Can you gain weight by rubbing oil on your skin?

heykatieben
heykatieben Posts: 398 Member
edited October 5 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
    What?
  • NA_Willie
    NA_Willie Posts: 340 Member
    What kind of freaky deeky stuff are you into?

    And I don't believe so.
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
    No
  • directorj
    directorj Posts: 537 Member
    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
    How much does the oil weigh? And do you have huge, absorbent pores?
  • carrie_eggo
    carrie_eggo Posts: 1,396 Member
    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: 2,286 Member
    hahah wtf? we're talking osmosis as opposed to ingestion?!
  • mrsvatitagain
    mrsvatitagain Posts: 275 Member
    What kind of freaky deeky stuff are you into?

    And I don't believe so.


    ROFL@freaky deeky!!
  • erzsebet_1560
    erzsebet_1560 Posts: 166
    It would have to absorb into your digestive track...so no.
  • SiltyPigeon
    SiltyPigeon Posts: 920 Member
    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
    No. No you can't. Next topic, please?
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    gimmie a few I will let you know
  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
    I'm pretty sure only those who follow the HCG diet believe this.
  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
    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
    The best absorbency is via the nipples so LUBE UP!
  • taylorromanyk
    taylorromanyk Posts: 62
    What kind of freaky deeky stuff are you into?

    And I don't believe so.
    Hahahah!
  • Toxictwist
    Toxictwist Posts: 274
    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
    I wish this were true . .l'd be hung like a pony!
  • Elisirmon
    Elisirmon Posts: 273 Member
    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
    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,
  • Elisirmon
    Elisirmon Posts: 273 Member
    Unless you doing the HCG diet.
  • Starlage
    Starlage Posts: 1,709 Member
    what does the digestive system have to do with rubbing oil on your skin?? Are you talking about rubbing oil on like chicken skin before cooking it and how your body digests it?
  • heykatieben
    heykatieben Posts: 398 Member
    lol - I mean, using it for moisturizing or facial stuff, etc, nothing crazy. Not a joke, but curious - I read that someone's face cleared up quite a bit by using olive oil. Thanks for the answers. :)
  • heykatieben
    heykatieben Posts: 398 Member
    No, sorry, I mean by directly rubbing it on your skin. I don't know how fat is stored, and so I didn't know what would happen to, say, coconut oil, if you used it to moisturize your hands.
  • DixiedoesMFP
    DixiedoesMFP Posts: 935 Member
    Ok, that makes much more sense! Anything applied via your skin could potentially be absorbed into your bloodstream, though I doubt rubbing a small amount of olive oil on your face would really do much. When medications are applied to the skin, the goal is to actually avoid the GI tract, so no, it won't cause weight gain like eating oil would.
  • Kolohe71
    Kolohe71 Posts: 613 Member
    Am I the only one who got a visual from "Silence of the Lambs" when you read this?

    "Thou places the lotion in the basket..."
  • heykatieben
    heykatieben Posts: 398 Member
    Thanks @dixiedavidson, interesting - that makes sense! :)
  • Kolohe71
    Kolohe71 Posts: 613 Member
    I wish this were true . .l'd be hung like a pony!
    :drinker: :laugh: :drinker: :laugh: Well played my friend!
  • RhondaRowsell
    RhondaRowsell Posts: 33 Member
    Unless your intestines are on the outside, no.
  • sexygenius
    sexygenius Posts: 1,078 Member
    so yes this seems like a silly question to most of you... but I remember back when I did the Dr.Bernstien diet (or something like that, I was like 12, and I dont recomend it) they limited the cosmetic products you used, like lip gloss,body lotion,facial cleanser, saying something to the effect of your body will asorb the sugars and fats in it through your skin.. so although the notion is a little crazy and doesnt really have merit, the question makes sense considering there are "health professionals" spewing out this info.. and why did do they spew out such sillyness? becuase they have thier own line of sugar and fat free cosmetics! (at least the clinic thing I went to did lol)
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