PERSONAL HYGIENE TIPS

We know how important personal hygiene is, as keeping our body, hands and hair clean can stop the spread of germs and illnesses.

Personal hygiene is defined by the practices you take to look after your physical health to avoid diseases by maintaining a certain level of personal cleanliness. It is a key element in our daily routines to live a healthy life.

But how do you know if you’re doing what’s necessary to keep a good hygiene?

Firstly, you need to ensure that you are addressing all the essential areas of hygiene in your daily routines. Habits like washing your hair, bathing, flossing and doing laundry may feel monotonous and boring, but they all come at a great expense if we decide to skip them; they are all essential to having proper personal care.

On top of these things, you should also ensure that you are using products that clean and protect you to minimize the chances of catching germs. A simple list of new practices can easily improve your personal hygiene. Continue reading to find out what these things entail:

1. SPARKLING HANDS

With our hands being one of the most used parts of our body, they are also very prone to catching bacteria that we can then easily pass into our system when we touch our face, food or other objects.
To avoid this, you should wash your hands with soap and water after using the toilet and after touching items in public places. If soap and water are not readily available, you can also use hand sanitizer to keep them protected against germs when you are on the go.

Pro-tip: Make sure to wash your hands before you eat or do any activity that requires touching your face, like putting face cream or your contact lenses on. To stay even cleaner, make sure to also wash your hands before using your personal items like your phone, tablet or laptop, jewelry, etc.; as these are items you use regularly during the day and also want to minimize their contact with germs. In addition, try to avoid touching public items as much as possible.

2. PROTECTED HAIR

Even though our scalp naturally has certain levels of bacteria, dandruff can easily alter the natural composition of this, leaving us with unbalanced levels of bacteria in our scalp.
In addition to that, when our hair is exposed to high-germ environments, it can catch additional external bacteria that is not native to the human scalp.

If you think about it, in most occasions, your hair is exposed to the exact same environment as your hands - so why not keep it clean, too? Your hair also needs to be protected. Dead skin, oil, sweat, dandruff, germs and bacteria can all accumulate in your hair; which is why it is important to wash it often.

Pro-Tip: Use Head & Shoulders Daily Protect Shampoo, which protects you from germs and bacteria.  Head & Shoulders Daily Protect leaves you 100% dandruff-free, rebalancing levels of bacteria in your scalp caused by dandruff, while also removing foreign bacteria* to keep your hair protected.

You can buy Head & Shoulders Daily Protect from your regular hypermarket, pharmacy, or online retailers.

3. CLEAN SHOWERING

Wash your body often to ensure you’re removing dirt, outside germs and dead skin. Even if you are not leaving your house, you should shower regularly because your body is naturally shedding skin, which may accumulate and cause illnesses.

Pro-tip: Take care of your Loofah. If you keep it in a wet and damp environment, it can hold on to germs and dead skin. Make sure to air your bathroom after a shower or even dry your Loofah outside. Don’t forget to replace the Loofah if it changes its color or starts smelling. You don’t want to pass on any new germs onto your body when you are showering – that’s the complete opposite to what you want when you are bathing!

4. NEAT CLOTHES

The clothes that you wear can also play a role in hygiene. Make sure that you are wearing clean clothes and washing those items exposed to dirt, germs or sweat with soap or laundry detergent before you wear them again.

Pro-tip: Instead of using a tumble dryer, dry your clothes in the sun. This will make your clothes feel cleaner and fresher and it will avoid shrinkage!

* Head & Shoulders Daily Protect removes 99.9% of representative bacteria, shampooing twice.