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The Skin Diseases You Contract Not Washing

The diseases you contract not washing daily

By Lishone P.Published 2 years ago 4 min read
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Today Colin Powell died from complications due to COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. Both him, others fully vaccinated and even those not vaccinated have been dying of COVID and doing so despite mask mandates being required everywhere. To date, over 700,000 people have died.

Watch the news and they continue to scream that people need to wash their hands. According to the news, washing your hands even if you're vaccinated helps to prevent you from catching COVID-19. That's not the only thing people need to be washing. Washing your hands when you come in, taking off your sneakers or shoe wear at the door, brushing your teeth regularly and washing your body all help to minimize or avoid you contracting all sorts of diseases and not just COVID-19.

Not to long ago, the news and social media told stories of celebrities not washing themselves or their children. Celebrities abound such as Ice T's wife, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Ashton Kutcher and others, admitted to not washing their bodies until the smell becomes so offensive to either themselves or their children, or until they see dirt. Aside from this being absolutely disgusting, it is also terrible for your skin and body.

You sweat in some shape form or fashion on the daily. Your vagina, penis and butt sweats. If you're out and about throughout the day and find yourself rushing, you do end up sweating, even if it is not profusely. Now, you may not sweat to the point of stinking but you're sweating. Failure to wash that sweat or grime off of your body creates a risk of all sorts of dermatological conditions.

Skin infections are largely caused by the build-up of bacteria on the skin that doesn't get washed off because you're not showering or washing your hands. If you have a cut or some other injury to your skin and you're not washing, then you can get something called cellulitis. An open wound mixed with sweat and dirt can get infected and once it is infected, it is an open city for this and other diseases. Diseases that start on your skin and travel into your blood stream. Dirt doesn't need to be seen for it to be there. As a matter of fact, if you see dirt, your hands or body is extremely dirty and washing needs to be done immediately. Dirt is there and it is there whether you see it or not, just like the air you breathe. The air is there, you don't need to see it to know that. Same with dirt.

In addition, acne, eczema and psoriasis all get created from not washing your face and your body either regularly or not properly. Then there's plaque on the skin, dermatitis and the creation of hyperpigmentation. Hyperpigmentation can also occur when you don't wash off dead skin cells which stick to your body, changing your complexion.

When you don't wash your body, including your hands regularly or properly, you can experience acne-like side effects that are actually worse than acne. Bacteria mixed with sweat can cause staphylococcus auerus (staph bacteria) and certain types of yeast infections called pityrosporum and inflame your skin follicles that can appear as acne-like lesions on your face and body.

There's also athlete's foot which can come on by not washing regularly or properly. Your feet traps sweat and bacteria. Not washing your vagina, penis and behind regularly can also create the environment for sexually transmitted infections and skin infections down there. Washing right before sex, oral or otherwise is not enough. You need to wash your body daily to prevent these infectious breeding grounds. You need to wash both before and after sex to help prevent infection from making a home on your body.

So lack of washing any part of your body regularly can have all sorts of negative effects on your skin. While there may be all sorts of arguments about over showering and what it does to your skin, those effects can be cured with simple lotions and body butters. Skin infections cannot be easily cured. Don't put your health at risk. The above named infections are totally preventable and all it takes is soap and water daily.

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About the Creator

Lishone P.

I own a luxury-skincare company called Bruja Luxury. When I'm not creating luxurious body butters, body oils and soaps, I'm traveling.On here, I'll be writing about skincare and my travels.

www.brujaluxury.com

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