Is it good to take a shower too frequently?

The weather is getting colder, and many people may develop the habit of taking a bath in winter. Some people even take a bath several times a day. However, some experts believe that too much bathing is not very good for the body. Some people will have some skin itching problems if they take too many baths in winter, and sometimes it will make the skin become drier, so let's analyze it below.

For most people who work in environments where sanitation is not very poor, daily showering during the dry winter months can easily disrupt normal skin structure. The outermost layer of human skin is the stratum corneum. The stratum corneum that falls off automatically and the dirt mixed with skin sweat will not be much. Washing this part every day can have a certain protective effect on the skin. If you bathe too frequently, the stratum corneum will be damaged and its function of protecting the skin will be lost. The moisture in the skin cells will evaporate more easily and the skin will become dry. According to traditional Chinese medicine, "dryness creates wind, and wind causes itching." "Wind" here refers to a cause of disease that wanders around in the body, causing itchy skin.

If the female genitals are cleaned too frequently, it will destroy the normal pH value (acidity). Under normal circumstances, the pH there is 4-5.5, which is weakly acidic. This acidic environment has a natural inhibitory effect on harmful bacteria and is also an environment for the survival of beneficial microorganisms. If you clean it too frequently, especially using some alkaline cleaning agents, shower gels or soaps, it is most undesirable and can easily destroy the natural protective barrier.

Therefore, in winter, try to control the number of times you take a bath, generally two to three times a week is enough. At the same time, you should also pay more attention to the water temperature when taking a bath. Too high water temperature may burn the skin, and in severe cases the itching will become more obvious. In winter, you should also drink more water before taking a bath. Taking a bath will cause the loss of moisture in the skin and cause dry skin.