Bad Shower Habits For Your Health

A shower is so much more than just a way to clean ourselves. A shower
is a morning wake up call, a natural stress relief, an aroma therapy, a
bed time story…

However, the skin is the biggest organ in our body. And skin is
directly affected by the shower. And through skin many other things can
directly affect other organs and metabolitical processes.

Here are some things to think about the next time you take a shower.

Take contrasted showers – once you’re done with the whole shower
process, turn on the shower to its fullest. This way, the full shower
pressure will directly influence your body pressure, making it even out.

Bathing every single day

The skin creates a surface layer needed for our body to protest
itself from outer bacteria and other influences, such as the UV rays.
Washing off that layer on a daily bases with all the chemical
ingredients, just to smell good, is not such a good idea. We’re not
suggesting not to shower every day – just make sure you don’t rub
yourself on a daily bases and rinse off with just pure water without any
shower gels.

Shower after workout

It’s a natural demand from your body! You want to wash off that smell
and sticky sweat, and release the tension from the muscles after a
workout. However, don’t cool the body after a workout, taking long walks
home, dinner or similar. Make sure to take a shower as soon as possible
after the workout, even at the gym if they have one.

Regularly clean the head of the shower

Bacteria and desalination are typical for shower surfaces. Make sure
you clean your shower and the shower head at least twice a week.

Never wrap a towel around your hair after showering

Though this is something you see in magazines and TV, it’s not a
healthy habit. Wet hair tends to fall off more and the natural oil the
scalp produces are scrubbed off with the towel, making your hair look
dry and with no volume.

Don’t leave the razor in the shower

We all shave off some hair which is not supposed to be there while
showering. However, always take the razor out of the shower because
moist makes the iron of the razor to corrode way faster than usual.

The soap dish always has to be dry

Never forget to close the soap right after finishing it, and take out
the extra fluids the soap made from time to time. Extra moist is always
a perfect place for bacteria and fungus to develop, and you definitely
don’t want them in your clean shower place.

Clean the bathtub

If you still have a bathtub instead of a shower, it demands more work
for cleaning it. The material the bathtub is made from tends to get
bacteria and dirt way more than the tiles in the shower. Always make
sure you scrub the bathtub at least twice a week with a scrubbing
brush.

Don’t leave the sponge wet

Like we said, wet grounds are suitable for fungus and bacteria to
develop, and you definitely don’t want that on your sponge, the thing
you want to wash off bacteria and dirt from your body with instead of
just applying more of them on yourself, right?

Always wash and scrub your feet thoroughly

Yes, you’re very tired after the long day or the exhausting workout,
and extra bending down is sometimes the last thing on your mind. But
don’t forget that the feet and the places between your fingers are the
things that collected most of the bacteria through the day. The point of
the shower is getting yourself clean, not just smelling good, right?

Don’t ignore your feet

How often do you scrub the bottom of your feet? Yes, that’s a serious
question. The bottoms of your feet are just as capable of collecting
germs and bacteria as any other part of your skin, maybe even more so.

But so few people think about them that they often go ignored and
create problems like stinky shoes, athlete’s foot, obstinate toe fungus,
and more.

Do this instead: take an extra minute to scrub the
bottoms of your feet! It’s as simple as that. We’re not sure how much
more we can elaborate on the subject.