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With this heat, I find an idea of a safe and temp-regulated bath-bed tempting. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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But I'm sure a daily 8hr sleep in water isn't something our bodies are ready for. What are probable effects? Can we mitigate them?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A few months ago, I bought some fake/vegan leather shoes and they didn't quite fit. So, I figured, I'd try the old leather shoe trick, where you fill them with water, put them on and let them dry+shrink to fit your feet.

And it actually kind of worked. But I had decided to just leave them on for basically the rest of the day. And that wasn't a great idea.

My foot soles had soaked with water and gotten wrinkles that carved about a centimeter deep. Even after taking the shoes off, I was in pain for a few hours. It felt like the soaked skin was constantly pulling on my flesh, because their shapes didn't fit together anymore.

So, yeah, I imagine, the same would happen, if you bathed for 8 hours. You could somewhat mitigate it, by covering your whole body in vaseline or some other form of fat.
I guess, you could also try bathing in rapeseed oil or such directly...? I'm not actually recommending this, though. 🫠

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd imagine the effect was exasperated due to the pressure your feet are under when walking, whereas in a bath the weight is distributed and you're mostly buoyant. Its probably fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I actually didn't do much walking in them. It was a lazy Sunday afternoon/evening, with me mostly seated in an armchair and my legs put up, so the wet shoes didn't soak my furniture.

Personally, I even thought a bit of pressure might have stopped my skin from bloating quite as much.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago

Willingly giving yourself trench foot is wild