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Dwayne Johnsonis not here for the latest celebrity trend.
TheJungle Cruisestar, 49, recently chimed in on the current showering discourse after celebs likeAshton Kutcher,Kristen Bell, andJake Gyllenhaalrevealed that they don’t feel the need to bathe every day.
“Nope, I’mthe opposite of a ‘not washing themselves’ celeb,” Johnson wrote Friday on Twitter. “Shower (cold) when I roll outta bed to get my day rollin'. Shower (warm) after my workout before work. Shower (hot) after I get home from work. Face wash, body wash, exfoliate and I sing (off key) in the shower.”
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The bathing debate began last month when Kutcher, 43, and wifeMila Kunisappeared on palDax Shepard’sArmchair Expertpodcast. “Now, here’s the thing: If youcan see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there’s no point,” Kutcher said of daughter Wyatt Isabelle, 6½, and son Dimitri Portwood, 4½.
“When I had children, I also didn’t wash them every day. I wasn’t that parent that bathed my newborns — ever,” Kunis, 37, added.
Shepard, 46, later appeared onThe Viewwith wife Bell, 41, where they admitted that they also subscribe to the “waiting for the stink” method with their daughters Lincoln, 8, and Delta, 6½.
“I’ma big fan of waiting for the stink. Once you catch a whiff, that’s biology’s way of letting you know you need to clean it up. There’s a red flag,” Bell said. “Honestly, it’s just bacteria; once you get bacteria you gotta be like, ‘Get in the tub or the shower.’ So I don’t hate what [Kunis and Kutcher] are doing. I wait for the stink.”
Although Gyllenhaal, 40, doesn’t have any kids of his own, he recently admitted that he sometimes goes without bathing himself, but he still believes in oral hygiene. “More and more Ifind bathing to be less necessary, at times,” he toldVanity Fair. “I do believe, because Elvis Costello is wonderful, that good manners and bad breath get you nowhere. So I do [brush my teeth].”
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“I do also think that there’s a whole world of not bathing that is also really helpful for skin maintenance, and we naturally clean ourselves,” Gyllenhaal added.
Although many have responded in disgust to this growing trend of showering less, a study from Harvard Health Publishing finds that daily bathingis unnecessary and can even be harmful. In addition to leaving skin dry and irritated, frequent bathing can cause infections and kill off “normal bacteria.”
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“While there is no ideal frequency, experts suggest that showering several times per week is plenty for most people (unless you are grimy, sweaty, or have other reasons to shower more often),” the study concludes. “Short showers (lasting three or four minutes) with a focus on the armpits and groin may suffice.”
source: people.com
