Quote from: tac on March 14, 2016, 12:09:52 PM
What no handi-wipes?

They claim they can filter odors, in the link below, but to strictly answer your question....

QuoteSo how do you keep up your personal hygiene in space? The answer is simple: sponge baths. Astronauts and cosmonauts wash with wet towels and sponges. This sounds a lot more uncomfortable than it really is. They actually prefer this method to the tedious shower procedure. Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who, during a 437-day stay in space, used wet towels for personal hygiene, reported that his skin was even better after the flight than before.

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ESA_Health_Care_Network/Weightless_washcloths_and_floating_showers

Quote from: quiller on March 14, 2016, 02:42:01 PM
They claim they can filter odors, in the link below, but to strictly answer your question....

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ESA_Health_Care_Network/Weightless_washcloths_and_floating_showers

Yep. We can thank Nasa or well our desire to explore space for the development of the waterless bathing systems that are out there today.

I had to use one after my bypass for a bit so I would't get water into the gaping hold I had cut out of my middle section.

I'd gotten septic from a hospital acquired MRSA infection. When that happened after my surgery, they had to cut a piece out of me, about the size of a fist.

Around my initial incision site.

Long story short, because of that I couldn't shower for about two weeks, and had to use this waterless stuff that you wipe on, sort of like a real foamy lotion or shaving cream, and then simply wipe off with a dry towel.

No water at all. But they claim it cleans ya.

Fwiw, to me, after using this system for a while, my skin was softer, more pliable etc...

But my hair was like straw...so I guess it's a trade off.

Nice skin, but shitty hair with these systems. LOL