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People that don’t wear antiperspirant…
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Aye, we know way too little about the effect of skin products on the microbiome of our skin. Some of what has been looked at has different conclusions. There is a 'community' out there somewhere that I used to keep tabs on that believe everyone can get to the point of 'mildly smelly' at worst. The idea is that you just have to find the right bacteria to populate your skin. They would scrape and swap. There were two camps of thought, separated by whether they believed washing with soap was appropriate once you had the right bacteria mix.
Bro would it be weird if we rubbed armpits to swap microbiomes
Sounds like what aliens would think human mating is.
I mean, I wouldn't be against it, offhand, but I think I'd have to get to know you first. What's your body odor like? :p
Soap makes you clean and smell good. It's so tiring to read majestic mental gymnastics around how to not smell like ass. You smell what you eat, and soap removes the smell. It really is no rocket science. And no, you cannot figure out how your microbiomes work, even scientists can't.