5 Common Personal Hygiene Mistakes You Need To Avoid
1. Not changing sheets, towels enough
You might need to change your bed sheets and towel more often as most of your body comes into direct and prolonged contact. Towels are only good for three uses before it is in need of some cleaning itself.
Bed sheets, on the other hand, are influenced by different factors such as how often you have sex on those sheets or the number of people or pets who use the bed. But according to experts, bed sheets should ideally be changed once a week.
2. Only brushing your teeth
Oral hygiene routine is not only brushing your teeth alone. You should not skip scraping your tongue as well. You may develop bad breath due to the bacteria residing in your mouth which produce sulfur compounds.
"Most of the bacteria that causes tooth decay and gum disease lives in ‘hard to get to’ areas between the teeth. The only way to physically remove this plaque from between the teeth is to floss," said Edmund Hewlett from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry.
3. Wearing shoes without socks
"On average your feet will sweat half a pint a day; that's a lot to be pouring out straight into your shoe without it being absorbed by a sock," said Emma Stevenson from the College of Podiatry, England. He advised placing dry tea bags in your shoes overnight to absorb any leftover sweat. People may also be prone to developing blisters and fungal infections when wearing shoes without socks.
4. Not cleaning your makeup brushes
You may become more prone to acne breakouts, infections, or blemishes if you don't clean your makeup brushes more often. What's even worse is if you also share your makeup brushes with your friends as it can lead to staph infections, pink eye, and other problems.
5. Using Q-Tips to remove ear wax
Inserting cotton swabs (or anything of similar size and structure) inside your ears is not really an advisable thing to do. These products can damage the canal or the eardrum which will increase your risk of temporary or permanent hearing loss.