[BlindTlk] visually impaired people not caring about personal hygiene..

[Jude DaShiell]

I have eczema and got that from my mother.  For that reason, I do shower
but not every day.  Showering every day using these hygiene products
aggravates the eczema.  Once a week for me is reasonable and that's
usually when I shave.  I try to keep in clean clotheing though and will
change that when it's time.
I don't usually go out all that frequently since I'm in an intermediate
care retirement program and we have scheduled outings and doctor's
appointments to go to regularly.

We do have a sizeable segment of the population with involvements in
illegal drugs and eventually police and court involvements and that
segment may well have poor hygiene standards.
Usually when that happens scratch a little under the surface and you'll
find people have gone through or are going through some rough times in
their lives or in process of recovering from them.
Our employment demographics would tend to point at many not taking good
care of hygiene after having got degrees and remaining unable to find
employment though.


--
 Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
 "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
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 Please use in that order."
 Ed Howdershelt 1940.

On Thu, 28 Dec 2023, Margaret Ricciardi via BlindTlk wrote:

> Not true for me. I worked for 38 years and was always concerned about how I dressed. We did have a  couple of sighted co workers who didn't care about how they looked or having good hygiene. When I first retired, there were days where I didn't get dressed especially if the weather was bad. I do have a dog to take care of, so, once I found things to do like yoga, volunteering at our local cat shelter, going to our local senior center and knitting at my friend's house, that all changed. I always took showers even though I didn't have anywhere to go.
> Peggy and Dixie Marie.
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> > On Dec 28, 2023, at 1:59 PM, Sherry Gomes via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > That is certainly not true about me, not any of the blind people I know or have known over the years. My mom taught me to match colors, to bathe/shower and to care how I look, for my own sake. I worked for six years at a store in an upscale chain which would never had hired someone who couldn't have good hygiene, dress well, do makeup and so forth. It's also important health wise to keep clean and have good hygiene. It's important for mental health too and self-respect.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Madison Martin via BlindTlk
> > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2023 9:49 AM
> > To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> > Cc: Madison Martin <madison.martin2000 at outlook.com>
> > Subject: [BlindTlk] visually impaired people not caring about personal hygine..
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I was complaining to a sighted family friend about how my parents bugging me about showering etc. and she said that from what she's heard it's common for visually impaired people to not care about their appearance; is this true? I don't want any greef/judgement only an answer to my question; I have very oily hair but I've been known to go more then a week without showering simply because I hardly ever go anywhere and so I really don't care what I look like/if I smell. Look forward to your answers, Madison
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