“HOW DO I TAKE CARE OF MY BODY? [AND OTHER’S BODY]”
Taking care of your body is very important because it shows that you love yourself regardless of faults and flaws. Personal hygiene is very important because no-one likes to be close to a person who stinks and is dirty. Keeping your body clean is an important part of keeping you healthy and helping you to feel good about yourself. Caring about the way you look is important to your self esteem (what you think about yourself). By the way, you don't need to wear the latest designer clothing to look good. There are other things you can do which are much more important for your "image".
A. Personal hygiene: Taking care of your body physically
Smelling clean
* Have you ever walked into a classroom full of kids when all the windows are closed?
* According to the experts we may sweat but we don't start having body odour (BO) until we reach puberty. That's when special sweat glands under the arms and around the genitals roar into full production pouring out sweat which smells!
Clothes
* Even if you're not heavily into puberty style sweating, clothes can get stained, dirty and generally grubby, so you need to change them often.
* Underclothes are right next to your skin and collect dead skin cells, sweat and possibly other unmentionable stains. Overnight bacteria start to work on these stains so your clothes do not smell as nice on the second day of wearing.
* Stay away from cigarette smoke as the smell will get into your clothes and hair.
* If you have to wear a school uniform then take it off as soon as you get home and hang it up to air before you wear it the next day.
* Ask your family not to smoke in the house or the car. Besides being unhealthy for them and you, the smoke clings to your clothes and makes them smelly. Of course, you wouldn't smoke either, would you?
* Change underclothes often.
Shoes
* You spend a lot of time on your feet and your shoes are...