[BlindTlk] a couple of personal hygene questions

[Ericka]

I do the same Vicki to get the water out of my ears. I was always told not to rinse your hair or wash your hair in really hot water because it dries the scalp. Who knows who is right! Thanks for the tip and you’re right it does feel gummy. Sometimes it fails me and I take the comb later on and the comb is sticky when I pull it through. That means you didn’t get all the conditioner or shampoo out. That’s really gross. 

Ericka Nelson

> On May 31, 2022, at 2:54 PM, Vickie Rolison via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I am totally blind, and I have had very long hair all of my life.  I wash it in the shower, like you. I use Pert Plus shampoo which has cream rinse also.  The instructions say to leave it on for 1 minute. So I do that and turn off the water, so as not to run out of hot water. Then rinse. The shampoo rinses out pretty quickly, and when I squeeze the hair I hear no sound of suds, then I know I’ve got it all out.  However, then I use Panteen cream rinse.  I leave it on for another minute while I wash my body. Then I turn the hot water on, just as hot as I can stand it, and rinse my hair. It usually feels like it will get gummy, on the top of my head, so I keep it under the very hot water until that gummy feeling is gone.  Regarding your ears, keep the hair all behind your ears, and if you get water in them, my physical ed teacher, always told us to stand on one foot and lean over to the right and left, and shake the opposite leg. This helps to force the water inside, out and then you can use a Kleenex, or dry rag, to put a little ways in your ear and get the water out, before turning your head back upright.  It works for me most of the time. Hope this helps. Sorry for the long read.
> Vickie Rolison
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> Subject: [BlindTlk] a couple of personal hygene questions
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> Hi all,
> I have long, thick and rather oily hair and I always have trouble knowing
> whether or not I've gotten the shampoo out so I just keep putting my head under
> the tap until I feel like I've gotten all of it out; does anyone have a better
> way/method that I can use to whether or not I've gotten it all out? Also, not
> sure if anyone will have any answers for this but I'm going to ask anyway as
> this is driving me nuts. Every time I shower my ears get full of water since I
> have to put my head under the tap in order to wet and then rinse out my hair and
> then even after drying my ears as well as I can when I get out they still always
> feel like they're full of water. I've tried ear plugs for swimmers and they work
> grate in the shower but even after I dry them as well as I possibly can when I
> take them out all of the water that's still  on them somehow all just goes in my
> ears. I know that you're not supposed to stick fingers or cuetips in your ears;
> so does anyone have any ideas as to what I might be able to do about this/how to
> prevent this from happening in the first place? This has been going on for
> awhile so  I don't think that I have an ear infection as my ears don't hurt and
> I'm not dizzy or anything; I absolutely hate going to the doctor and I'd really
> hate to go there and just waste their time if I don't have an ear infection (I
> know that they can flush your ears but since mine already feel like they've got
> water in them I really doubt that would make them feel any different). Look
> forward to hearing any thoughts that anyone may have!!
> Madison
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