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Peeing in the shower. One of those unconfessed secrets you keep and have never dared to admit. But you’ve surely done it at some point, if not made it a regular habit.

What seems like a “filthy” thing is, for some experts, something beneficial to our health.

On the contrary, there are those who, apart from hygiene issues, believe that urinating while showering can only harm us in the short and medium term.

And so that you can draw your own conclusions, here are the reasons that both sides argue.

Benefits of urinating in the shower

• Urine is good for treating fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot.
  It’s sterile and non-toxic. It treats skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis.
  If you’re a woman and urinate while squatting, you’ll help strengthen your pelvic floor.
  Urine soothes itching and pain; upon contact with the skin, it relaxes tissues.
  Urinating in the shower is environmentally friendly. It’s estimated that if everyone avoids using the toilet by urinating while showering, they can save up to one roll of toilet paper every 50 days and up to 15 liters of water per week.

Disadvantages of urinating in the shower

Warnings from a specialist about the habit many people have of urinating on the toilet have gone viral on Instagram.

Urinating in the shower can be dangerous for the brain because in the short term our body will begin to associate specific shower sounds with the urge to urinate.

Moreover, establishing these neural connections with the sound of running water can later influence the performance of other everyday tasks such as washing hands, brushing teeth, or washing dishes.