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General Category => Blather and Babble => Topic started by: Fabulassie on 22 December 2014, 04:12:40 pm
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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.
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Thankyou for this. I do often worry about getting a skin infection from clients, there's just so many common infections you can pick up from skin contact. Would it be suitable for sensitive skin?
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Useful tip - thanks! Does it lather or is it more like a lotion?
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It lathers and I don't know if it's good for sensitive skin. It certainly doesn't bother mine.
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;D 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
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Ooh I'm going to get some and get my clients to wash their parts with it haha!
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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
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Yeah I use it too, good stuff.
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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.
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Ah thanks for that, would it be any good for shaving-spots or too harsh? I mean on my fanny.. ;)
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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
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Ah thanks for that, would it be any good for shaving-spots or too harsh? I mean on my fanny.. ;)
I wouldn't recommend getting onto/into the mucous membrane part of the genitals. It would probably cause thrush in the same way that regular soap does. But for the skin that has pores and hairs? It's pretty gentle, really.
Hibiscrub is soapy - it lathers which means it has sodium laureth sulcate/detergent in it. But it's not as lathery as regular shower gel, so it's probably pretty mild. But antimicrobial would mean that it is going to wipe out the good yeast that should be living in our vaginas and that will lead to thrush.
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Lol sorry Hotblondie, calm yer jets, must've overlooked that ;) (even though it was in between 2 of my posts ;D)
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! :)
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In the US and it's Hibiclens here.
When I started working I bought lots of pretty hand-wash undies. At first they'd seem (read: smell) fresh all day, then it seemed like they'd be a bit sweaty (ugh, sorry) after just a few hours. I thought they must not be getting fully clean with a cold hand-wash, so...
Now I hand wash my panties, rinse, then smoosh them all in a dish of one capful Hibiclens to about a quart of water. Soak for about 10 minutes, then rinse really well and hang to dry. The difference is pretty amazing.
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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.
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Like any other soap, I don't get it on my mucous membranes.
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I had my first shower with it a couple of days ago. I do have sensitive/reactive skin, and it felt a little dry and itchy afterwards, but I put some body lotion on the worst bits and it was fine. I'm going to try using it once or twice a week at least, possibly in conjunction with that Nivea in-shower moisturiser stuff.
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Been using this for years, discovered it when working in Ireland. Would go near the place with out a litre of the stuff.
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i have to admit to giggling childishly at this. to explain, i'm a big football fan and our city rivals are known as hibs, and we often sing about how unwashed they are, so hibiscrub is a funny name for any hearts fans taking the mick out of the hibbies
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Oooh I'm interested in trying this!? I have a thing about smells though, and if I don't like the smell of something (esspecially body washes!) I won't use it... What does this stuff smell like?
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Oooh I'm interested in trying this!? I have a thing about smells though, and if I don't like the smell of something (esspecially body washes!) I won't use it... What does this stuff smell like?
It has a vague, not -very- strong soapy/perfume smell.
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op does it not dry your skin out? I used to use an antibacterial on my hands after a booking and the skin between my fingers started to peel which was really unattractive.
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op does it not dry your skin out? I used to use an antibacterial on my hands after a booking and the skin between my fingers started to peel which was really unattractive.
No, it hasn't had that effect on me. But, then, I may not have particularly sensitive skin.
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op does it not dry your skin out? I used to use an antibacterial on my hands after a booking and the skin between my fingers started to peel which was really unattractive.
No, it hasn't had that effect on me. But, then, I may not have particularly sensitive skin.
mmm, maybe changed the formula, mind you, I do have sensitive skin
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op does it not dry your skin out? I used to use an antibacterial on my hands after a booking and the skin between my fingers started to peel which was really unattractive.
No, it hasn't had that effect on me. But, then, I may not have particularly sensitive skin.
mmm, maybe changed the formula, mind you, I do have sensitive skin
Oh, you said that you used an antimicrobial - it may have been Hibiscrub (I think it's the same as I used 10 years ago) or it may have just been something else.
But if you have sensitive skin that reacts like that to an ordinary antimicrobial cleanser then I would be cautious about Hibiscrub.
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Didn't see point in starting a new thread but this seems relevant.
The maximus lube on freedoms website looks good. apparently...
"Maximus is bio-static, which means if there is any bacteria, yeast infection or fungal spores present, Maximus will stop them spreading."