The benefits and harms of soap

Soap - what is this common item of everyday toilet, but how much do you know about it? But he, like other hygiene and beauty products, has its own useful and harmful properties. Here we will tell you about them, as well as give advice on how to choose the right soap.

Soap types

The main types of soaps include:

• Toilet soap.
• Antibacterial soap.
• Tar soap.
• Laundry soap.
• Intimate soap.
• Liquid soap.
• Handmade soap.

Soap benefits

First of all, this is the final, purification. No newfangled product can cleanse like the most common bar of soap. It is impossible to talk about the benefits in general, because such qualities are obtained due to the presence of certain components in the detergent composition.

• glycerin is responsible for high-quality hydration;
• the presence of honey makes the skin velvety and tender;
• fir promotes rapid regeneration and helps wounds to heal, prevents acne;
• chamomile soothes and prevents the skin from drying;
• extracts of St. John's wort, pine and eucalyptus have an antiseptic effect.

This list can be continued for a long time, because how many ingredients, so many different benefits. However, it will only be beneficial if the soap contains natural extracts rather than simple fragrances. And this is applicable in the bulk of cases to handmade soap, mass-produced products, unfortunately, are stuffed with chemicals.

Special attention should be paid to laundry soap, which is often ignored by everyone, and yet it is capable of a lot. Let's take a look at some facts:

• Even surgeons admit that laundry soap can be used in place of gloves. To do this, you need to soap your hands and let dry. In this case, even through the resulting cuts, the chances of infection are very small.
• To prevent the appearance of irritation after epilation, you need to lather the treated area and everything will go smoothly.
• To disinfect a toothbrush, wash it generously with laundry soap at night.
• A beginning runny nose can be prevented. To do this, the sinuses need to be slightly treated with an aqueous solution of laundry soap. At first, it may tingle a little, but 2-3 such procedures and you will forget about a cold for a long time.
• Laundry soap will also help get rid of cracked heels and corns. To do this, dissolve a large spoonful of grated laundry soap and a small spoonful of soda in two liters of water. Beat all this well and carry out baths for 15 minutes.
• So that after a bruise a bruise does not appear, you need to immediately lubricate the affected area with laundry soap.
• The surest remedy for hair loss is laundry soap. To do this, it is enough to wash their hair once or twice a week.

It has a lot of advantages and it is difficult to list everything. However, there is no doubt that it is very useful.

Soap harm

Until a certain time, the concept of the harm of soap did not attach any importance, but what really there, people generally could not imagine that this harmless piece could do something bad. All this propaganda became very popular at the end of the 20th century, when Yuri Lozovsky published a scientific article in which he spoke in black and white about the dangers of soap.

His work began to be strongly criticized, but the professors were never convinced. All of his assurances are based on the soap's ability to wash away the fat layer, which serves to protect the skin from bacteria. But judge for yourself, does anyone say that soap is the only way to care for the body and that moisturizing is strictly prohibited? No, the task of the soap is to cleanse the skin, to remove the layer of sebum, on which there are bacteria that "adhered" during the day. After washing with soap, the old, already removed layer of fatty layer is replaced, and the skin begins to develop a new protective barrier. This can be compared to replacing the filter in the unit. Yes, sometimes they are simply washed under water, but the moment comes when this filter needs to be replaced with a new one. Therefore, it cannot be said that the soap itself is harmful, on the contrary, such a quality of it is more likely to be beneficial.

The only thing worth protecting from is the frequent use of soap. You cannot be zealous with it, so as not to dry the skin. One evening wash will be enough.

The real harm can be represented by the constituents of the soap, or rather the dyes and fragrances of the detergent. Here they are just what can cause irritation and allergic reactions. To avoid such an unpleasant phenomenon, especially if there is a tendency to such reactions, it is better to choose the children's version of the detergent. The composition of baby soaps is one of the most natural, and some types are made without fragrances. This soap is not harmful. The same can be said about laundry and tar soap.

How to choose soap

There is no specific list of rules that would allow you to buy quality soap. But there are several recommendations that will help you make the right choice.

• It is worth giving up buying antibacterial soap. The fact is that its basic principle of operation is similar to how classic soap works. However, it is the antibacterial species that creates resistant bacteria on the body.
• According to experts, choosing between liquid and solid soap, it is better to give preference to liquid. The explanation is simple - there is no contact of hands with soap. It's hard to believe it, but when soap comes into contact with hands, all bacteria from the latter switch to soap and successfully live and multiply there.
• As for the flavors, there are no requirements as such. The experts left it to the consumer to decide, since there are no special criteria in this area.