5 Things Your Partner Doesn't Like About Your Hygiene

Some details in the sphere of personal care and hygiene are decisive in determining the success of a date or a relationship.

When a potential partner approaches you for the first time, he or she notices some details that you might not notice.

These details have a significant impact on the other, so much so that they can make him approach or move away, since they cause a first image of you to form in his brain.

If the other person notices signs of neglect or poor hygiene, he or she may build an image of you as “dirty.” The first thought is that physical contact and, consequently, sexual contact with you would be unwelcome.

And the first impression that forms in the brain is difficult to shake.

Some elements in particular are decisive for the potential partner to lose the desire for close contact with you:

Long nails

Hands are an important tool because it is thanks to them that physical contact occurs in the first place. Often it is precisely from the hands that you begin to be considered on a sexual level. If the hands are neglected, and in particular the nails are long and dirty, this reduces the desire for contact in the other.

Dandruff

This is a disorder that many people suffer from that manifests itself with a flaking of the scalp. This condition can affect the impact that the other has of you: the white flakes that form can be very visible, especially if you have dark hair. They can also create a "snow effect", therefore falling, settling on the shoulders of your shirt.

Tartar between teeth

This is a condition that is easily detected by the eye. Smiling is one of the first forms of emotional contact, it transmits good humor and predisposes the other to a positive mental state. Tartar between the teeth evokes the idea of ​​dirty and poorly cared for teeth.

Hair on the back and shoulders.

Male hair removal is still a debated issue: if on the one hand, a hairy man evokes an idea of ​​wild and natural, on the other, a man with a smooth and hairless body reflects the canon of modern beauty. Although there is no shared opinion, there is unanimous agreement on the idea that the back is preferred smooth. In fact, hairy backs and shoulders lead the potential partner to wonder what could be unwelcome in the most intimate and "hidden" parts.

Bad body and breath odor

The odor that the body emanates is related to many factors, such as diet, sweating, hygiene. This has a significant impact on sexuality: it can create immediate reactions of sexual attraction or repulsion, since the olfactory system is linked to automatic unconscious reactions.

Having good breath and a clean-smelling body can therefore influence the other person's mental predisposition towards you already at a preconscious level.

Even the smell of the house, and in particular of the bedroom, is a factor to take into consideration: if not properly ventilated, it can create a feeling of discomfort in the other and trigger the immediate desire to escape to a more comfortable place.

Dr. Giulia Burigo
Psychologist and Psychotherapist