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Episode: A good shower is a simple shower, no matter what influencers recommend
Description: You may be seeing elaborate shower cleansing routines on social media: daily exfoliation, double cleansing, antibacterial soap, loads of scented body scrubs and shower oils. "I'm kind of appalled by the shower routines," said Dr. Olga Bunimovich, a practicing dermatologist and assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
The multistep processes that have inspired people to spend endless amounts of time sudsing up can harm your skinβand the environment. Dermatologists say it's all mostly unnecessary. "Your skin is a barrier," said Dr. Nicole Negbenebor, a dermatologic surgeon at the University of Iowa Health Care. "It's one of the biggest ba...