10 Bathroom Habits That Could Be Wrecking Your Health

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In an average bathroom, there are 3.2 million bacteria in the toilet bowl alone. For bad habits, even without knowing what we’re doing, we can spread all those germs everywhere. As a result, we may have acne skin or stomach discomfort.

1. Shaving your bikini area

Having hair in our bikini area is normal. We produce first of all pheromones that attract the opposite sex. First, they’re defending you from foreign bacteria.

Also, we can damage the skin a lot if we shave there.

What we need to do:

  • if you like your skin to be completely clean, use special women’s shaving equipment for intimate grooming, such as a woman’s razor and shaving cream. Because the skin is very sensitive, soap is not the best solution.
  • There are better ways, such as waxing, to get rid of hair down there. If you are interested in alternative waxing techniques, do not go to a professional on your own.

2. Using a loofah

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It’s only good to use a loofah when it’s new. It scrubs off your dead skin cells that get into and stay in the sponge. Usually, you leave the loofah in the bathroom when you’re done with washing and scrubbing. This is the perfect time to grow bacteria.

After washing, bacteria keep growing every time you leave your loofah. So the dirt gets back on your body when you use it the next time.

What you need to do:

  • more often replace it.
  • Let it dry and in the bathroom do not leave it.
  • Using reusable products, such as washcloths.
  • Do not use a loofah, but twice a week exfoliate your skin.

3. Missing some spots when washing your body in the shower

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Only when it’s dry, the skin is safe from bacteria and acne. And it ought to be completely clean. The area in the shower that we most frequently miss washing is the neck, the head, the bottom of your feet, and behind your eyes.

What you need to do: get these pieces with special brushes that will remind you that you can’t skip washing them.

4. Leaving your toothbrush on the counter

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The bathroom isn’t home’s cleanest place, and it’s best not to even think how many bacteria are living there. No one wants to attack their toothbrushes with germs, and there are plenty of counters in the bathrooms near a toilet, making it a danger zone.

What you need to do:

  • find a safe place away from the toilet to keep your toothbrush.
  • Replace your every 3 months your toothbrush.

5. Taking gadgets into the bathroom

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Around 90% of people take their phones into the bathroom. Yes, we’re cleaning our hands, but after a while on the toilet, we’re not cleaning our phones. After that, during lunch, we could take our phones and put them on a table.

What you need to do:

keep a game in there if you’re lonely in the bathroom. It might be a Rubik’s Cube, for example, but even then, don’t forget to wash it.

6. Using a towel for your face

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Even if you have a special face towel, it can still be really dangerous for people with skin problems in particular. Each time you clean your face with the same towel and then leave it wet. This creates the perfect atmosphere for bacteria to grow.

What you need to do: use towels that can be disposed of. It will save your skin and you won’t need more towels to wash.

7. Leaving wet towels hanging in the bathroom

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Moisture and bacteria make the towel the worst place to keep. Hanging it thereafter just taking a shower and drying yourself off is not a very good idea.

What you need to do:

  • take your wet towel with you and hang it in a cool, fresh spot, so it won’t spoil your next shower with a damp towel’s bad smell.
  • After bathing, change your towel every time.

8. Sitting on the toilet longer than 15 minutes

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Yes, we end up reading a book sometimes, playing games, or just sitting on the toilet for too long. This is unhealthy, according to researchers, because haemorrhoids that can lead to bleeding can be produced by extra pressure on those veins.

What you need to do:

  • only when there is a clear need to use your bathroom.
  • It’s better not to take with you any gadgets or books so you don’t forget the time, especially if you have haemorrhoids.

9. Flushing the toilet while the lid is up

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Flushing a toilet is combined with small particles of waste and sprays into the air as you flush a toilet with an open lid. Germs will gain access to your towel, shower, and even toothbrush.

What you have to do:

make it a habit of closing the lid. If you’re all time forgetting about it, make a sticker to remember.

10. Putting your hair on top of your head as you shampoo

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If you find that it gets tangled even after using a conditioner when combing your hair, you may not wash it properly. Pay attention to whether after shampooing you are stacking your wet hair on top of your head.

What you need to do:

  • leaving your hair in whatever way it falls naturally is the best way to shampoo it.
  • But not the rest of your hair, massage your scalp.

Have you found any useful information on your own? What other bad bathroom habits, without understanding that they are bad for us, could we practice? Please submit your comments below!

Illustrated by Igor Polushin

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