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Can you use baby shampoo everywhere on your body?

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Dr. Thomas Riney answered

Yes: Soaps are quite similar chemically and they all do the same thing which is encapsulate dirt so that it can be washed off the body or hair in the rinse cycle of bathing.

Dr Villaplana agreed

Answered 2/21/2013

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