{"id":14671,"date":"2026-04-19T14:18:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14671"},"modified":"2026-04-19T14:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:18:58","slug":"how-bathing-too-often-can-harm-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14671","title":{"rendered":"How Bathing Too Often Can Harm Your Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bathing should refresh you\u2014not harm your skin. Washing too often, especially with hot water or harsh soaps, strips natural oils, leading to dryness, irritation, and a weakened skin barrier. It can also disrupt beneficial bacteria that help protect against infections.<\/p>\n<p>For older adults or sensitive skin, gentler habits matter: use mild, fragrance-free cleansers, keep water warm (not hot), and take shorter showers. Daily bathing isn\u2019t always needed\u2014every 2\u20133 days is often enough. Finish with a moisturizer to keep skin soft and protected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bathing should refresh you\u2014not harm your skin. Washing too often, especially with hot water or harsh soaps, strips natural oils, leading to dryness, irritation, and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=14671\" title=\"How Bathing Too Often Can Harm Your Health\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14673,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14671\/revisions\/14673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}