What is a shower shoe

By wearing protective footwear in these communal areas, you’re shielding your feet from a variety of infections and ailments, like athlete’s foot, ringworm, warts, and more. While you could technically wear any old sandals in the shower, several styles have been specially designed just for shower use.

Crocs Classic Slides

Not only can you wear them in the shower —they’re made with EVA — but they’re also solid enough of a shoe to wear outside, too. The wide strap up top is ventilated, which helps feet cool.

Without shower shoes or some other kind of foot shield, these germs can stick to the bottom of your feet and potentially cause infections if they enter your system, Dr. Zampella says. … You can pick up this kind of fungi in damp areas or when skin cells containing the infection come into contact with your skin.

Nearly 1,000 reviewers describe these classic Crocs as “perfect.” “Crocs really are perfect, they are great in the shower,” one writes, adding “I don’t have to worry about slipping, especially when I use hair conditioner or body wash that is slippery, and I can wash my crocs at the same time I wash me.” One deployed …

Do wear shower shoes.

You may love every person in your residence hall or Greek house, but feet are feet and dirt is dirt. Wearing shower shoes can actually protect you from infections, so make sure you have an extra, shower-only pair of flip-flops at all times.

Now there’s just one last thing—you have to hit the showers. Don’t worry, we got your back with the Nike Victori One. Its 1-piece foam design feels soft and comfortable while traction patterns on the sole help with wet surfaces.

Etiquette for College Dorm Showers

Most students will go to the showers in a robe or a towel, strip off, shower and come back out in a towel or a robe to dry off and dress in their rooms. Each dorm is different, and some floors may only have a few showers, therefore, it is important to exercise some common courtesy.

Drainage holes

A good pair of shower shoes features holes in the bottom to allow water to pass through the footbed so your feet won’t slide around in the shoes. Water shoe styles usually have these.

With a slide shower bar, having multiple shower heads means that one shower head can be placed to hit the back of the neck and another at the lower back where muscles are often tight and in need of relaxing shower massage.

Despite good hygiene and clean feet, rubber sandals tend to smell after several wearings. The cause is not necessarily sweat, as you might think, but a collection of bacteria on the sandal itself. Many products eliminate bacteria, and because rubber is washable, the problem of stinky sandals is easily fixed.