Good personal hygiene is important in many ways as it promotes our appearance and good health. Maintaining personal hygiene is necessary for many reasons; these can be personal, social, for health reasons, psychological or simply as a way of life. Essentially, keeping a good standard of hygiene helps to prevent the development and spread of infections, illnesses and bad odours. Good personal hygiene makes a service user feel more comfortable since they are clean, and it increases the services user’s feelings of well-being. Poor personal hygiene will only make the service user feel self-conscious about their body, and maybe even feeling down and depressed. Good hygiene also prevents body odour. Body odour is unpleasant for both the service user and others around them. It would affect how people interact with that particular service user and for how long, thus impacting on the service user’s social life. The main reason is regarding the health and wellbeing of the service user both physically and emotionally, as poor personal hygiene is known to cause ill health. Good …show more content…
This will prevent a breakdown of the skin in that area, sores and pain occurring, and bad odours. The service user should do this if they are able to do