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Zdravniki opozarjajo, zakaj bi se morali v starosti prhati bistveno redkeje

Dermatologi svetujejo, naj se po 65. letu starosti v celoti zaradi higiene stuširate samo dvakrat na teden, s čimer zaščitite svoj naravni kožni mikrobiom. To pa ne pomeni, da se ob vročih dneh ne bi stuširali z mlačno vodo zavoljo ohladitve.

30. 07. 2026, 10.53

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Vsakodnevno prhanje lahko pri nekaterih ljudeh, starejših od 65 let, povzroči več škode kot koristi, opozarjajo zdravstveni strokovnjaki. Nova dognanja na področju dermatologije in imunologije namreč kažejo, da prepogosto umivanje poškoduje naravno zaščitno plast kože in poruši ravnovesje kožnega mikrobioma.

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Človeško telo se s staranjem spreminja in zahteva povsem drugačen zdravstveni pristop. Po navedbah raziskovalcev s harvardske medicinske šole pretirano umivanje z vročo vodo in agresivnimi mili odstranjuje naravna olja in koristne bakterije, kar neposredno slabi imunski sistem ter povečuje dovzetnost za okužbe in alergijske reakcije.

»Koža starejših postane bistveno bolj suha in reaktivna, kar zahteva takojšnjo prilagoditev higienskih praks,« je za francoske medije pred časom pojasnila dr. Sylvie Meaume, vodilna dermatologinja v pariški bolnišnici AP-HP Rothschild. Starajoča se koža namreč pospešeno izgublja naravno hidrolipidno zaščito, povrhnjica se stanjša, obnova celic pa poteka znatno počasneje.

Po končanem umivanju strokovnjaki odsvetujejo grobo drgnjenje z brisačo, saj to povzroča dodatno draženje in mikropoškodbe. Svetujejo nežno popivnanje vode, kar preprečuje rdečico in vnetja.

Kot odgovor na te fiziološke spremembe dermatologi svetujejo drastično spremembo rutine. Priporočajo, naj se starejši od 65 let v celoti stuširajo le dvakrat tedensko. Vsakodnevna higiena naj se po novih smernicah omeji zgolj na lokalno čiščenje ključnih in občutljivih predelov telesa, kot so pazduhe, stopala in intimni deli. Uporaba mila po celotnem telesu naj bi bila omejena na vsak tretji dan.

Zdravniki ob tem izpostavljajo tudi pomen ustrezne temperature vode in izbire kozmetičnih izdelkov. Prhanje naj bo kratko, od tri do največ štiri minute, voda pa izključno mlačna. Komercialne gele za prhanje, ki vsebujejo agresivne sulfate in peneča sredstva, naj bi zamenjali dermatološka mila brez mila, čistilna olja ali naravna, močno mastna mila brez škodljivih tenzidov.

Po končanem umivanju strokovnjaki odsvetujejo grobo drgnjenje z brisačo, saj to povzroča dodatno draženje in mikropoškodbe. Svetujejo nežno popivnanje vode, kar preprečuje rdečico in vnetja.

Prhanje z mlačno vodo, tudi večkrat na dan, brez uporabe mil in drugih sredstev, pa je še vedno priporočljivo za hlajenje telesa.

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