No, there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to personal hygiene

Coming into contact with multiple people, places and things necessitate more frequent bathing, according to board-certified dermatologists.

In the past few weeks, celebrities like Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, and Jake Gyllenhaal have been extremely open about their daily hygiene routines and their kids’ habits. This information has caused a firestorm on social media, with many people discussing how often people should clean themselves and their children.

The VERIFY team asked board-certified dermatologists what they recommend when it comes to personal hygiene habits for adults and kids.

There is not a one-size-fits-all approach to personal hygiene. Board-certified dermatologists say coming into contact with multiple people, places and things necessitates more frequent bathing.

On July 19, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher appeared on actor Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. When the topic turned to personal hygiene, the celebrity couple said they only bathe their young children when they are visibly dirty and they don’t wash themselves that often either.

A few weeks later, Shepard’s wife, actress Kristen Bell, said on an episode of “The View” that she is “a big fan of waiting for the stink” before she bathes the couple’s two kids.

Then, actor Jake Gyllenhaal told Vanity Fair in an article published on Aug. 5 that he finds bathing “to be less necessary, at times.”

According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), when it comes to children, how often they bathe depends on how old they are and their daily activities.

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