Best Hygiene Practices for Incontinent Individuals

If you are incontinent and need diapers to manage the condition, there are some hygiene practices that you will definitely want to employ to not only remain in good health, but to keep from offending others around you and attracting unwanted attention. Information concerning these hygienic practices is as follows.

1. Keep your private areas shaved at all times. It is important that you keep your private areas shaved all the time because pubic hair not only will trap in some very nasty odors, it will also hold in bacteria that can cause some nasty infections. Not to mention, pubic hair will make cleaning yourself during your diaper changes all the more difficult because if you are bowel incontinent, your fecal matter will stick to your pubic hair, and you will have to work very hard to get it all out, and the ammonia from your urine will be trapped in, making it so you have to work harder to get rid of it in order for it not to cause skin breakdown. If you need to, shave yourself every day. Don't even allow stubble to appear. In order to shave very close to the skin so as to not have any stubble after shaving, it is advisable for you to wash with some sort of exfoliate soap because this will work the skin, enabling you to access the hair follicles more deeply.

2. Wash your privates regularly with soap and water. It is a good idea to bathe at least twice a day if you need diapers to manage incontinence because you will not only want to keep bacteria to a minimum, you do not want any offensive odors cropping up. If you are a busy individual and one bath daily is all you can muster, wash your private areas with soap and water three times a day. A mild soap works best because it will not irritate your private areas. Some examples of good mild soap are the baby bath soap or unscented soap.

3. Clean very thoroughly at each diaper change. When it comes to changing your diapers, do not do a rush job when cleaning yourself. You will need to clean very thoroughly. Thorough cleanings keeps the instances of infections down, as well as nasty and offensive odors.

4.Use baby powder. Using baby powder is awesome for keeping you smelling fresh. Not to mention, it keeps your privates from sweating, which keeps the instances of diaper rash down. Diaper rash is caused by moisture among other things, and the use of baby powder will keep this moisture to an all-time low.

If you employ all of these hygienic tips, nobody will know you are incontinent unless you make it known. What's more, you will not have to worry about any unwanted odor seeping out for others to smell.