Perhaps, North American shops can leave you with impression that the demand for antibacterial products like soaps and cleansers is so high that these are the only ones available. The question is whether these so much popular and hypothetically useful things are really such and is there any necessity in them?

The main thing about antibacterial products is that they are intended to kill bacteria. And they are not the same with viruses due to which we suffer from colds and flu and other diseases. The two notions are usually got confused.

Antibacterial products also contain various chemicals purposed to deal with different bacteria. For instance, triclocarbon works differently from triclosan as the former is able to gather in the environment while the later is able to make bacteria immune to antibiotics.

Moreover, antibacterial products have one more flaw: some of them are not strong enough to kill all the bacteria. Therefore the weak ones are killed and the strong ones stay and become resistant to the antibacterial product effect.

There is also one more aspect of the antibacterial products topic. In a natural environment it is quite normal for a person to be surrounded by various types of bacteria and we adapt to them and work out resistance to them. But for the person who used to live in a sterile surroundings and antibacterial product world there is a danger of having trouble with those bacteria that do not present any problem for other people. Perhaps, it would be wiser not to try too hard with creating a too sterile world around children in particular as it can lead later to allergies and eczema.

People should also keep in mind that some bacteria present inside the body and on the skin are very useful and their removal is not favourable but also harmful. Therefore it is not really necessary to substitute normal soaps and cleansers with antibacterial ones. Soapy water or bleach solution will be quite enough for disinfection and a little soap will do no wrong to your face. Be careful and do not believe every word they say in advertisements.