[pct-l] Baby Wipes

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Folks, Please do NOT use alcohol wipes on your skin.....especially on your more "sensitive" areas.  Isopropyl alcohol itself is extremely irritating to the skin and particularly the mucous membranes.  And guess what your.......exit area is composed of????  Key-rect!!!!  Mucous membranes.  H20 if you have it, is your best bet.....along with a gentle, non-rinse soap perhaps.  Or just stink!  We all smell alike out there anyway, and we cancel each other out.  And the flat-landers???  Heck with em if they can't take a joke!  Just say NO to ETOH!!!  (Other than the drinkin' kind, perhaps.)
   
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Hiker97 <hiker97 at aol.com> wrote:
      jolson at olc.edu writes: All kidding aside, - , alcohol wipes kept rashes and skin irritations of any sort from developing.  It wasn't til I was 40 that I had to deal with this.  Now it's a fact of life that I "wipe down" before putting on the long underwear and diving under the quilt for a dry, safe nights sleep... It's part of being able to hike week after week, a maintenance item.... Gotta keep the nether regions clean and dry... 
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  Switchback replies: I have used alcohol wipes for years along with TP.  I also carry hand sanitizer gel.  Out on the trail I try to be not only clean, but beyond that.  I think this protects you from getting sick and other irritations too.  For me going to bed clean at night makes for a more restful sleep.  I carry my toilet articles in a quart ZipLock bag.  Works great.  
    
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