AccidentsHappen said:
For those of us in diapers in an office environment around others - what accessory products do you use to mask any odor issues, if any? I'm not asking about scented diapers, just the rest of your change kit. Do you use a scented or unscented powder? Do any of your creams or ointments have any aromas or other giveaways? Has anyone ever noticed or said anything? Do you use a diaper cover to assist with odor control between changes?
And why is it so hard to fund unscented corn starch in a powder bottle?! Do you just buy regular corn starch from the baking section for this?
Thanks all!inn
From reading your post, it seems to me that you, as well as others, on a diaper change, use something on the skin after it is clean plus baby-powder or similar. I'd ask why?
A parent used baby powder and cream on every diaper change due to mainly the poor quality of disposable diapers and/or cloth diapers. I don't know your age, nor can work out whether you were raised in cloth or disposable, but unless you were raised in the junk disposables of the 70s-80s, the only reason your parent would use a cocktail of cream and powder was to avoid nappy rash and to mask the smells.
When I change out or a wet/messy disposable, I use baby wipes to clean the area (even if it is just a wet diaper). If there is any rash starting, I put cream (castor oil & zinc oxide mix) on the area. I then use petroleum jelly (vaseline or similar) on the genitals and around the butt. On top of that, goes the diaper. I then use an talcuum powder between the inner thigh and the plastic of the diaper - to avoid friction rash - and the job is done. That talcuum powder I use is J&J, but any will do as the amount is too small to be noticed. All that is needed is to make sure that the thighs slide by the plastic on the diaper shell, no more.
In relation to the people that put a layer over their diaper area before placing a diaper on, that is insane as it does the following :-
- create little clumps of powder that gets wet and creates hot spots where diaper / yeast rash starts
- when one sits, comes out in a mist / tidal wave of smell and powder via the back of the diaper.
- slightly dull the smell of a messy diaper, where internal deodrants etc would eliminate it altogether.
- due to smell, scream out to everyone I USE BABY POWDER ON MY FANNY
So, unless you are female and can get away with it, I suggest that you keep the baby powder for home / night time use only, and find the talcuum powder that matches your aftershave - and please not Lynx...... as that amount of the Lynx effect is revolting. Plus, at this age, you should have found a proper aftershave.
Every male should have the following (all the same brand/smell) :-
- stick or spray underarm antipersperant
- talcuum powder
- after-shave liquid (called lotion)
The female should have similar, but instead of after-shave, it is called eau de toilette (toilet water or perfume) where a drop is placed on one wrist at the pulse line, and the wrists rubbed together so it is on both wrists. If you want it on the back of your ears, rub your wrists there also. Please avoid bathing in same.
The concoction of bubbling creams etc that is flogged to the foolish should stay in the shops. If an anti-aging cream existed, males would use same on their testes to remove those wrinkles
... but none exist.
If you have dry skin, wet it - in a shower. If you have oily skin, wash it in a shower using as mild a soap as you can get - after all, none of you sleep in barrels of crude oil! Also, the same stuff that you use to wash your body can be used to wash your hair. I personally use a baby soap in liquid form that I get from either Aldi or Lidl. It is all about acidity and PH balance - all a soap is supposed to do is trap oils, i.e. as a sufactant - so it can assist you rinse off the dirt down the drain.
Your skin covers all your body, so if you have this magic concoction that is supposed to be good for your hands, it can go anywhere as you are covered with skin. I have seen, in some idiots bathroom, soap/cream for ears, soap/cream for chin, soap/cream for head hair, soap/cream for facial hair.... and the list goes on. On a human body, is skin... and there is little space left for anything else. On this skin is hair, some so fine that you can't see it. Each bit of your body came from two cells - one from your mother and one from your father. As a result, every cell in your body (lets limit it to skin) is roughly the same - and all it needs is water to keep it clean. Please don't fall for the idiots advertisement that skin on on ear is different to the other - and most people laugh at that, yet use different soap for hair and skin on head to hair and skin on face!
