One journalist fromTheAtlanticstopped showering for one month just to see what would happen and everything was surprisingly fine.
Chances are you don’t question your showering habits all that much.
Otherwise, there’s no point," and they both admitted to having a low-commitment relationship with soap.
It’s giving itchy."
What happens if you just, well, stop?
The idea: Your body can actually manage its little skin ecosystem if you stop messing with it.
Shouldn’t we give the same attention to the bacteriaoutsideof our body too?
That was Hamblin’s theory.
So he slowly stopped using any soaps or moisturizers and even stopped using deodorant.
He says he didn’t smell bad but, rather, smelled like an actual human being.
When you shower aggressively, you kill off these camps of good bugs.
“Because, evolutionarily, why would we be so disgusting that we need constant cleaning?
And constant moisturizing and/or de-oiling?
Hamblin and the celebs on #TeamShowerLess are truly onto something.
(You’re going to wantthese hairstylist-approved tipsfor weaning yourself off the shampoo.)
