Eight Common Mistakes in Bathing
1. Bathing too often
Excessive bathing will destroy the beneficial bacteria on the skin surface and reduce the body's ability to resist foreign germs. In addition, frequent bathing and repeated washing of moisturizing oil will also destroy the balance of water and oil, resulting in dry skin. Therefore, it is recommended to take a bath at most once a day in hot weather and 1-3 times a week in cool weather.
2. Bathing time is too long
Hot water in the bath can cause great irritation to the skin. The longer you take a bath, the greater the damage to your skin. Experts suggest that the bath time should not exceed 20 minutes.
Use soap
Soap will destroy the original flora balance of the skin, thus reducing the body's resistance and increasing the risk of skin diseases. Experts suggest that it is best to use soap made of organic matter.
Rub soap all over your body.
The oil level of skin in different parts of human body is different. If you apply soap all over your body, the parts with less oil will become drier. It is recommended not to apply soap or shower gel to parts with less oil such as limbs.
Wash your face directly with water
The facial skin is tender, and the water directly rushes to the face, which will cause great stimulation to the facial skin, rupture the facial capillaries and make the face red, which is more likely to lead to facial allergies.
6. Don't clean the bath ball.
It is found that the bath ball is a hotbed of bacteria, and a bath ball may contain 7.2 billion bacteria. Therefore, after each bath, the bath ball should be taken out of the bathroom, dried in the sun and disinfected regularly.
7. The water quality is too hard
Hard water contains more calcium ions, which will aggravate the symptoms of skin eczema. Therefore, experts suggest installing water purification equipment at home or installing filters on shower heads to soften the water quality of bath water.
Use a rusty razor
Shavers left in the bathroom for a long time are prone to rust, and blunt razors can also cause great damage to the skin. Experts suggest that razors should be placed in a dry place at home, and then brought into the bathroom when taking a bath to avoid rust, or the rusty razors should be soaked in vinegar regularly to remove rust.
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Because the pores of the human body will expand rapidly after being exposed to hot water, cleaning the face first can prevent the pores of the face from entering too much dust and causing pore blockage. When cleaning your body, wash your limbs first to adapt to the temperature. Finally, wash your hair to avoid alternating hot and cold stimulation of brain blood circulation. In addition, after a hot shower, the scalp and hair will be fully wetted in water vapor, which will help clean the scalp.
Taking a bath like this relieves six kinds of discomfort.
1. Wash 30 minutes before meals to stimulate appetite.
People with poor appetite and loss of appetite can consciously take a bath 30 minutes before meals, stimulate the stomach with hot water, and then spray water around the chest with warm water after the body is warm, rest every 5 seconds 1 minute, and repeat 5 times.
2. Rinse the painful part to relieve the body pain.
For chronic muscle injury and stiffness caused by cold blood stasis, you can spray 40-degree hot water on the painful part for about 10 minute in the shower, and do stretching exercise while rushing, which can gradually get rid of blood stasis and promote blood circulation.
3. Taking a deep breath while taking a bath can relieve constipation.
Massage the abdomen clockwise with the palm of your hand, take a deep breath while the abdomen bulges, and focus on showering the abdomen, which can improve the circulation of qi and blood, strengthen blood circulation, relieve constipation and prevent hemorrhoids.
4. Hot water plus ginger to drive away the cold.
Many women and people with cold body often feel cold all over, and their hands and feet are easily cold and numb, even in summer. Such people can take more baths when they are free, and add ginger to hot water to promote blood circulation.
Rub your face to wash away fatigue.
After a hard day's work, wiping your face with hot water can better stimulate facial nerves. Under the dual effects of friction and water temperature, facial blood vessels are heated to expand, accelerate blood circulation and stretch facial muscles, which can promote metabolism and keep the face firm and rosy. Long-term persistence can prevent facial neuritis and vision loss.
6. Massage your feet to relieve fatigue and edema.
First, take a bath from toe to instep with 40-degree hot water, then wash the ankle and the center of the sole for 3 minutes, and then wash the same place with low-temperature cold water for about 10 second. At the same time, move while washing, and repeat several times to stimulate acupuncture points and dredge qi and blood.
When is it suitable for you to take a bath?
1. Suitable for people who take a bath in the morning.
People with oily skin. Experts believe that oil will accumulate at night, and taking a bath in the morning can clean pores well.
People who need to shave in the morning. For men, taking a bath in the morning can soften the beard and make shaving smoother.
People who sweat a lot at night. If you are sweating all night, it is great to take a bath in the morning.
2. People who are suitable for bathing at night
People who need to be calm and relaxed before going to bed. Bathing before going to bed can relax and help you sleep.
A person who wears makeup during the day. If you wear makeup during the day, it is particularly important to take a bath at night. The hot air and continuous water flow during bathing can better remove the residue.
People with dry skin. For eczema patients and people with dry skin, the nerves on the skin are relatively calm at night, and bathing at this time is the most appropriate.
People who exercise during the day. If you exercise regularly during the day or are in a very active state, you should take a bath at night and wash away the sweat stains thoroughly.
The bath water temperature determines the health care effect.
According to normal body temperature, the water temperature of bathing can be divided into three categories: hot bath, warm bath and cold bath, which play different roles in human body.
1. Hot water bath: about 38℃-40℃
You can try it with your hands before taking a shower. It feels a little hot. Its biggest function is to help clean the skin. Hot water bath can promote blood circulation and enhance metabolism, and has certain curative effect on neuralgia and rheumatoid arthritis.
2. Warm water bath: about 35℃
Try it with your hands. It feels a little hot. This is a temperature slightly higher than the skin temperature and slightly lower than the body temperature, which is very suitable for bathing. Generally speaking, warm water bath is advocated in summer. Warm water bath can calm nerves and reduce cardiovascular burden, and has a good effect on hypertension, neurasthenia, insomnia, skin itching and so on.
3. Cold water bath: about 20℃
Sticking to cold water bath can not only significantly increase the number of white blood cells, but also improve immunity; It also has the effects of promoting blood dilution and preventing thrombosis. In addition, cold water bath plays a certain role in exercising people's will, improving people's adaptability to external climate change, delaying the aging of tissues and organs and keeping skin healthy.