Aug 22, 2007, 05:21 PM
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I was told that obese people can bathe daily and still possess a horrible reek. This is because a lot of the soap and lather that they build up in a shower isn't always washed away; the water has difficulty reaching the crevasses of their fat folds. So when the soap dries, it mixes with the heat and sweat, then breaks down into its base components, glycerin, oils and fatty acids. None of these ingredients are particularly fragrant on their own, and the perfumes in most soaps are too transient to mask the odor once the ingredients have seperated. And the whole combination with human sweat is far worse than typical body odor.
So if a smelly fat person insists that they bathe daily, they're probably being truthful. Tell them to spend more time rinsing. They should probably have a seperate washcloth or sponge for that purpose if the problem has grown to offend others.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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