Hi! This question is from my brother. Things to note:
He does do the obvious and basic hygiene of brushing his teeth/tongue two times a day + showering once a day, but recently he has upped it 3:2 even though it’s kinda wasting water and has done other things to keep it in control but to no avail (expanded below).
He regularly exercises + drinks lots of water, almost 3L, and overall eats cleanly with a few cheats here and there, like any normal person.
He has taken probiotics in the past like wild oregano supplements + HyperBiotics Pro Dental + therabreath mouthwash + other supplements for bad breath and even has a tongue scrapper. He had to stop the supplements because it was expensive during + after covid and he said he hasn’t really seen significant change.
I think he has this problem where he can’t seem to stay clean/fresh all day. He says his mouth starts to feel/smell bad after an hour or two and that he sweats a lot, or that his skin (on his hands) start to feel mildly sticky and dry…maybe it’s some dry skin condition on his body. He personally thinks his sweat smells bad (even after shaved armpit, etc) even after using deodorant+BHA liquid from Corsx on clean armpits, he also feels like has a lot of earwax and that it keeps clogging his right ear.
I have a feeling he might have mild eczema if I think back. My mom said that when was a baby, he had problems with his skin being dry, shedded skin at one point in childhood, small dry patches here and there (though overall normal body skin, though, his face skin is combination oily T-Zone, but I heard that oily skin is just overly dry skin forcing the body to produce more oils due to lack of moisture… does that also explain why he sweats a lot maybe? Which creates the dry stickiness). His earwax problem (which was also a frequent ear infection problem) was explained that it was probably due to dry skin in the ear canal flaring and flaking up… it has stopped now but he can’t use anything than water to wash his outside ears because it creates painful pimples on his outside ears (though he said he has only tried soap and is scared to try anything else). Has sebhorric dermatitis on his scalp.
Sorry this was super long, I just wanted to hone it on the fact that he was not dirty nor was his problems due to that fact. Even as kids, under our strictly clean mom, he had these problems.
I think he just wants to not do the extra steps and just stay clean/fresh the entire day like a normal person would after showering and brushing up once in the morning and evening.
I don’t know much but I suggested he listen to some stem field audios cause it seems like an internal matter, but I’m not sure which target. What are your opinions?
- his nose canal is also dry!
