Eli5: What’s the difference between soap, body wash, shampoo and foam bath?

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There are literally isles of products at the local drug store and I wonder what the difference is between different types of bodily cleaning/foaming products? For example, why can’t we just use just shampoo or just body wash on our whole bodies? Why are there so many different products?

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There are some soaps you can use all over your hair and body. But they are very basic and don’t target specific concerns.

Different shampoo help with the many different hair types and scalp concerns. You don’t want to use general soap on your hair because overtime it can dry out your hair and scalp. It might wash away too much of the natural oils.

The skin on the body has different concerns too. Some may need extra moisturizing soap, others may want more exfoliating soap.

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