“This manifests itself through itching and inflammatory nodules.”
Vast subject. Questions about showering are regularly raised. Should we wash every day? Only every other day? Twice a day in summer? What should we wash with? Soap? Shower gel? And where to start?
Regarding frequency, dermatologists are clear: there is no need to wash your entire body every day, but rather to do targeted cleansing of the private parts, armpits and feet.These areas contain apocrine glands that secrete sweat which tends to be more odorous“, she continues. On the other hand, you don’t necessarily need to clean your back, chest, stomach, arms and legs with soap every time unless of course you have been exercising or sweating a lot. A full-body soaping can be done every other day or even every third day.
In absolute terms, there is no particular order defined medically, even if it is rather recommended to start with the upper body and therefore to wash the neck, shoulders, bust then to go down to the legs and feet. This order is valid if you take a body shower. But if you want to wash your hair during your shower, it is another part that must be washed first.I recommend starting with the hair before the body”said Dr. Cindy Wassef, assistant professor at the Center for Dermatology at Rutgers University’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, in an interview with the magazine. Health.
“It’s simple: many shampoos and conditioners contain ingredients that are very nourishing for the hair, but much too rich and aggressive for the body. (foaming surfactants such as sodium lauryl sulfate or cocamidopropyl betaine, editor’s note) and which can, with the flow of water, touch the skin of the body and cause acne outbreaks and folliculitis”, which corresponds to an inflammation of the hair follicles causing itching and inflammatory nodules (small red spots). Washing your body after shampooing therefore helps to eliminate a good part of these irritating residues.
As for the products used, it is better to opt for lotions and cleansing creams rather than using drying soaps and stripping gels from supermarkets. And for the dry skinswashing oils rather than highly emulsifying soaps.