You may be seeing elaborate shower cleansing routines on social media: daily exfoliation, double cleansing, antibacterial soap, loads of scented body scrubs and shower oils.
“I’m kind of appalled by the shower routines,” said Dr. Olga Bunimovich, a practicing dermatologist and assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
The multistep processes that have inspired people to spend endless amounts of time sudsing up can harm your skin — and the environment. Dermatologists say it’s all mostly unnecessary.
If I go for a swim in the morning I’m pretty sure a shower for that day is redundant
Hmmm… you must have acess to pools without 5 year olds.
I feel bad for the people around you.
Would that not depend on where they swim? If it’s a private pool or the ocean (saline solution) they should be good to go, no? I used to have access to both many many years ago and would forego a shower if I had done either.
No, you need soap to remove the bacteria that make you stink, unless you’re lucky genetically.
Hmm, 2 decades of it and I was just ducky. Guess I am anecdotal.
Showers are more than contact with water. Soap/cleansers help remove surface bacteria that water contact alone cannot. Also if you are rubbing your crack in a pool to clean that up then nobody else wants to swim there. You are supposed to shower before getting in a pool for a reason.