I’ve had hemorrhoids for like 25 years, so I’ve always been very discerning about my toilet paper.

this entire time, I’ve been using whatever toilet paper I have found to be the softest as facial tissue, to blow my nose, as well. my reasoning being, if this stuff is gentle enough for my hemorrhoids, of course it’s going to be gentle enough for repeated use on my upper lip.

then, a friend turns me on to one of those new “with lotion” facial tissues (my bathroom tissue always has aloe in it) and wouldn’t you know it, my upper lip finds it to be softer than the toilet paper. but, when I try using it as toilet paper, my anus doesn’t find it to be less irritating than the toilet paper.

why do my butthole and my upper lip think that different things are softer? is it just chemistry?

  • @[email protected]English
    2•2 months ago

    So it’s not sheer quantity of nerves but it’s also the different types? Cool.

    And the nose has a lower standard for “move across” and injury?

    I wanna see your TP tier list. I have a bidet at home, but I also have weird/random allergies that give me diarrhea so if I’m eating random stuff outside, and poop more than twice a day, I have real bad time.

    Thanks for the post. This is the kind of niche shit I love.

    • southsamurai
      1•2 months ago

      Yup, there’s multiple sensory nerve endings.

      Iirc, the nose is high in pain/injury receptors, motion, and temperature, but low on pressure. Mind you, that’s relative. It’s still one of the more sensitive spots on the entire body, even regarding pressure.

      My top TP is charmin. A lifetime of IBS has proven the brand’s (regardless of which version) ability to clean up with the least amount of friction, and less of the roll being used, and it is the least irritating to my skin there overall.

      Scott comfort plus is right behind charmin.

      They comes cottonelle, which is pretty similar across their product line. Not a lot of variation in comfort levels there.

      Anything else, I just can’t handle for long. Like, here and there, I can make do, but my parts won’t be happy about it.

      I’m with you, bidet all the way at home.