Yes, showering removes bed bugs from the body because bed bugs do not live on humans like lice or scabies mites, they are environmental pests that hide in mattress seams, box springs, headboards, behind baseboards, and furniture joints and only come to feed on exposed skin for 5 to 10 minutes at night then return to hiding, so any bed bugs crawling on you during night will be washed away by water and soap in shower. However, showering alone does not prevent future bites or eliminate infestation, because bed bugs live in bed and surrounding cracks, not on body, and they will come out again the next night to feed if infestation remains. If you have been sleeping in infested bed, showering in morning will wash away any bugs that may be on skin or in nightclothes, but you should also wash bedding and clothing you wore on high heat for at least 30 minutes, as heat above 120 degrees Fahrenheit kills all life stages including eggs, and change into clean clothes that have been heat dried and stored in sealed plastic bags. Showering can relieve itching from bites to some extent, but bites themselves are allergic reactions to saliva injected during feeding and will remain itchy for days. The key to removing bed bugs from body and home is treating environment with professional heat treatment heating rooms to 120 to 135 degrees, encasing mattress and box spring in bed bug proof encasements, using interceptor traps, and vacuuming.
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