Backstory: Mom was advising me not to go anywhere near my apartment complex’s hot-tub. I had asked if she thought they spread diseases.
Probably not… but I wouldn’t take the chance in a “public” one!! yuck! Think about everyone’s “warm” body stuff flaking off into the water!! Ewwwwwwwww!!
Yes they do! I got a staff infection on my bikini line which resulted in HUGE BOILS THAT LEFT SCARS! from my neighbor’s brand new one. Google hot tub infections and you will never get in another one, eww.
March 16, 2010 at 7:37 pm
i just read somewhere else on the web–so i dont know how credible this is–that you can get chlamydia from a hot tub. i plan to stay out, tyvm!
March 17, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Hot tubs and spas are completely and totally safe, as long as the water is maintained properly. An improperly maintained hot tub, on the other hand, can indeed lead to terrible infections (though I don’t believe it’s possible to contract chlamydia, or any other STD from a hot tub properly maintained or not).
Use your common sense. If the hot tub looks dirty, it probably is. :)
March 17, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Even if they are “safe”, think “floating” scabs….
March 19, 2010 at 10:02 am
What a lot of people don’t know about Staph is that it is a common bacteria that lives on everybody’s skin. It’s very easy to get it into the microscopic tears left behind after hair removal, especially if you’ve been in hot water. The hot tub didn’t give you Staph, Alyx. Making yourself aesthetically pleasing did.
March 21, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Dont Take the risk in public pools and hot tubs buy your own!
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March 24, 2010 at 8:09 am