2006-07-18 05:25:59 · 26 answers · asked by MR_C_SAW 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Actually, most of it is blue.
In 2001, Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki of the University of Sydney, Australia undertook a systematic survey to determine the ins and outs of navel lint. His primary findings were as follows:
- Navel lint consists primarily of stray fibres from one's clothing, mixed with some dead skin cells and strands of body hair. The rotting cells can create unpleasant odors.
- Contrary to expectations, navel lint appears to migrate upwards from underwear rather than downwards from shirts or tops. The migration process is the result of the frictional drag of body hair on underwear, which drags stray fibres up into the navel.
Women experience less navel lint because of their finer and shorter body hairs. Conversely, older men experience it more because of their coarser and more numerous hairs.
- Navel lint's characteristic blue tint is due to the existence of blue fibres in most clothing.
- The existence of navel lint is entirely harmless, and requires no corrective action.
2006-07-18 05:28:00 · answer #1 · answered by effin drunk 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Belly button fluff is normally blue and tastes great with ketchup. If you have white belly button fluff it is a rare delicacy perhaps you could auction it on ebay.
2006-07-18 12:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the fluff tumbles about your bellybutton the color is slowly stripped away leaving the raw material of the fluff for you to remove the next time you clean it.
2006-07-18 12:29:24 · answer #3 · answered by boxing_fan_4_wlad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone knows belly button fluff is blue. You must be a weirdo!!!
2006-07-18 12:28:34 · answer #4 · answered by Galaxy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you belly button works as a washing machine and filters the material. There by leaving any material white regardless of its previous color.
J/K I haven no idea!
2006-07-18 12:28:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You dont get belly button fluff if you bathe regularly so go get a wash!!!
2006-07-18 13:09:05 · answer #6 · answered by Sharon 2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ewwwwwwwwwwww. I don't want to know about anyone's belly button fluff.
2006-07-18 12:28:15 · answer #7 · answered by monkersmom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not true. A college did a study on it, here are their findings:
Most fuzz is blue-red
Men get it more often than women
Over weight men are more likely to get it than anybody
It is most often caused by stomach hair snagging on the hair and pulling it towards the button.
2006-07-18 12:30:28 · answer #8 · answered by DutchApplePie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always thought of it as one of the worlds untapped, renewable resources.We should have collecting tubs from the council so it canbe picked up each week. I mean if the world pulled together on this, we could clothe...oh an entire village somewhere poor!
2006-07-18 12:32:40 · answer #9 · answered by Ade Babe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought belly button fluff was grey
2006-07-18 12:41:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋