10 sats \ 14 replies \ @Natalia OP 5 Jan \ parent \ on: My Experience of Living in Turkiye under Soaring Inflation 🇹🇷 bitcoin
yes, medical care in istanbul is amazing, especially the dentists! I did my orthodontics treatment there, great value for money and had amazing results:) Also, many people come to do hair plantation ( many British ), and Middle Eastern women come here for nose jobs or other plastic surgeries.
normal skin care is great too, from a simple handmade olive soap, hamam (Turkish bath ), to rose water, I guess due to Turk's love for beauty and attention to details and living in a land full of accumulated wisdom from the past - many traditions ( or secrets ) are being passed down:)!
normal skin care is great too
I'm only saying this because I think you might possibly be receptive to it (most ppl aren't).
The best skincare is to not put anything on your skin. Our skin is best at caring for itself. It produces sebum and sweat which protects and moisturises the skin naturally (and with a feedback loop). If you put other things on the skin, or use soaps or detergents to 'clean it', then this interferes with or strips away the sebum coating. The only thing you should wash your skin with is water. (Of course, for hygiene reasons it's good to wash your hands with soap, but no other body part needs soap or detergents, including your hair).
This approach is called 'water only'. It leaves you with visibly glowing, vitally healthy and 'younger looking' skin. I've practised it for decades and have received compliments from intimate partners on how soft, smooth and 'young looking' my skin looks and feels. Also, no I don't smell bad (the conclusion that ppl often erroneously leap to). Bad body odour is usually a product of bad diet, sickness or other bodily imbalances.
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You've taken the time to write. I'm sceptical about your practice but I'll acknowledge that I've read this. If you have pure, fresh water and everything you eat is perfect then maybe this is true.
I take cold showers to prevent my pores from absorbing chemicals through the water or to minimize this. I agree that you will stink if you eat incorrectly. I used to use a fancy Dr. Bronners soap for about 30 years. It's good stuff. Now I just use regular soap that my wife gets.
I have practiced Pranayama, yoga breathing, for 35 years and my diet is mostly lacto-ova, pescatarian and vegetarian for 38 years. I live near the ocean so that's what my family has done for thousands of years. We live in a time now where food, healthcare, work and spiritual practice have been perverted by sorcerers who strive to extract wealth by harvesting humans.
Humans are a very special life form. We are divine beings. Maybe you can write a detailed post in the ~health territory about this subject?
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I have practiced Pranayama, yoga breathing, for 35 years and my diet is mostly lacto-ova, pescatarian and vegetarian for 38 years.
Maybe you can write a detailed post in the ~health territory about this subject?
maybe you should too - it seems to have many interesting stories and works behind:)
The only thing you should wash your skin with is water.
yes, I learned this from a lady before - randomly met someone in her 50s, but her skin was so great! then I asked what is the secret ? she told me she only uses water and rose water, then hair and body with olive oil soap.
Now I normally only use water to clean my face, use soap when ache happens ( but I stopped having aches now, quite interesting ) or when I feel like cleaning it; I use water or soap for for body, then moisturize it with jojoba oil.
Of course, for hygiene reasons it's good to wash your hands with soap, but no other body part needs soap or detergents, including your hair
this is fascinating! I've met someone who told me he only uses water to wash his hair, and his hair is not greasy at all; now I'm using soap and with AVC to soften it, it's working nice, but not sure how things work with water only. 😳
Happy to learn more skincare hacks:)
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now I normally only use water to clean my face, use soap when ache happen or I feel like cleaning it; body is water or soap sometimes, then moisturize it with jojoba oil.
Actually, this sounds like a pretty good regimen, especially if you're using the handmade olive oil soap you talked about above. Jojoba oil, as you probably already know, is one of the oils that has a makeup and properties closest to human sebum, so it's a good choice if you do still want to put an oil on your skin.
(I would still argue that your own sebum is better, as it's being produced by your own body uniquely for you, and thus has a makeup perfectly suited to moisturising and protecting your own skin. So best not to remove it in the first place. But I also don't mean to be too argumentative, so yes again, jojoba oil is an excellent choice if you do still want to use an oil.)
Also, if you're using the same handmade olive oil soap and (diluted) apple cider vinegar on your hair, that's a pretty good regimen too. I sometimes use a little diluted ACV on my hair too, but no soap or shampoo or conditioner. However, I only switched to doing this about five years ago (while I've been water only on my body for much longer). You do need to go through a transition phase, but once you come through that you can get to a really nice place with your hair. (The transition phase is where your body is readjusting its sebum production for your scalp; it has to learn to produce less, because previously it was producing more to compensate for it being regularly stripped away by detergents in shampoo.)
I might take up @Nuttall's kind suggestion to do a fuller post on this topic in the ~health territory. (Thanks to your kind zapping, I see I now have enough sats to do a post there.) I used to comment a lot in reddit's r/nopoo sub (and also set up a small wateronly sub there) but of course, have left reddit behind now.
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Actually, this sounds like a pretty good regimen, especially if you're using the handmade olive oil soap you talked about above. Jojoba oil, as you probably already know, is one of the oils that has a makeup and properties closest to human sebum, so it's a good choice if you do still want to put an oil on your skin.
yes - did quite some homework myself:))
So best not to remove it in the first place
I guess I would use only water more often then.
Also, if you're using the same handmade olive oil soap and (diluted) apple cider vinegar on your hair, that's a pretty good regimen too.
Yes, diluted apple cider vinegar! It makes my hair so much softer, and it cleans away the possible soap remaining too:)
You do need to go through a transition phase, but once you come through that, you can get to a really nice place with your hair.
Maybe I should test it this winter, not sure how long the transition phase will last, but isn't it a bit annoying with oily hair or even dandruff 👀
have left reddit behind now.
Good choice! SN is way more fun:) Looking forward to your post ⚡️
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The transition stage is certainly challenging, I'm not going to pretend it isn't. The 'worst' of it lasts for one to two months but it still takes some time after that to properly reset your scalp's sebum production. (But while your hair will definitely be 'oily' during this time, you shouldn't develop any dandruff problems.) The mindframe you need to be in (or what worked for me at least) is that the greater level of sebum on your hair during the transition phase is still good for it, and so your hair is getting something like an extended bath in a very good natural treatment. What also helps greatly is doing a lot of combing of your hair during this time. This works the sebum through your hair (and away from the scalp). I did a lot of combing during my transition. (You'll want to have some nice wooden or metal combs on hand.) Also, using diluted ACV helps during the transition too. Finally, seeing as you're living in Turkiye, you could wear a head scarf over your hair during the transition, to help with any possible feelings of embarrassment about your hair looking 'oily'.
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I did a lot of combing during my transition. (You'll want to have some nice wooden or metal combs on hand.)
do you know which one is the best for hair? I made one with horn before, and I can see how much dead skin or dust it collects!
you could wear a head scarf over your hair during the transition, to help with any possible feelings of embarrassment about your hair looking 'oily'.
oh good hack! I've collected some beautiful head scarves, and I'm getting a feeling that head scarves protect your hair too - Turkish mums always wear them and are so pretty with those beautiful oya. 🤩
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Wow, nice job with the homemade comb, it looks fantastic.
When I was doing all my combing during transition, it led me to ponder on how ancient combs are and how well valued they used to be (beautifully made ones often being found in burial tombs amongst other prized possessions). And now we can purchase such 'treasures' for not very much money (or make one ourselves, with our advanced tools).
I had some good quality metal combs to hand when I went through my transition, so I used those. Metal is very easy to clean, so that's a plus. But many in the nopoo community have a preference for wooden combs, partly for aesthetic reasons I feel. Wood will absorb some of the sebum and can be a bit more effort to clean, but still works well of course. I can't remember anyone talking about horn combs, but I'm sure yours would work well and might also be a bit easier to clean than a wooden one.
And yeah, nopoo made me rethink head scarves too. They're a great physical barrier way of keeping your hair clean (from dust and pollutants and such). I looked up oya (didn't know the word) and yeah wow, it looks beautiful. So you could have a lot of fun there.
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it led me to ponder on how ancient combs are and how well valued they used to be
same! Now I'm relearning how people in the past lived their lives, like what clothes they wore, what tools they used, and how they solved problems when they were sick, and if they didn't use certain things, then I would try to avoid using those, e.g., all skincare or many new inventions.
I actually got my eyes on a handcrafted wooden comb with mirror, so pretty 😂 but the thing I don't like about wooden products is they don't do well with water, and I like to carry the comb to Hamam with me ( Turkish baths ).
And yeah, nopoo made me rethink head scarves too. They're a great physical barrier way of keeping your hair clean (from dust and pollutants and such). I looked up oya (didn't know the word) and yeah wow, it looks beautiful. So you could have a lot of fun there.
Yes, also keeps you warm in the winter! And so handy when you are cooking too, so that the hair doesn't fall into the food:) I love Oya, it can even be added to clothes, something simple but adds so much beauty.