I wanted to tell you guys about this stuff. You can get it at Boots (you have to ask at the pharmacist/medicine counter - it's not on the shelves.) Hibiscrub is a surgical scrub used to prep surgeons hands and also as a body wash by people who will be undergoing surgery in the next day or so. It's antimicrobial and kills both viruses and bacteria, but it's pretty gentle on the skin. I first used it years ago when I was about to undergo surgery. I rediscovered it again recently when I saw it mentioned on a beauty forum as a treatment for acne. Well, I get spots on my buttocks and I HATE them so I have started to use Hibiscrub. It is working!

I use some exfoliating shower gloves and scrub my bum (and the insides of my thighs/anywhere where there tend to be bumps and spots) when I shower every morning. I dry off and then apply La Roche Pussay Effeclare Duo (which is for acne and dark marks from old acne) to the area. Whenever I shower throughout the day I will use Hibiscrub. I am finding it very helpful - the spots are pretty much all gone, now. And, as I said, it's gentle on the skin so my bum is smoother and peachier than ever.

For showers after clients, after I scrub my bum I go ahead and wash my whole body with it because I like to remove the germs the clients may have left on me. It is possible to get MRSA from bodily contact so I would like to avoid that. Years ago I got a staph infection around my arm pits and I am pretty sure it was from clients.

The only thing to watch out for is getting it onto fabrics that will be bleached. That will result in horrible brown staining.

Useful tip - thanks! Does it lather or is it more like a lotion?

  lol I use this on my dogs -brilliant stuff   If you ever get a cut /scratch use it straight away and it's incredibly good at healing the infected area quickly

With my dogs if they get cuts or bites as long as I use It straight away it's brilliant  it's part of my doggie first aid kit

Only trouble is if you don't use it ASAP and use it later if the wound is infected because the hibiscrub
heals the wound so quickly any infection/puss can be kept inside the wound causing problems

Ooh I'm going to get some and get my clients to wash their parts with it haha!

Ha ha. might make their willies fall off

Like Paris I have used this on my dogs for years as one of my rescues had very bad skin when I got him and it took two years to clear it properly and hibiscrub was a life saver literally.
Its very good for sensitive skin hence used by vets for most sore skin complaints in animals including sensitive skin and allergic skin

I use it when I get dermatitis as it works so much quicker than anything the doc gives me.  Its fantastic stuff.

That hibiscrub may also help with shaving rashes - especially if you get little white bumps (white means an infection.)

From Shaving/Veeting/waxing, which do you prefer? topic in Blather and Babble

Lol sorry Hotblondie, calm yer jets, must've overlooked that (even though it was in between 2 of my posts  )
It's just that I've tried things for acne on shaving-rash spots, which was a pretty daft thing to do  Far too harsh, coz it dries out
your skin!!
Thanks Fabulassie, will give it a shot! 

I used to work at a dentist as a dental nurse we used this to wash our hands with and i used to use it to scrub the instruments with before putting them into the autoclave (heat steriliser) you wouldnt wanna get this stuff on/in yer fanny it would give you thrush but yeah it defo kill bacteria that could cause a skin infection. Can see how it would help Acne to.....most of the time i use Dettol i put it in a little spray bottle and spray it onto my shower puff  makes me feel clean after icky clients lol  but the hibiscrub would defo properly kill germs i might get some didnt realise you could buy it.