Does caffeine soap actually work?

[LordJezo]

Saw it over at ThinkGeek. Does this stuff actually work?

 

[Viper GTS]

No great loss if it doesn't.

Viper GTS

 

[StageLeft]

I'm gonna say no.

 

[T3C]

Probably not

 

[BeauJangles]

It's a joke, there is no way that actually works.

 

[mrlayance]

It would work the same as if you rubbed coffee on yourself

 

[amnesiac]

It works great on sweaty gay men.

 

[isaacmacdonald]

umm... isn't it supposed to be the same as "the patch"? In this case, caffeine should be absorbed by your pores instead of nicotine.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

They're trying to get smelly geeks to use soap.


... you know who they are. They're the ones that stay up until 4AM on IRC channels.

 

[NogginBoink]

Many drugs can be absorbed through the skin.

A quick Google search on "caffiene skin absorption" led me to a few hits that make me believe that it can be absorbed through the skin.

However, this just seems like a bad idea to me. With no way to control dosage, this soap just sounds like a recipe for health problems.

 

[glugglug]

The amount of caffeine per "serving" in that soap is 4x that of Mountain Dew.

It will work if you eat it...