Bacteria sprays instead of daily showering?

Instead of showering a bacterial spray?

The "Motherdirt" spray should replace the shower. The bacterial spray will hit the market this year, and the live bacteria cultures mimic the mud baths of the animals. But experts are critical. Should such a spray actually reduce daily washing or even make it unnecessary?

Sweat odor despite spray?

Subjects, however, reported that they smelled of sweat. The scientist Cord Sunderkötter from Halle confirms this, because the bacteria turned ammonia into sweat.

Wild boars wallow in the mud to get rid of pathogens. The chemist David Whitlock now invented a spray that contains soil bacteria - as an alternative to showering. (Image: creativenature.nl/fotolia.com)

Remedy for skin diseases?

The manufacturers also praise their remedy for psoriasis, acne or atopic dermatitis, but this does not explain why people in the early modern period had these diseases as well, although they did not shower or use soap.

No longer showered for 12 years

David Whitlock, the inventor of the spray himself led by example. He showered, according to own data, for 12 years no more. Acquaintances of the chemist say that his skin looks great and smells great. Whitlock relies on bacteria that live in the soil. These could neutralize harmful substances in the skin, thus preventing inflammation.

How did the chemist come up with the idea??

The idea had come to him, so Whitlock, as he watched horses that had rolled in the dirt. He would have found evidence that they were doing this to care for their fur. In fact, many animals wallow in the swamp, rhinos as well as pigs. But they do not do that to be particularly dirty, but to remove parasites and to care for the skin.

Target is 1 billion users

In the US, the spray is now for about 44 euros in the trade. It should be clear and odorless, reports Whitlock's start-up AOBiome. His goal is for a billion people to use the spray.

Shower daily?

A daily shower belongs to the modern age, and also only to the advanced capital states. Until the 1960s, people in the countryside bathed in a tub of hot water about once a week.

save water

Desert dwellers have always been sparing with water. So washed the Paiute Indians in the southwest of the US dry: they cleaned themselves in sweat lodges and then rubbed the sweat with sand or twigs from the body. The Berbers in Morocco use a variety of fragrant earth, stones and plants as a deodorant or facial mask.

sweat

Sweating displaces the body odor similar to water. The "smell of sweat", which we find unpleasant, is caused by the old sweat of the body. Fresh sweat like in the sauna wipes them away.

Indigenous people

Indigenous cultures like Tuareg or Navajo do not stink, even though they barely take a shower. On the other hand, they use powders, rub themselves with dry cloths or brush their teeth with medicinal plants.

Damaging showering?

Cord Sunderkötter not only sees Whitlock's spray critically, but also daily showering. This damages the acid film of the skin. (Dr. Utz Anhalt)