Science says it’s time to ditch the dirty scrub already.

A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (and widely covered in trusted publications like Huffington Post, Refinery29, Women’s Health and hundreds more) found that a loofah past its prime can host a wide range of bacterial species, causing harmful skin infections? Never let your favorite way to exfoliate become your skin's worst enemy. It's too healthy of a habit to let it work against you.