Why are you suppose to shower after a swim?

Question

Just curious.

Answer 1

u shower after u swim cuz the chlorine will hurt, itch, and irritate ur skin a lot!!! <3

Answer 2

well, if you're swimming in a(n) pool/lake/ocean/river then you probably will want to clean yourself off. pools have chemicals, which will dry out your skin and mess up your hair. lakes/oceans/rivers have lots of bacteria in them due to *gasp* animals that use it. and there's always the chance someone peed in it.

Answer 3

To get all the chemicals that are in the pool off your skin.  They have to use them to keep it clean.

Answer 4

You don't have to shower after you swim, but if you're swimming at the beach in the ocean, then you wanna wash off all the sand and salt that has accumulated on you're body otherwise it dries your skin up and you feel crummy. If you're swimming in a pool, then it's good to get the chlorine washed off so you don't stink and so you're hair doesn't become almost rock hard afterwords.

Answer 5

See redsox's answer.

Answer 6

Well, you dont have to shower after you swim but it is good to.

When you shower you can wash all the chemicals and chlorine out of your hair and off your skin.  If you dont shower your hair can eventually dry out from all the chlorine.  I was on the swim team and wouldnt shower until I got home from practice so my hair would be dry and it started bleaching it after a while.  I have brown hair and I remember looking at it and it being kind of a greenish yellow color at the ends.  Also it can make it crunchy like you have hair spray in it or something.  It also makes it really dead to where it looks fried.  (Of course all this is probably in the long term, I was on the swim team for 3 years!)

With your skin, first of all, the chemicals make your skin smell really bad.  It also really dries out your skin and can make it itchy.

Answer 7

u can if u want to, but if i was u id want do get all those chemicals off my skin and out of my hair. and plus, if u dont, in the morning Ur hair will feel dry and tangley(sp). if ur at the beach u probably should wash off so u can get the sand and salt water off ur body.

Answer 8

chlorine and other chemicals are unhealthy

Answer 9

If you swim in a pool with chlorine, it makes you smell like chlorine and can damage your hair.