[pct-l] Baby Wipes

[Patrick Beggan]

Well, everyone is different, but alcohol wipes on your bare skin don't  
really harm anything (I have pretty extensive medical experience,  
although I'm no doctor, I'm just a medic). I mean, frequency is an  
issue here -- if you're wiping down with alcohol wipes every twenty  
minutes then you're probably going to see some irritation. Its my  
experience that giving yourself a wipe-down with an alcohol wipe every  
other day or so helps keep infection at bay as well as help prevent a  
whole set of skin ailments.

Of course, it should note that my skin, uhh, "hydrates" at a rapid  
pace. That is, I am very greasy. :P


On Jan 3, 2008, at 6:11 AM, g l wrote:
> 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.)
>
> Wheeew
>
> 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...
> --------------------------------
> 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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