Tween boy hygiene question

[iwrbnd]

Tag fairy? Where are you??

That would be funny, wouldn't it?

 

[LuvOrlando]

My DS is 12 and although I've been buying him the trendy Hollister deodorant line all winter (Balboa & Manhattan Beach) I discovered it wasn't cutting it for the warmer more active springtime. Apparently Hollister doesn't test on young guys who play Lacrosse, Basketball, bike-ride, skateboard, jump on trampolines and play air-soft.

So I went out and looked and noticed Old Spice has a new trendy line of antiperspirant and deodorant called the 'Fresh Collection'. I picked him up one called Denali and one called Cyprus because they both smell like upscale colognes to me. He loves them both and so far I am not noticing the unpleasant side effects of a quitter deodorant

For cologne it seems that Jake from Hollister is pretty popular and is going strong with his friends.

For face wash I require DS to shower every night and that's about as much as I can get out of him, even then my DH often has to play the heavy. The other day I picked him up some Stridex sensitive pads for his forehead. I considered Seabreeze as a daily rinse but realized the likelihood he'd use it is about as high as the likelihood he'd wash his hands in school

I hope someday my future daughter in law will appreciate all the work that is going into this wonderful, stubborn, sometimes bewildering person I say bewildering because I simply do not get why young guys this age seem to think washing is optional, LOL!

 

[NotUrsula]

Just getting my youngest DS in the shower is a trick. I did end up buying him dandruff shampoo, because he has terrible dandruff. It does help when he uses it. My other DS uses Suave Green Apple shampoo, and either they use the bar of Ivory soap or the Lever soap, but as soon as I run out, I'm buying something a little more gentle on skin, they both have sensitive skin. I usually watch for sales on men's deodorant - they like the gel.

With young teen boys, the dandruff is often caused by their washing technique, especially if they have thick hair. They tend to use too much shampoo and just slap it on the surface of the hair, then duck under the water for about 5 seconds without scrubbing. When you do that it doesn't rinse out properly, and you get monster dandruff from the shampoo residue. I ended up threatening mine with a buzz cut if he didn't start rinsing properly, and it worked like a charm; suddenly no more dandruff.

BTW, when I met my DH he had dandruff issues, and always used a dandruff shampoo. When our relationship progressed I found out why: he was washing his hair with a washcloth! He had picked up the habit from his dad (who always wore a buzz cut), and had no clue that it wasn't effective on his own much longer and very thick hair. Once I got him to ditch the washcloth technique and use his fingers, the dandruff disappeared overnight.

 

[Anna114]

With young teen boys, the dandruff is often caused by their washing technique, especially if they have thick hair. They tend to use too much shampoo and just slap it on the surface of the hair, then duck under the water for about 5 seconds without scrubbing. When you do that it doesn't rinse out properly, and you get monster dandruff from the shampoo residue. I ended up threatening mine with a buzz cut if he didn't start rinsing properly, and it worked like a charm; suddenly no more dandruff.

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Another problem with the washing of hair (that gives the appearance of dandruff) is using too much soap and not rinsing throughly. The head gets itchy and flakes erupt. My 14 yo had that problem, he has very thick Irish hair. A little more rinsing and his problem was done.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Both my DS and a friend's DS got really bad dandruff from using one of those man scented body wash products that is supposed to also be good for the hair. Head & Shoulders did the trick and after I banned it as shampoo it never came back. Pert is just fine.

 

[disfan07]

we had to ban axe form my house when my brother was a teenager.

He would use it upstairs but it was soooooo strong that it made the entire house smeel (including the basement) and it woul dcause me to have an asthma attack so it was not allowed in our house and it could not be worn by anyone in our house (including his friends.....I'm that sensitive to it)

 

[Sleepy]

we had to ban axe form my house when my brother was a teenager.

He would use it upstairs but it was soooooo strong that it made the entire house smeel (including the basement) and it woul dcause me to have an asthma attack so it was not allowed in our house and it could not be worn by anyone in our house (including his friends.....I'm that sensitive to it)

My rule is to go outside to spray Axe.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Tween boy hygiene

Isn't that an oxymoron?