Johanna Youner
Johanna S. Youner, DPM, board-certified foot surgeon in private practice in New York, an attending physician at New York Downtown Hospital, and a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
| Dr. Johanna Youner: | I see a lot of different types of infections transmitted in public showers, for sure. Warts. | |
| Bottom Line/HEALTH: | So the old adage about wearing flip-flops in showers really is true. | |
| Dr. Johanna Youner: | The adage about wearing flip-flops in showers can keep half my patients out of my office. I would say that 10% of young people present to the office with warts that they caught at a public pool, or athletes or just weekend warriors who go to the gym and don’t wear flip-flops and get athlete’s foot, warts, anything, from just stepping on the moisture in the shower. A shared shower—use bleach. Or wear flip-flops. | |
