10 Health Myths You Should Stop Believing
5. Antibacterial soap is very important – Health Myths
Antibacterial soap isn’t better than regular soap. You shouldn’t believe that washing your hands with it kills bacteria because it is not true.
What it actually does is kill the good bacteria, a healthy bacteria that our bodies need to maintain a healthy environment on our skin.
A study published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy made upon regular and antibacterial soaps against 20 strains of bacteria found that there was no significant difference between the two.