Do I need to bin everything I used on my face before I knew I was COVID +?

[Alloutofglove]

Day 2. Only tested because my lat flows had a PCR included to cross check their efficacy.

Do I need to bin all the make up and skincare I used before I knew I had it?

Might sound daft, I'm a bit stunned and overwhelmed

Why would you do that?

Why would you?

No. Make a cup of tea and sit down.

I'd just burn your house down to get rid of any traces of the virus that's already inside your own body

YES!!!

And all of your clothes!!!! Burn them....burn them all!!!!!

And I'll be around shortly to get your car keys because you shouldn't keep that either!!!!

For goodness sake...no, you don't need to bin everything you used on your face before you knew you were Covid+

Now, as you were

I binned a lip balm if used before I knew I was positive but I wouldn’t go any further than that.
Don’t go down the rabbit hole of thinking this way, it’s not necessary!

One of the more fortunate things about this bloody virus is that it's a bit rubbish at passing itself on via objects. If you haven't touched your make up stuff for a few days there's no chance it can infect anyone else.

@Cstring

I binned a lip balm if used before I knew I was positive but I wouldn’t go any further than that. Don’t go down the rabbit hole of thinking this way, it’s not necessary!

Why??? Wipe the top of the lip balm (if it was like a lipstick) in a tissue and move on. So wasteful.

Wtf? No! Do you usually suffer with health anxiety?

Yeah, you're right, that's daft.

@HelloDulling

No. Make a cup of tea and sit down.

This.

Why make up? What's the link with covid?

Just when I think sanity is returning.

You cannot catch Covid from yourself. Really, you can't.

If you are regularly sharing makeup with other household members then stop doing that.

Sorry, my response was not very helpful. The virus needs a host body to survive and replicate so any virus that is outside the body and on a surface, incl your makeup, will just die. So even if there had been any virus on your makeup, which is very unlikely, it will just die naturally and not be able to reinfect you. No need to throw anything.

What on Earth has made you think you would need to do this? I am really confused.

are you thinking that the virus can somehow survive on/in the makeup & then re-infect you at some point in the future? Effectively re-infecting yourself with a virus that miraculously survives on a surface for 2/3/4 weeks? That's really not going to happen

Same goes for the lip balm!

Unless you're sharing makeup with someone else, in which case you need to stop that because - grim.

Why on earth would you think you needed to?
There has never been advice to bin everything you've touched.

This can't be real.

Say what now?

No!

Why would you though?

@HelloDulling

No. Make a cup of tea and sit down.

This

As the others have said, no, you don't need to do that

What they said ^^ (except the lip balm poster)