Here’s why bathing with loofah every day may not be a good idea
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Loofah is a shower scrub with a sponge like texture that is paired with liquid soaps for
a cleaning of the skin, especially surface area stains.
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Some people are so used to loofahs that they cannot imagine taking a bath without them. But, is
using one every single time you shower a good idea? It does not seem so.
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According to Dr Aarthi, a consultant dermatologist, dermatosurgeon and aesthetic dermatologist,
a loofah can cause bacterial, fungal and pigmentation problems.
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She took to Instagram to explain that while it “scrubs dirt and dead skin cells off your body”, they
can “get trapped in [a loofah’s] delicate weave”.
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“Every time the loofah gets wet and does not dry properly, the trapped organisms grow due to
the moisture,” the expert explained in a long caption.
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“The coarse feeling of the loofah fibers may be too much and can damage skin over time, and
cause permanent pigmentation, [which] is irreversible and difficult to treat,” she warned.
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