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Hey, everybody, it's Marielle.
I have a loaded question for you.
Are you team Lufa or team washcloth or team bare hands?
That's me.
Do you wash your legs in the shower?
I don't know if you remember, there was a huge Internet debate about that.
Are you a bath person or a shower person?
I am personally a bath person, although my family shuns me for this.
But I absolutely love a bath.
I take a bath every single day.
Doctor Michelle Henry is a dermatologist and skin cancer surgeon based in Manhattan, and she's here to talk to us about the surprisingly controversial subject of bathinge.
She says, practically speaking, of course, bathing is a way to cleanse your skin of dirt, oil and debris and lower your risk of disease.
But exactly how to go about that task, that's a bit murkier.
Hygiene is just such a funny thing.
If you ask a mom of a toddler, hygiene is getting off the visible dirt that she can see.
If you ask a microbiologist, it's about getting away the bacteria, right?
So it's such a nuanced conversation.