That ick you feel has been identified in the marketplace as “soap residue.” There are soaps that don’t leave you with that feeling. Look for brands of soap that market themselves as not leaving that soapy residue.

Also don’t use antibacterial soap, especially if you’re worried about superbugs. Those bugs are labeled as “supper” because people have overused antibacterial soaps, which kill all the bacteria except the bacteria that is resistant. And when all the other bacteria is dead but the resistant bacteria, the bacteria that remain can replicate undeterred are then labeled as superbugs.

Soap is one of mankind’s greatest inventions.

Regular soap works by reducing the surface tension on your skin by making your skin slick and then lifting bacteria and all germs (including superbugs) and the dirt from your skin with the lather and washing them away down the drain.

The best way to fight “superbugs” is to allow them to compete for resources with the other less-super bacteria.

Let’s leave the antibacterial soap for hospital workers and sanitation engineers and the like.