Hello everyone! I'm 18 and I'd like to start off by saying I'm a very clean person and take a shower or a bath almost every day. I've noticed something strange about myself and I don't know if it's something I should worry about or if I'm using the wrong soap or doing something wrong.
Every now and then I take baking soda baths as it helps with skin issues and it can also help with PH balance. In all honesty I never know how to tell if you have bad PH? I kinda just occasionally take baking soda baths. I also use Native body wash. When I clean myself I always make sure to be very thoroughly but never was the inside as our organs self clean themselves.
My issue is that after I get out of the shower or bath and use a towel to dry off I noticed a kind of smell on the towel??? But only right on the towel if that makes sense. The only way you smell it is if you're right on the towel. I never smell myself just sitting or standing and I never smell it on my underwear after a day of work. It's only after I get out the tub and use a towel. I usually use a new towel with everything wash as well. It's not a fish smell but it's not a "normal" smell either???
Even when I'm around my boyfriend he never notices anything and says I smell normal and don't stink. I usually forget about this problem until I take a bath and smell the towel. I think it only happens after baking soda baths but I'm not completely sure of that would be the cause???
I have no idea but usually after I "air dry" it goes away.
I lost likely worded this very oddly but this is a rather uncomfortable topic and I don't live with my mother right now and don't have anybody to really go to and ask this so I'd appreciate some help or advice.
Sorry if this as a weird question or a question that makes others uncomfortable.
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