The dermatologist guide to a skin-friendly shower routine
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The morning shower is one of those things most of us have never really questioned. The alarm goes off, the water runs, and there you are, ready to start your day. Dr.
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The morning shower is one of those things most of us have never really questioned. The alarm goes off, the water runs, and there you are, ready to start your day. Dr. Aderonke Obayomi, a board-certified dermatologist and assistant professor at Mount Sinai in New York City, has a word for it: habit. “A full shower every single day is a habit, not a medical requirement,” she says, and once you understand it that way, the whole ritual starts to look a little different. For a lot of adults, every other day or a few times a week is genuinely enough for both hygiene and skin health. For some skin types, the daily routine might actually be working against the very barrier the skin depends on to stay resilient.
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