NewDelhi Nov 30 : Showering is one of the essential daily activities of everyone’s life. Taking a daily shower would ensure your hygiene side.While you have been coming across an awareness of curb wasting water, what if you skip showering? Or what happens to your body when you stop showering? Well, you might obviously know that skipping a shower would affect your hygiene. But there are other ill-effects which you did not know as it might affect right from your immune system to smell. So, here are some of the ill effects of skipping a shower that you might have experienced in your body.
AWFUL BODY ODOUR: While you are sweating, it is not your sweat that has a bad odor but the presence of bacteria and germs do so. The worst thing is that you do not get to feel the bad smell as it has been clinging to your body for a longer period. But the people surrounding you would frown at you.
INFECTS THE GROIN AREA: When it comes to skipping a shower, your groin area is at higher risk. It would not only make the area smell awful but also paves the way to yeast infection and makes it worse further. The dirt and bacteria present in it would give you an itchy sensation and offers discomfort when you are out in public.
SKIN ISSUES: When you stop showering or skip showering for days, your body would be prone to skin issues which would get worsen eventually. Days go by, you would start to scratch your skin as bacteria and dirt start to evolve. As a gift, you would get both itching and scratching which would put your skin health at risk and trouble you with several skin issues.
EXCESSIVE DEAD SKIN: It is when you take your daily shower, the dead skin cells on the surface of the skin would be flushed out. It would thus pave the way for the regeneration of the new ones. When you stop showering, the dead skin cells would start to accumulate. Imagine the worse that it would be stored all over your body. You would definitely do not want it to happen for you.
PRONE TO INFECTIONS: Aforementioned, the accumulation of bacteria and germs would start to evolve when you stop showering. Your body would be in contact with several germs and bacteria as you might be using your mobile phones, door handles, and toilet seats in hotels. This is beyond a nightmare since the germs and bacteria would emerge and enter your body in various ways. This would lead to unexpected infections such as the common cold and Hepatitis A as well. While washing your hands is essential, showering is equally important as washing your hands does.