I believe that many southern friends have heard that northerners can take a bath every 3-7 days, which is unimaginable for us who "shower" once a day, we will feel that the behavior is very unhygienic and unclean, and we can't help but think about why northern friends can endure so long to take a bath? How often should we take a shower? Should it really be washed every day?
We all know that anyone who doesn't bathe all the time can get dirty and smelly. This stench comes from bacteria and dead skin. As you wash your skin, dead skin will float to the surface and peel off into small pieces. If you don't wash it, it will start mixing with the oils on your skin and come together. After 1 year, as more and more dirt accumulates, these dead pieces of skin will begin to fester, and at the same time your body will be covered with acne and the smell will be more unpleasant.
In fact, one of the places where dead skin accumulates the most in our daily lives is the top of the head, which is what we all know as dandruff. Dandruff can make your head itchy and dry. If you don't wash your hair for 1 year, it will be very itchy and dry.
These dirty things in your hair and body skin will make you more likely to get sick. So bathing is not only for hygiene, but also for the sake of our physical health.
In general, experts recommend that we should take a bath every 2-3 days if we can. Some people's jobs, hobbies, or lifestyles make them dirtier than the average person at the end of the day and need to take more showers.
Then why can northern friends endure so long to take 1 bath? First of all, we southerners take a bath to wash off the oil and sweat on the body, while the northerners are mainly to remove dead skin, because the weather in the north is cold and dry, basically no sweat, but low temperature will slow down their body metabolism, making the dead skin pile more and more. In fact, dead skin is also a protective barrier for the skin, so there is no need to wash it every day, otherwise it will cause skin sensitivity, itching and so on. Therefore, it is no problem for northerners to take a bath every 3-7 days, and it will not affect their health.
So in general, we don't have to take a shower once a day, as long as you can find a frequency that is enough to keep your body clean and healthy. Can you tolerate taking a shower up to 1 bath for a few days? Comment to tell me!