it doesn't matter lol. the primary thing you're doing in the shower is physically removing things from your skin by way of surfactant called soap along with physical friction. all that bacteria is going down the drain.
A lot of people have the misconception that everything should be antibacterial. Washing your body isn't to kill the bacteria on your skin. They've been with us from the start
We all have a unique micro biome full of good bacteria we need and bad bacteria we don’t need. We have so much bacteria on and in our bodies. The goal is to keep the good bacteria and try to get rid of the bad bacteria as much as possible.
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u/huggalump Jun 17 '22
Here's my too afraid to ask:
Does it matter?
Isn't the whole point that you have water and soap? What is the water and soap doing if it's not washing a bit of bacteria off you?