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The average person will spend about 2 years of their life showering and washing themselves,
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but what would happen if you decided to take some of your life back and stop showering all together?
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Many people actually shower too much- while a daily rinse is fine, you can make do with
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a scrub of your armpits, groin and feet and save a full-body scrubdown for every other
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or even every three days.
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That's because your body naturally builds up a defensive layer against infection called
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the stratum corneum.
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This is a layer of dead skin cells bound together by fat cells called lipids that acts as a
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shield against bacteria and infections for the new skin being grown underneath.
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When you shower with too hot water, or scrub too often, you strip this layer away and leave
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your skin unprotected which can lead to infections or dry, itchy skin.
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But what happens when you don't shower at all?
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Well, the first thing you and likely all your friends will notice is that you'll start
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to smell pretty bad.
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While we commonly assume this is because of sweat, it turns out sweat is actually odorless-
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the smell instead comes from bacteria that absolutely thrive in sweat and rapidly multiply
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out of control, releasing the pungent aroma of bad B.O.
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The second thing you'll likely notice when you stop showering is an explosion of acne
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across your face and body.
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Throughout your day your skin is constantly secreting oils to help keep itself moisturized.
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When you stop washing that oil can get backed up in your pores and cause blockages.
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Dirt and other grime can also become stuck in all that oil and further block your pores,
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sending you straight back to your pimply-faced high school days.
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But some people are naturally resistant to acne, and report their faces actually clearing
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up when they stop showering.
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Though they may not suffer from increased acne, their dead skin cells, normally removed
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by regular washing, would also begin to clump, glued together by oils secreted by the body.
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These oils would also trap dirt and other pollutants, creating large patches of dead
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skin which would gradually turn darker and eventually become infected with fungus and bacteria.
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This could lead to the development of warty growths and leave you vulnerable to infections.
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Whether you shower daily or not though, your body is always covered in bacteria and fungus-
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the average person has about 1,000 different types of bacteria and 80 funguses growing on them at any time.
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These are mostly beneficial to us though, helping to crowd out bad bacteria/fungus,
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and creating antimicrobial secretions that protect us from infections.
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But if you stop washing they can start to grow completely out of control, and eventually
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enter the eyes, mouth, nose or ears, causing everything from internal infections to diarrhea.
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Everyone has skipped a shower or two, and though 2 years of your life may seem like
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a lot of time wasted just cleaning yourself- trust us, it's worth it.
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While it's ok, and even beneficial to limit how often you do a full-body scrubdown, not
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cleaning yourself at all is not just bad for your friends, but can be potentially really bad for your health too!
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You don't want to be the smelly kid at school, but you definitely don't want to be the
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sick one stuck in bed either!
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