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About Skin
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Skin Hygiene Definition: via Oxford Dictionary "conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness".
Skin Hygiene: Wrestling, MMA and martial arts are contact sports, so skin hygiene and resulting skin health should be a priority. In these environments, passing skin infections such as ringworm, impetigo, and staph infections is extremely easy, so extra care should be taken to ensure proper hygiene. All of these skin infections are extremely contagious and you could infect an entire practice room. The big question is How to Prevent Skin Infections?
Skin Hygiene for gyms, yoga, camping and other athletes: Gyms, health clubs, sports equipment are also hotbeds germs where DERMAFENSE Wipes come in handy.
According to Dr. Greg Cohen, "Gyms have long been hothouses for unwanted viruses, fungi and bacteria, a result of shared equipment, excessive sweat and moisture in locker rooms. Many facilities provide disinfectant so clients can wipe down machinery, but they are often less diligent when it comes to exercise mats. It’s common to see staff members clean a stationary bike. It’s rare to see them disinfect a mat.
Additionally, Dr. Ellen Marmur, who runs the division of dermatologic surgery at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan, said she has seen more bacterial infections in the last year and a half in “young women who mentioned they did yoga and Pilates," and for whom she had ruled out other risk factors for dermatitis or dry, itchy skin. Dirty exercise mats were most likely to blame, Dr. Marmur said.
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