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SunWuKung420 posted...

I avoid SLS, an extreme soft tissue/skin irritant present in most liquid soaps/shampoos and toothpaste. Capsaicin, which is typically only consumed, is much safer, has health benefits and not rubbed on your genitals, gums and the largest organ of the body.

Did... did you really just say that something you eat doesn't get rubbed on your gums? And that capsaicin isn't an extreme irritant?

Yes, SDS (which is also SLS) is an irritant. Virtually all detergents are (including even the most natural soaps you can find), simply by virtue of being amphipathic. Like literally everything with any sort of toxicity, though, the degree to which you experience that irritation depends entirely on dosage. Rubbing pure SDS on your skin is going to be a major problem. So is rubbing pure capsaicin on your skin (that's basically what pepper spray is). Rubbing a small amount of SDS on your skin and rinsing it off once it's done its job and dissolved the non-polar compounds you're trying to clean off, however, is going to be pretty harmless, much like eating capsaicin in the quantities you find it in most foods. It's all about dosage.

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