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A good shower is a simple shower, no matter what influencers recommend (apnews.com)

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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.

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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago

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.