I finished pooping and realised my liquid hand soap had run out, so I used a body soap bar to wash them. I had to go outside and use the hand soap in another bathroom to make sure my hands were clean.

Can you use body soap to wash hands properly?

  • The Liver@lemm.eeOP
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    10 months ago

    It’s not about safety that I was asking, rather effectiveness. Most people seem to have not understood, though. shrug

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      10 months ago

      Ah, yeah. I did kind of answer it indirectly: Since your body soap is a bar soap, it should actually be more effective than the liquid soap.

      Having said that, you can also just let the soap soak for a little longer, or if in doubt, use more soap / apply soap a second time.

      But you also typically won’t have highly infectious bacteria/viruses on your skin after pooping, so I don’t think it matters that much. Soap is more important, after you’ve been out in public…