Can you gain weight by rubbing oil on your skin?

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heykatieben
heykatieben Posts: 398 Member
in Food and Nutrition
This might be a silly question, but it's really not clear to me. Is someone else more familiar with how the digestive system works, to answer this definitively? Thanks. :)
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  • DixiedoesMFP
    DixiedoesMFP Posts: 935 Member
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    What?
  • NA_Willie
    NA_Willie Posts: 340 Member
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    What kind of freaky deeky stuff are you into?

    And I don't believe so.
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
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    No
  • directorj
    directorj Posts: 537 Member
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    Yes you can gain the weight of the oil on your skin which is probably less than a gram. If you're talking about like 1lb I doubt it
  • bcampbell54
    bcampbell54 Posts: 932 Member
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    How much does the oil weigh? And do you have huge, absorbent pores?
  • carrie_eggo
    carrie_eggo Posts: 1,396 Member
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    This might be a silly question, but it's really not clear to me. Is someone else more familiar with how the digestive system works, to answer this definitively? Thanks. :)

    Is this a joke?
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,287 Member
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    hahah wtf? we're talking osmosis as opposed to ingestion?!
  • mrsvatitagain
    mrsvatitagain Posts: 275 Member
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    What kind of freaky deeky stuff are you into?

    And I don't believe so.


    ROFL@freaky deeky!!
  • erzsebet_1560
    erzsebet_1560 Posts: 166
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    It would have to absorb into your digestive track...so no.
  • SiltyPigeon
    SiltyPigeon Posts: 920 Member
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    I suppose, theoretically, if you rubbed ONE POUND of oil into your skin and your skin absorbed all that oil, you would then weigh ONE POUND more than before you rubbed it in. It wouldn't be fat, though, just the weight of the oil absorbed into your skin. I imagine it would be difficult to rub a whole POUND of oil into your skin, though.
  • LelliAmi
    LelliAmi Posts: 327 Member
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    No. No you can't. Next topic, please?
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
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    gimmie a few I will let you know
  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
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    I'm pretty sure only those who follow the HCG diet believe this.
  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
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    What kind of freaky deeky stuff are you into?

    And I don't believe so.

    I don't know but I want to watch.
  • quitmakingexcuses
    quitmakingexcuses Posts: 906 Member
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    The best absorbency is via the nipples so LUBE UP!
  • taylorromanyk
    taylorromanyk Posts: 62
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    What kind of freaky deeky stuff are you into?

    And I don't believe so.
    Hahahah!
  • Toxictwist
    Toxictwist Posts: 274
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    a friend of mine switched all of her lotions/shampoo's, make up, lip chaps, etc etc to oil free stuff.
    Don't know if anything changed after using them all.
  • keith0373
    keith0373 Posts: 2,154 Member
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    I wish this were true . .l'd be hung like a pony!
  • Elisirmon
    Elisirmon Posts: 273 Member
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    She is talking about olive oil and the nutritional value in it if applied to skin. Probably but it should be so small it shouldn't be applied to diet.
  • fiercewarrior1
    fiercewarrior1 Posts: 15
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    Uh.
    The answer is no.

    If you want a more technical answer: anything you apply topically (on your skin) actually hits your lungs, not your GI tract,

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