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How do you tell a friend they have bad Hygiene?

My friend has bad hygiene, she doesnt brush her teeth or bathe reguarly and its obvious..she smells like b.o. and her hair is so oily and caked with dandruff she has dandruff in her eyebrows and eyelashes,and you can smell the oil in her hair..shes my friend and i love ehr but im affraid of hurting her feelings

Update:

its so bad no one wants to hang with her..and whats worse is she wore a really short sleeved shirt and when she raised her arm she had a lot of hair on her pits ok this may sound mean but it looked ,like she ahd a fro on her pits

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Maybe you could give her a gift basket with stuff like razors and soap and perfume and lot's of fun feminine bath products instead of actually telling her she smell's bad. Say that you thought it smelled wonderful and you decided to get it for her. Hope I helped!

    Source(s): Being a girl! :)
  • xaxorm
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Sit her down and be straight with her, and maybe even give her a make-over. But she may not care, in which case, don't let her drag you down. Just being close to her may be making you repellent to others as well. Or she may be making you seem even better in comparison.

    IMO, the hairy pits are OK, but the B.O and dandruff is not cool.

  • 4 years ago

    this may be a confusing concern yet may be accomplished. you will be able to desire to take a seat her down and enable her be attentive to that considering the fact which you care, you will be able to desire to convey some thing to her interest and basically enable her be attentive to. If she gets harm basically clarify which you're her BF and you do unlike seeing her like this and that it would not look stable. She might get mad yet that's common, interior the top it's going to make a distinction.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Ask your friend if she's having problems and feeling a bit down lately. When she asks why you think that tell her she hasn't been looking herself lately and seems to have let herself go a bit. A little white lie and some diplomacy may help. Good luck.

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  • 1 decade ago

    I would seek out her sister/husband/parents etc (depending on the circumstances) & sort of gently mention to it & see their reaction. Maybe they could give you inside information like, perhaps she is suffering from depression, or perhaps the whole family is like this.

    Good luck.

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