Favorite Soaps
At around 71, my skin turned on me. Until then I guess I had been very fortunate. I developed rosacea, it seemed based on ring around the tub my sebum was off the chart, and my naturally moist skin was getting drier.
Since you can’t smell yourself, I have no idea if I have developed any sort of old people’s smell, but have smelled it on others at the Independent Living Apartments where we live.
One other thing I use to try to get my scalp squeaky clean is a scalp massager that not only cleans my scalp, but stimulates the blood flow to the hair follicles keeping my hair thick. My hair is thicker now than when I was in my 50’s. I think scalp massages and Vitamin
To combat any risk of having any odor on my skin, I started using Azufre Sulfur medicated soap for my face and body. It reduces inflammation, medicates, softens & soothes skin with corn starch and locks in moisture with lanolin. It helps heal any micro scratches I get from my dogs’ toenails. I also bathe with persimmon soap to further combat any potential odor.
This combination of soaps has really helped my skin look and feel better, plus I feel like I am using the best possible products to smell the best I can as a senior adult.
Although Sulfur soap is recommended for acne, I discussed using it with my dermatologist who thought it was a good idea because it is an anti inflammatory.