Benefits of showering everyday

Dr. Jared Ross is a shower fanatic. The temperature where he lives in Charleston, S.C., recently reached the steamy triple-digits—and he coped by hopping under a nice, cool deluge of water four times a day.

Even when it’s milder outside, showering is “the first thing I do when I wake up, and the last thing I do before I get into my PJs at night,” says Ross, 39, an emergency medicine physician.

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He also jumps in after working out or swimming in a pool or the ocean. “There’s a certain zen and relaxation to taking a shower,” he says. “And a sense of being clean that’s refreshing and therapeutic, especially if I'm going to throw on fresh clothing.”

Ross makes it a point to shower quickly—3 to 5 minutes typically does the trick—so he doesn’t waste water.

But what about the health effects? We asked dermatologists if there’s such a thing as showering too much—or too little.

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