Male Hygiene

Male hygiene often gets summed up into the need to shower and shave every day while also using deodorant, but there is much more to staying clean and healthy than just hitting the showers. Men sweat differently, and in different places, than women. Men also have more body hair that traps bacteria, dirt and odors. In fact, it is the bacteria built up on the skin and within hair follicles that smells, often of cheese, oddly, and not the sweat. Sweat does not have an odor.

Male hygiene factors greatly into your sexual health as well. Circumcision has been done on males in the west for nearly a century to prevent urinary tract infections and other diseases. Viruses and bacteria are easily trapped under the foreskin of the uncircumcised penis. New studies have recently shown a link between circumcision and reduced transmissions of HIV in third world countries. Yet, male hygiene is often easily regulated by changing and washing clothes daily as well as bed sheets on a regular schedule. All of these, including the rudimentary acts of showering at least once -- if not twice -- a day, rinsing with cold water and toweling off with a clean, dry towel are important factors in maintaining the hygiene of the male body.

No matter how many articles you read about business, fashion and sex, none of them will really change and improve your life unless you take care of the basics. Being a man also means paying attention to the special factors of male hygiene. Sure, showering every day, using the right soap, shampoo, and shave gels will keep your cleanliness in check, but you also have to take note of how you execute these basics steps.

Showering is one thing, but men have a bad habit of soaking themselves in hot water and barely toweling off before dressing. This results in your body becoming a breeding ground for bacteria that causes you to smell and stain your clothes. So, not only are you repulsive to women, but you’ve ruined your wardrobe. Instead, you should rinse yourself in cold water and dry your body completely, especially under your arms and around your groin where moisture is a foregone conclusion.

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