They say, old habits die hard. That's absolutely true. "Once a paranoid, always a paranoid" - this is also very true.
I was used to handwashing my undies. When I first came here, my husband told me to just put everything in the washer and it will take care of everything for me. It sure did of course, but until I noticed I was too uncomfortable wearing my undies. I had no idea, was it just me? Or did the machine not clean my stuff very well that I thought I was feeling itchy down there. From then on, I went back to handwashing my undies.
Detergent soap here in America, majority of them that I tried, do not bubble! It is too uncomfortable handwashing your stuff using a liquid detergent that you feel doesn't clean your stuff anyway. For some time I thought I could use a Tide, so my husband bought me a box of Tide (which by the way is expensive here) and I had my last powder last month and it was then that I started using the below liquid detergent:
... and sweet lord, thus this nightmare.
In a place where health insurance is a must, and that which I unfortunately waived from paying out of ignorance, I am suffering right now for the terrible itchiness and I've been shedding for almost three weeks now. Sure I couldn't do anything but use gloves every time I use strong detergents, and just patiently applying my mother in law's prescription ointment.
Grossing out.
