[Closed] How many showers per day?

0.9 (miss the odd day here and there)

At the risk of getting into four Yorkshirmen territory, not only was Sunday night bath night but as the youngest of three I got the third hand bath water.

I think anyone washing three times a day is probably doing themselves harm and how do you possibly have time for life?

Showers are more convienient now just just hop in and out but I would still suggest washing when needed rather than dogmatically at any one time. Oh and using soap bar rather than gel.
Teeth daily and triim the beard every other week or so and can quite happily go days without looking in a mirror

Underwear clean most days unless it still looks fresh or no clean is available.
Clothes depends what I’m doing but I like to do no more than one wash per week so If I use more clothes than that can handle its a failure. Bed linen every week or two.

Not only is this approach time efficient but also a reasonable balance of hygiene and resource use.

At least once a day - I HAVE to have a morning shower to make me feel ‘clean and awake’.. even if going for a swim/ride etc, i jsut feel better after a morning shower..
THen I’ll shower after a ride - sweat/mud is grim!

I’d agree; from a medical POV, excessive washing will dry out your skin. Also, use sensitive products (sanex etc) to prevent this a bit.

DrP

Oh and using soap bar rather than gel.

I worked in a soap factory in my teens and will therefore never touch soap again. I’m also one of those people thst wears jeans for ages. Nothing worse than freshly washed jeans. It takes a few days to get them comfy. Simply perform the crotch sniff before putting them on to make sure you’re good 🙂

maybe this thread could be linked to the one about saving the planet and trying to cut down on using resources and stuff

you know like energy and water and chemicals

I'm kind of surprised so many people have a shower in the morning but not at night.

I'm always pretty manky by the end of the day, makes sense to me to be nice and clean before hitting the hay.

My dad's told me on several occasions that when he were a lad a bath was a once-a-week job. He also learnt to write on a piece of slate though, I think they were a bit backward in Wick in the 50's...

I've worked with people who thought a "Shower in a Can" was good enough.

New deodorant on top of old deodorant . . . noooooo!

Jeez, just remembered a guy who wore one white shirt a week at work. Collar was proper filthy by Friday. He was Canadian iirc.

I'm in the bath right now!you know, naked! Yup, right now.

I'm in the bath right now!you know, naked! Yup, right now.

Without pictures how are we supposed to believe you?

No pics before breakfast!

I don’t see the point in a “whore’s bath” either, having a good wash at the sink takes longer than a shower

I've worked with people who thought a "Shower in a Can" was good enough.

New deodorant on top of old deodorant . . . noooooo!

Was told it was called an Essex shower, but I guess it’s like a “Saughton fanny” and has numerous names depending on location

One for me usually, in the morning. If i’m going out on the bike I will wait until after but I I plan to go for a run I will have a quick morning shower followed by a proper one after exercise. Sometimes have a bath after the kids are put to bed.

Very rare that I wouldn’t have either a shower or bath every day as I don’t like to feel grubby.

I don't think the amount of showers/water matters as much as the type and amount of product you're using while you're in there.

Someone with time on their hands needs to cross-correlate this thread with the "stinky office-mate" threads.

I only shower when required - it's not a fixed routine, so a couple a week on average and at least one bath too. Wash my bits every day though and brush teeth at least 3 times a day. Time my showers for after a cycle/exercise if possible*. More if i'm going out or seeing a lady friend.

*Just joined a gym so that number will probably increase.

How long are people showering for?

4min once a day in the morning.

maybe this thread could be linked to the one about saving the planet and trying to cut down on using resources and stuff

you know like energy and water and chemicals

Despite the 1-3 showers a day I use 32 cubic M a year of water (average is 52 for a 1 bed flat) I don't own a car and my total energy bill is £470 a year for heating/water/cooking

I'm not a tree hugger but I'm certainly not raping the planet!

Wasn't there a thread not so long ago about jeans and some folk wearing them for months without washing them? Any of the twice daily showerers in that camp?

Once per day in the evening, twice if biking to work.
Squirrelking, use a towel only once? That's amazing, your washer must be busy.

oneupmanship, OCD, tribalism, environmentalism & paranoia all rolled up into a single thread - brilliant!

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towels get used once

How dirty is your body [u]after[/u] you have showered that you have to lob the towel straight in the wash?

We ourselves and the stuff we touch too often in my opinion.

I consider that excessive compared to growing up the 70s and 80s when one bath a week, inc hair wash was all I got.

Once a day in the mornings, plus after a dirty ride.
I only use shower gel / shampoo every few days, usually it's just water.

So how many times do you use a towel?

Given I can sweat just by thinking about it I don't really fancy wiping that over myself, or someone else again. That's before you start getting between toes and such.

I used to use a lot of soap and had all sorts of problems with my skin. Now I shower once a day, but only one application of soap and then a long long warm rinse. Not too hot. Skin feels great 🙂

3/4 day, one when I get up, one when I get in and one post ride, and the fourth will depend on nookie activity.

So 3 then.

Yeah, generally 3 😳

I can't believe people use towels!

Get all clean then rub some potentially dirty cloth over yourselves? Filth monsters.

I just run around naked to dry off. Inside in the winter, outside in the summer.

So how many times do you use a towel?

Given I can sweat just by thinking about it I don't really fancy wiping that over myself, or someone else again. That's before you start getting between toes and such.

Change towel once a week. Generally try to clean myself (inc between toes) when showering so 99.9% of what the towel is removing is actual water. Yes, there must be some skin rubbed off (hence why the towel needs washing at all) but I'm happy that once a week (so 7-10 uses) is a happy compromise.

Showers per DAY? really? I'd hazard a guess at 3/4 times per WEEK.

Isn't "how many showers per week" a simpler question, for the sake of avoiding decimals?

I shower before bed as I like a clean sleep 🙂

Never even thought about the condition of my skin. But that's not the kind of person I am anyway. I may have accidentally got some moisturiser on my hands once. I washed it off right away.

Odd thread, I thought everyone showered at least once a day.. at a time to suit themselves 😆

Some of you must properly stink, and are single, or have no contact with other human beings.. 😆

We are basically animals that produce all sorts of nasty stinky smells and excretions, you’d be a fool not to clean that gunk off at least once a day.

Dirty, dirty people.

Some of you need a good jet wash! At least daily often twice a day.

In answer to the OP is she drinking enough water, moisturising or this skin brushes might help.

Happily married here, never had anyone complain about smell. Don't use deodorant either.

Pro tip, if you don't scrub yourself raw with chemicals 3 times a day, you don't need to moisturise!

Some of you must properly stink, and are single, or have no contact with other human beings..

From reading some of the replies on here I’m guessing a lot of you are germophobes, smell like the body shop, and are probably virgins.

Embrace your healthy man musk.

We are basically animals that produce all sorts of nasty stinky smells and excretions, you’d be a fool not to clean that gunk off at least once a day.

..and for 99.9999% of our 5 million year existence we washed as required or not at all just like every other animal. Those excretions are there for a reason.

Anybody wash their dog once a day?

The dog gets washed when he starts to smell a bit funky.

[quote=jonnyboi ]Anybody wash their dog once a day?

if that is a euphemism, then, yes at least once a day. If its literal, then, no.

Bidets.

Fewer showers, more bidets. I mean, who wipes their arses with paper? Spreading all your excrement. Dingleberries, clag nuts, whatever.

They never really took off in the UK did they?

A bidet a day keeps the cheese away 😆

And they say people in the west are incredibly wasteful with water supplies....

From reading some of the replies on here I’m guessing a lot of you are germophobes, smell like the body shop, and are probably virgins.

🙂 Yup

Dunno about you Alice but I tend to keep my shite in the one area as opposed to spreading it about like Nutella. As for dangleberries, there is a very easy preventative solution...

I have a patch of dust at the bottom of the garden, I have a good roll around in it twice a week.

I once had a shower when I didn't need one!

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Every time I need a piss

jonnyboi - Member
Anybody wash their dog once a day?

Insert pussy joke here...

spekkie - Member
I've worked with people who thought a "Shower in a Can" was good enough.

New deodorant on top of old deodorant . . . noooooo

Ah the old Spanish/ Portugese / Finnish shower, depending on country you reside and their rival land.

Although Spanish shower has other meanings too, which would definitely require a shower and a change of bedsheets if it occurred.

Average every couple of days but always after exercise.
My jeans probably get worn daily for 1-2 weeks unless I'm scrabbling about under the car or suttin.

I have a weird dermatitis thing on my hands, use Sanex etc but it's still a nightmare and I'm sure washing too much makes it worse.

I teach adults so am subject to the extremes of body odour. Usually everything is just fine though.

The worst is the teenage lads who drop noxious Lynx bombs in public spaces... 😐

I'm sixty years old ..from the age of around sixteen when I was seriously starting to take interest in girls I have either showered or had a bath & washed my hair every day of my life at least once ( barring illness when I couldn't ) per day ..
All this bollox about washing out essential oils is just that ..total bollox .
I don't have dry skin and still have a full head of hair and my own teeth ..
I wouldn't feel clean doing anything else ..reading some of the comments above there are some right mingers..

Someone should correlate this thread with the bikepacking ones.

Once a day is plenty. Excessive washing strips your skin of its healthy microbiome.

Hodgynd congrats to making it to sixty but you should know by now that a sample of one isn't really relevant to the whole population 😀

In mid summer when we are getting a full cylinder of hot water from my DIY panel we shower twice a day and sometimes three times if I've been cycling just to use up the water.

Tap water costs something ridiculous like £0.016 a litre, which makes you realise how much you're being ripped off when you buy bottled water.

I'll have a shower if i'm on a promise, that's not very often then!

Ahh the 70's, bath once a week on a Sunday whether you needed it or not.

Someone should correlate this thread with the bikepacking ones.

I wouldn't, the thought of a spec of dirt lying on their skin a nanosecond longer than possible would give many of this thread's contributors a heart attack. 😆

Howsyourdad..cheers ..I sometimes wonder how I got this far myself 😆
As for my comments ..fully aware that I could be pissing in the wind ..( in which case I will take another shower) but if it makes one smelly unhygenic monger stop and think then I feel that my time spent on this thread has been worthwhile 😆
( said very much tongue in cheek )

..you sound like very smart, maybe a genius.

Thanks Wilburt...( I know you dont mean that ) ..but I'll just settle for clean 😆

Showering more than once a day is equivalent to bleaching all your kitchen surfaces every day and using antibacterial hand soap.

First shower in three days was three days ago....

Not very convenient at the moment, mind.
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As the forecast for tomorrow says rain I might find a swimming pool or sauna...

I remember my grandad having a "good wesh" at the kitchen sink.
Friday night was bath night .
Nowadays I couldn't entertain going to bed without shower or a bath.
Sometimes when the missus is away I don't bathe for three whole days. I absolutely stink and have to incinerate the bedding. Bliss.
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There are some filthy buggers on here 😉

I remember my grandad having a "good wesh" at the kitchen sink.

I’m clean enough Hodgy, given your years you really should have worked out how to make a point without insulting others.

Too much time looking in a mirror preening yourself I suspect.

No offence of course, smily face etc.

Once a day for me in the mornings or if going out for a ride it'll be post ride.

If I commute it'll be after commute in the morning, but no shower after the afternoon commute, if i run or ride in the afternoon/evening will sink clean any mud of my body and that'll be it.

I remember when I was a teen, only 30 now, it was weekly baths as we didn't have a shower at home till I must have been 14. I might actually try showering less, see if my skin gets better.

To horrify more, before I lived with the now wife, my bedding changing was around quarterly or when it became too covered in blood from falling off my BMX...once had the now wife, refuse to stay at mine due to the blood on the sheet and underside of the duvet and my spare set being dirty...

Wilburt..why so touchy ..did I hit a nerve ?
Unlike yourself I haven't made it personal by directing my comments at any individual nor have I said anything different to anyone else who likes a daily cleaning ritual.
As long as you are happy in your own ( multiple layers of dead ) skin ..I couldn't be more pleased for you wink wink smiley smiley etc.

Scared to think how often the sheets get changed maybe twice a year

I think the housemaid changes the sheets every day, otherwise there's not much for the laundry maid to do. I'll check with the housekeeper.

I get that some people have to wash more often, cos they stink otherwise - but feeling all superior because of your tendency to BO is a bit odd.

slackalice - Member
Bidets.

Fewer showers, more bidets. I mean, who wipes their arses with paper? Spreading all your excrement. Dingleberries, clag nuts, whatever.

They never really took off in the UK did they?

A bidet a day keeps the cheese away

Sometimes wiping the anal beard is a real chore. I really want a bidet or one of those japanese toilets that jetwashes the old tea towel holder while playing a tune.

Daily, before leaving the house. Generally this means in the morning.

I have very oily skin (still get acne in my 40s), so even washing the night before means I'd still want to wash my hair before going to work.

Multiple daily showers if activity requires. Otherwise too much washing makes my skin even oilier, which brings with it its own problems.

Bed sheets changed every 1-2 weeks. Towels changed twice a week. Jeans worn a few times (not consecutive days). I do the laundry at home.

I get that some people have to wash more often, cos they stink otherwise - but feeling all superior because of your tendency to BO is a bit odd.

Thing is at least they know that is the case or they just like to be clean and not go to bed with 24 hours of sweat/pollution/cooking smells/any other environmental aroma about their person.
There are loads of people who think they don't smell or need a shower but it's obvious they do.

Their "superiority" is much worse. what's more offensive, the bloke you sit next to in the office who thinks he doesn't need deodorant or to change a shirt or somebody who likes to shower twice a day?

When fitting our new bathroom we included a "muslim shower" next to the loo - a shower hose that can reach the undercarriage for bidet-style cleanliness after crapping.

It's also great for hosing down the campervan cassette and other assorted mucky stuff.

Moses ..given your user name I'm surprised you even get wet ..does the water not part ..?

what's more offensive, the bloke you sit next to in the office who thinks he doesn't need deodorant or to change a shirt or somebody who likes to shower twice a day?

The one who feels smug and superior about whatever he does or doesn't do. Except me, cos I don't smell. And sit alone. For some unknown reason.