So, the theory is. As well as excreting waste products the kidneys also filter out excess water-soluble vitamins and minerals that are in abundance in the body. This means that your pee is power packed full of all kinds of good biz which, in theory, should be nourishing and hydrating for the skin. And, added bonus of the skin recognising the urine as being from your own body and accepting it as itself, instead of having an adverse reaction as can be the case with many commercial skin products. So with all of this in mind I decided to wash my face with my own urine for three weeks. First piss, mid stream (as this is the most mineral rich of the pisses) every day.
I’m the first to admit that I’ve got pretty good skin. I akin that partly to my genes, but also to the face washing routine that my mother instilled deeply into my system since she started noticing I had blackheads at age eleven. Ever since though I have been on the quest for the ultimate natural facial product, and then thought that maybe my own wee may just be the answer. This is what lead me to my experiment. Washing my face with only water for two weeks, and then with my own urine for three. And the conclusion? It actually didn’t seem to make any flipping difference. I began taking photos of my face weekly before I realised that my skin was no better or worse than when I had been washing my face with just water. I still got pimples, I still had dark bags under my eyes.
But, reader, hear this. The reason that I was so convinced by urine power was because a few months prior I had this messed up psoriasis on the side of my nose. It was dry, itchy, painful and wouldn’t go away no matter what I smeared on it (eucalyptus, apple cider vinegar, coconut oil to name a few). A lover at the time suggested first piss mid stream directly to the rash. And I swear in three days it was gone!
Then also after my pee to face test I realised that I had a single ringworm (which is a fungus, not a parasite mind you) on my ankle. I figured “Hell! Why not try the pee thing again”. And yes, within a week the dryness and redness had gone right down and it had stopped itching.
My conclusions (which are really not based on any science at all*) is that you probably don’t need to wash your face every day with your own pee, but that washing your face every day with water appears to be surprisingly more effective than you’d think. I suppose cause you’re just washing all the crap out of your pores. Although, when your skin is really flipping out on you it apparently really loves a bit of your own piss. First piss, midstream.
*I only did this for three weeks. Doing it for longer with controlled conditions would probably have different results.