Are We Too Squeaky Clean for Our Own Good?
Maybe showering regularly isn't the best health practice
7 min readAug 4, 2023
Emerging science on hygiene with input from dermatologists, microbiologists, allergists, immunologists, and Amish people.
I've always been compulsive about hand-washing, even pre-Covid. It's not so much about all the stuff I'm touching throughout the day but rather the…