You can skip meals, but you cannot but wear socks；you can step on the floor barefoot, but you can’t wear shoes barefoot. Small as socks are, they are essential when you are at home or go out for traveling。
Why is it not recommended not to wear socks when people put on shoes? The reasons are as follows:
1. Suffer from the risk of fungal infection:
human feet have developed sweat glands that secrete sweat. When we wear shoes without socks, the skin of our feet is in direct contact with the shoe upper, and the chemical components added to the shoes can be harmful to our foot skin. Especially when wearing shoes with poor breathability,such as plastic slippers, the feet’s skin will be directly soaked in sweat, which can easily lead to fungal infections in this humid and hot environment.
2. Cause skin keratinization and dermatitis
The stratum corneum at the point of contact between the foot and the shoe becomes thicker as the number of contacts increases, increasing the risk of calluses and corns on the foot. At the same time, friction with the shoe upper can cause blisters to form on the sole of the foot.
In addition, some people who go without socks for long periods of time are prone to pimples, redness and blisters on the back of the foot, toes and other parts of the foot that rub against shoes.
3. Lower skin resistance, increase the risk of skin cancer
The ultraviolet rays of the sun will stimulate the skin to produce a large number of oxidized free radicals, which destroy the skin cell tissue, accelerate the generation of melanin, make the result of the skin pigmentation, roughness and loss of elasticity.
These are some of the skin diseases caused by wearing shoes without socks, which indicates that socks play an important role in our daily life. From a practical point of view, socks can help to foot health, and even act as a solid umbrella between us and the disease. Therefore,don’t try to walk without socks!