Start showering with the hottest water temp that you can tolerate, at the highest flow pressure possible.
- Heat not only helps kill bacteria, but it also loosens up all the oils on your skin that dirt and microbes cling on. Add this with some gnarly water pressure, you're basically powerwashing the hell out of your body. If you can tolerate saunas or getting punched in the face, you can deal with hot water. Don't be pussy and crank that heat up homie!
Scrub, scrub, and scrub with quality soap
- Scrubbing vigorously removes the nasties on your skin. Hospitals instruct all their employees to do this. Scrubbing is THAT effective and important to clean up. Loofahs or washcloths are optional. Your bare hands can produce enough friction to mechanically loosen dirt and germs as long as you put some work into it. Scrub for a few minutes, and not a few seconds!
Wash your hair!
- The girls who blew you off with this line back in the day were on to something. Wash your hair with shampoo and make sure you get some suds on to your scalp. You need to wash off all that oil where germs are lurking. Sure, this could lead to dry hair, but would you rather get staph instead? Think about it, Hansel.
Slowly drop the water temperature as you rinse
- Once you get a few minutes of scrubbing in hot water done, you can start cooling things down a bit if you want. This is a welcome treat especially during the summer months.
Always pay extra attention to how your shower. It's the last thing that stands between you and a potential infection. Can I get an Oss?
Oss!
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