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?

  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
    191·
    6 months ago

    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. 🫠

    • recklessengagement@lemmy.world
      72·
      6 months ago

      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.

      • Ephera@lemmy.ml
        2·
        6 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.