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.
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.