Dr. Philip Buffington contributed to this Yahoo! Health piece on the pros and cons of using bidets:
While Philip Buffington, MD, chief medical officer at The Urology Group, says that using a bidet provides better personal hygiene, he’s quick to note that it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Sometimes it’s better to be a little less clean by using toilet paper. “You need some bacteria,” he says. “Cleaning too frequently can disrupt some of this good bacteria.”
