What’s a personal hygiene habit you started that made a huge difference in your life?

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What’s a personal hygiene habit you started that made a huge difference in your life?

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  1. Twiitzu Avatar

    In order to keep myself in the weight I want to be, I’ve just been eating less, while that seems simple, it’s quite hard to do, you always feel hungry.

  2. sexrockandroll Avatar

    Change to a fresh side of the pillow / fresh pillowcase every day.

  3. zoro_2234 Avatar

    taking shower every single day

  4. Egoiss Avatar

    Someone always carry alcohol swab on the public, cafe, restaurant she make sure everything was clean. Why not borrowed their personal stuff. 

  5. camelyoga Avatar

    brush your tongue too, not just teeth

  6. Fatclunjequeen Avatar

    6min tooth brush every morning and night

  7. Long-Tip-5374 Avatar

    I started to clean the lent out of my belly button on a more regular basis. It has helped with my gas issues, I don’t have as much gas anymore now because my stomach can breath better.

  8. NextSplit2683 Avatar

    Flossing. I used to floss every night. Now I floss and brush after every meal.

  9. DaGoodSauce Avatar

    Trimming my armpit hair once a month. Had problems with odor before, I showered and then 2 hours later I would smell sweaty again. It made me so insecure I would wear sweatshirts year around to try and mask the smell which of course only made it worse because it got hot af in spring/summer. Pruning my underarm hair immediately solved that problem for me.

  10. aftrgl0w Avatar

    Baby wipes over toilet paper 😂

  11. BasicBitchLA Avatar

    Japanese Shampoo, conditioner, hair oil, a bond treatment, a heat protectant and staying away from the curling iron and flat iron!

  12. SenatorStromboli Avatar

    Exfoliating glove in the shower 4-5x weekly. While my skin was always decent, I never thought of myself as someone with soft, smooth skin. And it always felt a little bumpy/rough where my butt cheeks met my thighs and on the back of my upper arms. Now I can’t stop touching my own skin, it feels so nice.

  13. rcfvlw1925 Avatar

    Using an Indian copper tongue scraper to take the fur off my tongue.

  14. Story_Man_75 Avatar

    Buying a bidet. Once you use one? You’ll never want to live life without it.

  15. Party_Reaction_3905 Avatar

    I started using a spin toothbrush years ago. The very first time, my teeth instantly felt soooo much cleaner. Might not seem like a huge deal to some (and granted, it’s not), but I loved it at the time.

  16. susisews Avatar

    Not leaning on the table or bar at restaurants, especially during the summer. The trace amounts of sunscreen left behind by other people has caused violent skin reactions and eczema breakouts that lasted all summer long. I guess I’m not picking up their germs either, because I don’t get as many colds!

  17. Bathroom-trader1998 Avatar

    Baby shampoo and sensative skin soap. It’s too dry here.

  18. Playful-Call7107 Avatar

    Washing dishes with bleach in the water.

    Turned to Rubbing pure bleach on my dick n balls

    My skin looks good and my body smells so good after showers

  19. meditat3r Avatar

    Being more mindful of what I touch in public and not touching my face as often. I don’t get sick as often anymore when I didn’t care lol

  20. No-Platform-8139 Avatar

    Adopting an actual skin care routine apart from soap and sunscreen

  21. BlazingOreo Avatar

    I cut off my balls. less sweaty now

  22. Practical_Yam_7515 Avatar

    Rinsing my throat out in the shower every time. I have bad allergies and used to suffer 2 sinus infections a year. Since doing this practice 15 year ago – haven’t had a sinus infection since.

  23. jayontheblock89 Avatar

    My three tips: cleaning all my piercings once a week, spraying perfume on my elbow creases, wrists, armpits, and neck, and, exfoliating my face and body once a week then applying lotion.

  24. WhereTFisPiper Avatar

    Using Lume wipes to clean under my boobs regularly. I started getting rashes under them recently and they’re a game changer for me

  25. LxdyShxde Avatar

    All over body deodorant after showers. Under my chesticles, especially where the bra sits, and between thighs. I use qtips for my intergluteal cleft, just scrape some off the deodorant stick and give a quick swipe or two.
    Old spice all over shea and vanilla. It’s been especially helpful since being pregnant with my fourth and I wish I discovered this after my third baby, when the weight stuck around and became difficult to lose.

    Also using serums in my skin routine. Struggled with acne since getting pregnant with my oldest 10+ years ago. Using niacinamide, vit c, peptides and collagen, plus sunscreen and ponds moisturizer. I haven’t felt my skin blemish free on over a decade. Now to tackle the dark spots acne scars have left

  26. Polythenusical Avatar

    Scraping my tongue made a huge difference and you can literally see what is causing the bad breath.

  27. milo0507 Avatar

    Biweekly DIY facial pores cleaning & skin care routine. It’s paying off well.

  28. Mwanasasa Avatar

    Using a salicylic acid face wash on my armpits and a salt block deodorant.

  29. Yepitsmedawg Avatar

    Idk if this counts but dude wipes are sickkkk.

  30. OOOdragonessOOO Avatar

    rubbing alcohol on places that sweat bad. chronic rash until i figured that out

  31. lhb_aus Avatar

    Washing my armpit hair with shampoo rather than soap (I’m a man, btw). Breaks down the deodorant clumping easily and keeps BO away for much longer.

  32. Calm_Analysis_2638 Avatar

    filtered shower head

  33. Tobybrent Avatar

    My electric toothbrush is wonderful

  34. Underwater_Karma Avatar

    I’m constantly surprised that people didn’t brush their tongue, or floss.

    You can just look at what you’re spitting out to see the benefit. And try smelling floss after use… That was in your mouth

  35. paranoidazzfukk Avatar

    Using baby wipes. First a pass with toilet paper then a finish off with a baby wipe. Feels so much cleaner.

  36. dianaplldress291 Avatar

    wipe front to back after pooping!

  37. lilacrose19 Avatar

    Using an antibacterial soap before body wash, and exfoliating 2-3x a week.

  38. RogerMurdockCo-Pilot Avatar

    I Veet my junk at least twice a month. The clean smooth feeling is worth the effort.

  39. SystemicDrift Avatar

    Getting a water pick cause I’m too lazy to floss every day. Last time I saw my dentist, he and the hygienist both had passive comments on my teeth and gums instead of the usual “they look beat up” or what not. Has also improved my breath smell, too

  40. evmeowmeow Avatar

    Water flossing

  41. ChaoticMaplesyrup Avatar

    Washing my face properly, morning and night. At least 1 minute of actual washing each time. Gentle exfoliation.

  42. lonelygalexy Avatar

    As someone who can never floss with just the string, discovering floss picks is the game changer. I get praised at every dental cleaning for keeping my teeth so clean, especially when my teeth are quite crooked.

  43. Decent_catnip Avatar

    My hair oils up faster but thanks to baby powder, Its like dry shampoo , much cheaper and dual purpose

  44. farmsfarts Avatar

    Ok I’m always shocked when I hear people don’t do this. You have to scrub your feet somehow if you don’t want to have smelly feet. Either in the shower with a brush, after the shower with a rough towel, whatever. You have to get in between the toes and get that dead skin off the whole foot. Make sure you dry them off well, don’t jam damp feet into socks. Change your socks daily and you won’t have stinky shoes and gross feet.

  45. hongio_peery Avatar

    Rinse my mouth after meals, especially after drink milk and coffee.

  46. NMNARESWEET Avatar

    It Just Works, works. Amazon

  47. irmzirmz Avatar

    Using a Korean wash cloth to exfoliate my face/body. My skin has never been smoother

  48. zebolthole Avatar

    flossing twice a day. I hope my dentist notices!

  49. zeemode Avatar

    For guys (or women) with smelly/itchy feet. Run a bunch of tea tree oil on them twice a day …. Even once a day. Makes all the difference. Kills all bacteria

  50. jamontoast422 Avatar

    Drying my feet after the shower and fresh socks!

  51. ResponsibilityNo8185 Avatar

    Flossing and using a bidet.

  52. vega80 Avatar

    Megababe space bar charcoal soap for arm pits and then their deodorant after the shower

  53. BrainOfMush Avatar

    Using prescription toothpaste at night, specifically 3M Clinpro 5000.

    I used to be prone as hell to cavities despite dentists constantly telling me how good my oral hygiene is. This stuff saved me after a dentist trip being told I had 14 cavities. They filled 8 and the other 6 recovered because of this toothpaste.

    It’s not even expensive, like $15 a tube.

  54. AppointmentAble1405 Avatar

    Actually doing a good skincare routine, I try as often as I can to keep up but I know I can feel a difference when I do. Life is still hard sometimes lol

  55. shushuone Avatar

    flossing everyday. Every dentist appt, I now get complimented for how clean and cavity free my teeth are. I have a very sweet tooth.

  56. AXE319319 Avatar

    Maybe not directly a hygiene habit…

    I used to have a few sinus infections every year in my twenties. Nothing meds could clear up or at least be managed with pain meds for the sinus headaches.

    Then I was on a job assignment and worked with a Brit who told me to stop blowing my nose and instead sniff it up. He told me his Doctor told him to do this to clear the nasal passage which instead of putting pressure on the sinus cavities and compacting mucus, this creates a slight negative pressure that helps clear the sinuses. He said, “get over anything you think may be gross about it because it will change your life.”

    Fast forward 30 years and I haven’t had one sinus infection since.