[Royal Wulff]

Excessive bathing damages the stratum corneum. "The purpose of the stratum corneum is to form a barrier to protect underlying tissue from infection, dehydration, chemicals and mechanical stress." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratum_corneum

[ottbmare]

Excessive bathing damages the stratum corneum. "The purpose of the stratum corneum is to form a barrier to protect underlying tissue from infection, dehydration, chemicals and mechanical stress." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratum_corneum

Somehow, my stratum corneum has managed to survive many years of daily or even twice-daily showers and baths without noticeable problems. The same fragrant, healthy situation obtains with every woman I know.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

While this is true, a good question is often “How much is too much?”

What comes to mind are people with psoriasis. While believed to be an autoimmune problem, resulting in too much skin growing too fast, it is often set off just in localized areas, large and small, where there has been skin damage.

So, for example, this raises the direct question, “How does bathing, and too frequent bathing, relate to it?”