Questions tagged [personal-care]
Hacks related to the care of one's self. Including grooming, first-aid, etc. But we are not medical professionals. Users seeking diagnoses or personalized medical advice should seek professional medical advice.
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How to stick slivers of soap together to form a large bar of soap
What is the best way to combine small slivers of soap into one bigger bar of soap without the slivers flaking off?
I was thinking a press (like a tortilla press) might do the job, but should I soak ...
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How to clean my private part after peeing as a man in a public restroom without drawing unnecessary attention?
I learned from this answer that there are many methods to clean the end of the penis after urinating, but normally it's unnecessary. However, it's very necessary for me because having my briefs get ...
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What's the easiest way to care for a wound on upper back?
I had a biopsy right in the center of my upper back and have been told to do the following daily:
gently clean the site with soap and water (no scrubbing)
apply Vaseline
cover it with a band-aid
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What to do if your shaver broke halfway through shaving?
I'm shaving my beard with my electric trimmer, and it breaks when I'm only halfway through*.
Unfortunately, I don't have any other shaving device around -- and even if I did have a razor or a razor-...
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How do I remove or clean the glitters from my skin?
Generally during birthday bashes or similar events, There are more possibilities that glitters stick to my hands, face and even all over the body after the event. Also I have this experience while ...
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How to quickly cure hiccups
Hiccups are the worst. Whenever I get them, I get them bad. I usually hiccup constantly for 30 minutes to an hour, distracting me and my family. I've heard of tons of ways to get rid of them like take ...
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How would you have a rewarding snack like cookies locked away, and only accessible at a certain time each day?
The goal is to get myself out of bed each morning, AND to prevent myself from eating too many cookies, but also to reward myself with a cookie every so often.
If I have a reason - "You can eat a ...
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I am sick and my nose is not running.Any hack for this to get back to normal? [closed]
It is literally 5 in the morning. I am drinking tea and have that mint rub stuff on my nose.I put a towel on my forehead and I feels like the nose just hates me.I can not sleep.I've tried everything. ...
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How can I clean my feet?
I have a bad habit of not cleaning my feet while having a shower. As a result layers of dirt and dead skin accumulates on my feet for months. My feet's skin color looks totally different than the rest ...
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Restless leg remedy
I have been suffering from sciatica, for which I am taking medication on advice of my doctor.
Whilst the pain is now minimal, I have an almost uncontrollable urge to walk briskly and keep my left leg ...
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Mosquito net smell
Yesterday,I covered the windows of my room with a mosquito net which I purchased recently (Taped it along the windows). This managed to keep the mosquitoes away but however, the smell due to the nylon ...
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How to moisturize hair without spending a fortune on conditioner
I would like to find a life hack that would enable me to simply and easily moisturize my hair while bypassing the retail market and therefore not spending a fortune on conditioner.
Does anyone know ...
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House packing in Texas with no Air conditioner [duplicate]
I am trying to figure out the best way of keeping sweat out of my eyes. I'm spending more time wiping my face because my eyes are burning than getting anything actually packed.
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How to keep track of how many uses a razor blade has left
I used to use a regular cartridge razor, but switched to safety blades about a year ago. I find that I can get roughly 10 shaves out of a safety razor blade before I need to replace it, or else it ...
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How can I avoid peeling my hangnails? [closed]
I have a tendency of biting skin around my finger nails that looks like it is going to come off. This skin sometimes looks like it wants to peel off, especially after doing manual work. I noticed that ...
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How to use a stuck deodorant stick?
I tried to use a brand new deodorant, and turns out it's stuck: it's just not possible to turn the wheel in the bottom of the deodorant in order to push it upwards. The wheel is jammed completely and ...
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How to make a 100% cotton shirt repel moisture?
I bought a casual 100% cotton button-down shirt the other day from the brand ESP fashion.
I live in Bangkok, Thailand and it's crazy hot here at the moment (or any moment), so I figured a white one ...
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How can I prevent getting toothpaste in my eye?
Sometimes when I put toothpaste on my toothbrush, I get somehow a drop of toothpaste in my eye, even though my toothbrush is more than 50 cm from my eye. How can I prevent this from happening?
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Manual showering?
I am looking for ways to "shower" comfortably without having running water. So I have some water in a vessel and I have a place where I can get that water onto myself (and it is okay to ...
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How to wash with a minimum of water?
I am looking for a lifehack that will allow me to take care of my personal hygiene when there is no water in the tap. I have access only to 2 liters of water a day to wash myself.
How can this be done ...
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How to get hair fragments off of skin after beard trimming
I thought I would be able to find an answer to this Googling but have been entirely unable to. Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology. Basically any time I trim my beard with my electric trimmer, small ...
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Removing hair dye with baking soda
Recently (3 days ago-ish) I dyed my hair a light cotton candy pink. My original hair color is dirty blonde and I only colored it (didn't remove my original hair color). For personal reasons, I need to ...
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Home Remedies for Oily Skin
I have oily skin both in the summer and the winter. Because of this, I have a lot of problems with acne, specifically blackheads. While I wash my skin daily, it is not helping clear the acne up. ...
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How to put a bandaid on the tip of your finger
I've had this problem a lot. I cut the tip of my finger on something and it starts to bleed. I try to put a bandaid on, but it just doesn't fit on right. The sides poke out and it just looks and feels ...
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How to reduce morning breath with night guard use
I grind my teeth at night pretty bad so I have a night guard. I use the fizzing denture cleaning tablets and brush the night guard with my toothbrush -- It doesn't taste bad when I put it in, but in ...
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What to use as a bandage substitute?
I've always wondered what I could use In case I ran out of bandages. So, it made me wonder, what exactly could I use to complement bandages.
Note - The answers should be household items and not ...
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Keeping Thin Hair Clean For Longer
I am encountering an issue where my hair gets dirty very quickly, only staying clean for the day it was washed.
Part of the issue might be that I have very thin, blond (think Nordic European) hair ...
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Acne pimples on face
I have acne on my face from few years.i have used so many things for this take medicines from skin specialist but not useful at all kindly suggest me anything. I have oily skin.
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How to correctly apply soap on my back when bathing?
I cannot apply soap on back properly when bathing, even though I'm a healthy adult.
This is a hectic work in order to clean my body. I have to wash my back properly too.
Is there any lifehack to ...
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Lip balm looking feminine on man lip
I noticed that lip balm is looking like feminine to me. I thought it happened cause I used too much lipbalm. But later noticed it still looks like feminine when I apply a little lip balm. Is it ...
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How to quickly "cool down" from exercise before work?
I go to the gym in the morning before heading to my office. After I work out (especially cardio/aerobic exercise, but also just strength training) it takes me a long time to cool down. I'll stretch, ...
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How can I relieve the itchiness from a mosquito bite?
I suffer quite regularly from mosquitoes bites in my home because I live in an area with many places well suited for them to breed; Stagnant bodies of water.
Are there any quick and easy methods to ...
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How to effectively delay the need to pee when I really can't go?
There are times when we really can't go to the toilets, e.g. clinical urine tests requiring the first morning urine. so we must hold that first pee from the time of waking up until reaching the lab, ...
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How to Vertically holster beard-hair trimmer & electric shaver, and suspend it using a shelf over bathroom counter?
Bathroom counter, with electrical socket, mirror & glass shelves on adjoining wall.
Also, electric shaver at bottom of pic on Counter
Electric trimmer, depicting shape etc
Now, based on ...
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How to get rid of dandruff from hairs?
In every winter my head skin become ruff and get dandruff which cause hair broken sometime when I shampoo my hairs it is clean just for hour or two after a day same thing happened again.
Can you ...
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How to use the smallest piece of soap for bathing?
We start soap usage with a bar that is handy to use. As the soap bar consumption starts, it starts getting smaller day by day.
When it is very small it is very difficult to pick and apply on the skin ...
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How to get off moisturizing soap quickly [closed]
When I wash my hands with liquid hand soap (Dial, Softsoap or any other brand), it doesn't get off quickly. I believe thats because of the moisturizing element (to prevent drying hands). If you have ...
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How to remove print/ markings from small Eye Drops bottle for other use?
I am not sure what the material of these types of small bottles is composed of.
I find they are most reliable when it comes to being Leak resistant for small quantity of liquids etc where I just ...
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How to get rid of bad breath while fasting?
Fasting causes bad breath, and as a muslim I fast these days.
It is permissible to brush your teeth whilst fasting but it does not help. I think the bad smell has nothing to do with mouth and is ...
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How to check if a condom might be defective before using it?
Condoms don't give 100% protection and can break, that's a known fact.
I would like to know, are there any ways/hacks to check a single condom (before using it) and see if it might be defective and ...
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How to clean hands after fishing
whenever I go fishing I have to handle the bait (usually squid or prawns) which ends up leaving my hands stinking heavily of fish, even after washing them.
I wash my hands with soap and water and ...
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How to Get Rid of Bed Hair Without a Shower
I have pretty early starts in the mornings and as a result sometimes do not leave myself enough time to have a shower before needing to leave for work, usually as a result of a healthy use of the ...
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Smell bad but no deodorant
If I ever smell bad because of a physical activity or just in general, and I have no deodorant available, what could I do to reduce or perhaps even eliminate the smell?
I know people most likely want ...
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Sleeping with my mouth slightly open causes my throat to dry out and ache a lot
I have no clogged nose but still my mouth opens ever so slightly during the night and although I don't notice that I breathe through the mouth I have started to notice that my mouth is slightly open. ...
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Any quick wins for hyperhidrosis?
I suffer from hyperhidrosis (not excessive), and one of the symptoms is clammy palms. No amount of handwashing will help, within 10 minutes my hands feel clammy again. When I hold my computer mouse, I ...
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How can I adjust the mask to my nose if the mask doesn't have the silver adjuster?
I have masks very similar to this one It doesn't have the adjuster, like the one in the white mask or the one in the last picture. As a replacement for the silver adjuster, I've thought in using ...
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Indoor comfortable stairs to run
Okay, so weird question. I like to run on stairs for exercise. The building I work in has a very nice arrangement for this--it is a 5-storey building with indoor, heated and air-conditioned, slightly ...
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What can I use to replace a button battery cover?
I have lost the battery cover on my mini tens machine and the machine wont work without it. The machine isn't sold anymore so I can't get a replacement part.
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What should I do to avoid wetting my pants while peeing?
The last few drops after peeing remain on my penis which wets my underwear or my pant if there is no underwear(which makes situation even worse).Also I would be happy if someone tells me how to pee in ...
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How can I safely trim my fingernails without a fingernail clipper?
On very rare occasions, I've found myself camping in the middle of the wilderness when I realized that I had forgotten to pack a fingernail clipper.
I really hate having long fingernails. Especially ...
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