will do. I've used all the scrubbing options out there, including dry brushing your body with a boars bristle hair-brush for the body. It takes off only a tiny bit but it is more beneficial for stimulating the skin, improving blood circulation to it.
Hope this helps you.
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