Scientists have recommended not to regularly use a hot shower and not to force children to take a bath more than once a week. Frequent exposure to soap and hot water on human skin adversely affects health – the experts ‘ opinion on the matter was published the magazine Playboy.
Daily to wash the body with soap harmful, this habit deprives your skin of protective lipid film, which makes it prone to dryness, flaking and itching. As for the hot shower, it is, ironically, dehydrates the skin.
“The higher the water temperature, the more intense the human skin loses its natural moisture, which is also unhealthy figure,” – noted scientific experts.
It is especially dangerous to abuse the showers now in the season of infections that threaten the strength of immunity. Scientists said that the human body itself generates a microflora which is needed, while daily showers are not allow to do this. Thereby constantly washing disrupts the functions of natural protective systems of the body.
“Daily trips to the shower wash away the beneficial bacteria that maintain the human immune system,” – said the researchers.
Dermatologists advise not washing in hot and warm water, do not take a shower longer than three minutes and be sure to use an after wash moisturizer for the skin. Children 6 to 11 years old taking a bath should be once or twice a week, otherwise the immune system could suffer. Under this statement was signed by the American Academy of dermatology.
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