Showering?

09-10-2018 12:22pm

I skip some days. If I'm not planning on leaving the house or haven't got much on then I won't shower. Oh and also, now this is a bit nsfw so brace yourselves, there are days when, everyone sitting down? There are days when I don't shower but.....do leave the house!!!!!!

uncommon_name · 09-10-2018 12:27pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I skip some days. If I'm not planning on leaving the house or haven't got much on then I won't shower. Oh and also, now this is a bit nsfw so brace yourselves, there are days when, everyone sitting down? There are days when I don't shower but.....do leave the house!!!!!!

You mad b***ard!!!!!

martingriff · 09-10-2018 12:30pm

Flying Fox wrote: »

I would hope anyone not showering every day will at least wash the important bits with a flannel on the days in between. I agree that most parts of the body don't necessarily need a daily wash, but face, pits and bits do!

Yes I mean I only shower twice a week but always clean sweaty area everyday and change clothes

Boom_Bap · 09-10-2018 12:34pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I skip some days. If I'm not planning on leaving the house or haven't got much on then I won't shower. Oh and also, now this is a bit nsfw so brace yourselves, there are days when, everyone sitting down? There are days when I don't shower but.....do leave the house!!!!!!

Monster!

martingriff · 09-10-2018 12:34pm

Alun wrote: »

I always wonder how many of these people who shower multiple times a day would have managed to survive during the years of my childhood in the 60's/70's. Showers didn't exist apart maybe from a rubber hose you put on the taps to rinse your hair, and baths were a weekly affair, usually on the weekend, with multiple family members sharing the same bath water, topped up in between with a bit more hot water if you were really lucky.

How are you even alive:P.

Hector Savage · 09-10-2018 1:00pm

Are they any Traveller Muslim lads on the dole that only shower once a week and hate Connor McGregor here ??? :P

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-10-2018 1:04pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I skip some days. If I'm not planning on leaving the house or haven't got much on then I won't shower. Oh and also, now this is a bit nsfw so brace yourselves, there are days when, everyone sitting down? There are days when I don't shower but.....do leave the house!!!!!!

I shower every other day. My answer used to be more common on these types of threads but I think they’ve all been scared away. My whole family are ‘every other day’ bathers and I’ve never known any of them to stink. And closeness to them has nothing to do with it, if they stank, I’d know about it.

PlaneSpeeking · 09-10-2018 1:07pm

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

I bet Aongus Von Bismarck has the exact same shower routine as Patrick Bateman.

I'm yet to be convinced they're not one and the same and Bret Easton Ellis is a boardsie!

andekwarhola · 09-10-2018 2:04pm

Alun wrote: »

I always wonder how many of these people who shower multiple times a day would have managed to survive during the years of my childhood in the 60's/70's. Showers didn't exist apart maybe from a rubber hose you put on the taps to rinse your hair, and baths were a weekly affair, usually on the weekend, with multiple family members sharing the same bath water, topped up in between with a bit more hot water if you were really lucky.

Possibly because it was probably 30-40 years ago and it's easy enough these for normal people to distinguish a common ground between electing to be extra clean and being forced to bath once a week in a tin tub beside the fire.

Similar to not missing corporal punishment or smallpox really.

A good It Were All Fields In Mah Day riff, nonetheless.

Keyzer · 09-10-2018 2:25pm

At least once a day in the morning.

Some of the filthy dirtbirds on the train I have the unfortunate luck to inhabit their vicinity would appear like they don't shower (or wash their clothes) for weeks if not months on end. Digusting sacks of ****.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-10-2018 3:04pm

I must be really lucky. It’s so rare in my life that I come across anyone smelly.

martingriff · 09-10-2018 3:13pm

andekwarhola wrote: »

Possibly because it was probably 30-40 years ago and it's easy enough these for normal people to distinguish a common ground between electing to be extra clean and being forced to bath once a week in a tin tub beside the fire.

Similar to not missing corporal punishment or smallpox really.

A good It Were All Fields In Mah Day riff, nonetheless.

What the hell is extra clean

Muscles Schultz · 09-10-2018 3:14pm

A weekly bath is sufficient. No need to remove essential oils and nutrients from the epidermis exposing you to germs and such

Bigbagofcans · 09-10-2018 3:45pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I must be really lucky. It’s so rare in my life that I come across anyone smelly.

You don't use public transport so. Or perhaps your nose is blocked on occasion :P

I must encounter a person suffering from BO every few weeks and I seldom use public transport.

cherryghost · 09-10-2018 4:02pm

Once every 2 days unless I'm exercising/playing football/sweating profusely due to climate.

Ragnar Lothbrok · 09-10-2018 4:15pm

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.

Can't quite describe how I feel about this post. It seems strange to me that you can spend so much time in the morning looking after yourself in this way.........but it obviously makes you feel better than if you didn't go through this routine.

I'm not even sure what many of the things you listed above even are! Stomach crunches? Water activated gel cleanser? Moisturizer AND final moisturizing protective lotion? It all seems a little.........extreme?

For what it's worth, I shower every morning and brush my teeth, and shave when I feel like it (no aftershave, moisturizer, anti-aging creams or whatever!) Occasionally I also shower in the evening too.

My dad was born just before the Second World War. He had a bath (in a tin bath) once a week and slept in his school clothes at night as it would be too cold to sleep otherwise. His school clothes would be worn 5 days a week and then washed by hand with a ponch and a mangle! Simpler (smellier!) times

DEFTLEFTHAND · 09-10-2018 4:29pm

Cienciano wrote: »

This usually desends into people who shower 3 times a day calling everyone dirty scumbags for only showering once a day.

In fairness it's possible that anyone showering to this extreme has some sort of condition which causes the smells.

People need to be sensitive around these issues.

housetypeb · 09-10-2018 4:35pm

Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »

Can't quite describe how I feel about this post. It seems strange to me that you can spend so much time in the morning looking after yourself in this way.........but it obviously makes you feel better than if you didn't go through this routine.

I'm not even sure what many of the things you listed above even are! Stomach crunches? Water activated gel cleanser? Moisturizer AND final moisturizing protective lotion? It all seems a little.........extreme..:D

Wait until you see his exercise routine, AND his business card!

eviltimeban · 09-10-2018 4:37pm

Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »

Can't quite describe how I feel about this post. It seems strange to me that you can spend so much time in the morning looking after yourself in this way.........but it obviously makes you feel better than if you didn't go through this routine.

I'm not even sure what many of the things you listed above even are! Stomach crunches? Water activated gel cleanser? Moisturizer AND final moisturizing protective lotion? It all seems a little.........extreme?

For what it's worth, I shower every morning and brush my teeth, and shave when I feel like it (no aftershave, moisturizer, anti-aging creams or whatever!) Occasionally I also shower in the evening too.

My dad was born just before the Second World War. He had a bath (in a tin bath) once a week and slept in his school clothes at night as it would be too cold to sleep otherwise. His school clothes would be worn 5 days a week and then washed by hand with a ponch and a mangle! Simpler (smellier!) times

The post flew further over your head than a missile from the Luftwaffe over your father's...

Sardonicat · 09-10-2018 4:38pm

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

Excessive showering damages your skin and is unhealthy.

Its advised by a lot of health professionals 2-3 times a week roughly is best.

Three times a day is too much. Once per day can be bad if the water is too hot and if you spend a long time in it.

What health professionals advise that?
You need to bathe at least once daily. It could be a strip wash, bath or shower , whichever of these is your preference or is available.

To not wash under your arms, your genital/peri-anal region, your feet and any skin folds you may have and dry them properly each day is not only minging, it is also unhealthy and can lead to skin infections.

I bath/shower daily. Twice daily during menstruation.

andekwarhola · 09-10-2018 4:40pm

martingriff wrote: »

What the hell is extra clean

Like clean but extra.

Like when you come home from work or a run after a hot day and you can have a shower there and then instead of waiting until the tin bath on Sunday night.

Understand obviously for some in here the extra washing time might detract from gaming or whatever.

andekwarhola · 09-10-2018 4:42pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

What health professionals advise that?

Smelly ones.

Sardonicat · 09-10-2018 4:44pm

Ragnar wrote:

My dad was born just before the Second World War. He had a bath (in a tin bath) once a week and slept in his school clothes at night as it would be too cold to sleep otherwise. His school clothes would be worn 5 days a week and then washed by hand with a ponch and a mangle! Simpler (smellier!) times

He may have only sat in a bath once a week but I bet you he washed himself thoroughly each day.

In the 70s/80s most of us only had a bath once or twice a week due to not having electric showers and the expense of heating a tank of water, but we washed down everyday. Often had to boil up a kettle to do so.

Ragnar Lothbrok · 09-10-2018 4:46pm

eviltimeban wrote: »

The post flew further over your head than a missile from the Luftwaffe over your father's...

Ah.......yeah I got caught

PandaPoo · 09-10-2018 4:47pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I must be really lucky. It’s so rare in my life that I come across anyone smelly.

Same. I get 2 buses to work and 2 home again And it's rare I notice someone's BO. In work the only customers that smell are obviously homeless and it's the smell of alcohol and stale cigarettes that you smell. I notice a lot of people have bad breath, and they're the people who insist on standing 1 foot from your face, or they wear too much aftershave/perfume and that's bad too.

I have a great sense of smell too, so it's not that I can't smell them...most people smell fine.

Ragnar Lothbrok · 09-10-2018 4:50pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

He may have only sat in a bath once a week but I bet you he washed himself thoroughly each day.

In the 70s/80s most of us only had a bath once or twice a week due to not having electric showers and the expense of heating a tank of water, but we washed down everyday. Often had to boil up a kettle to do so.

He was a young boy at the time. My guess is that I would win that bet

Sardonicat · 09-10-2018 4:55pm

Muscles Schultz wrote: »

A essential oils and nutrients

AKA sweat.

Are you saying your genitals and hoop only get washed once a week?

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-10-2018 4:55pm

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

You don't use public transport so. Or perhaps your nose is blocked on occasion :P

I must encounter a person suffering from BO every few weeks and I seldom use public transport.

Not currently but I’ve used it LOADS in my life. Including at rush hours. And just get the usual twice yearly cold. Encountering smelly people frequently has never happened to me.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-10-2018 4:57pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Once every 2 days unless I'm exercising/playing football/sweating profusely due to climate.

FINALLY a fellow every-other-day showerer speaks out about their secret shame! :P

Sardonicat · 09-10-2018 4:57pm

Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

He may have only sat in a bath once a week but I bet you he washed himself thoroughly each day.

In the 70s/80s most of us only had a bath once or twice a week due to not having electric showers and the expense of heating a tank of water, but we washed down everyday. Often had to boil up a kettle to do so.

He was a young boy at the time. My guess is that I would win that bet

My dad would be slightly older than yours and he's of the strip wash brigade. He had a daily strip wash as a child and the weekly tin bath.

Neyite · 09-10-2018 5:01pm

Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »

My dad was born just before the Second World War. He had a bath (in a tin bath) once a week and slept in his school clothes at night as it would be too cold to sleep otherwise. His school clothes would be worn 5 days a week and then washed by hand with a ponch and a mangle! Simpler (smellier!) times

There's three reasons why they didn't smell given the infrequency of a bath or changes of clothes:

The old school way was to change anything next to the skin regularly. So while trousers or jumpers might get a weekly (or less!) wash, the vests and underpants next to the skin got more frequent changes during the week, usually daily. Secondly, while they had a weekly bath, a daily strip wash at the sink or washbowl in a bedroom washing pits & bits daily was the norm and thirdly, old soaps like lifebuoy or imperial leather really cleaned the skin. Modern shower gels and washes do a less thorough job because their aim is to not strip the skin of it's natural oils which the old soaps did. And the oils trap the bacteria to make us stink up quicker than they would have.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-10-2018 5:02pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

What health professionals advise that?
You need to bathe at least once daily. It could be a strip wash, bath or shower , whichever of these is your preference or is available.

To not wash under your arms, your genital/peri-anal region, your feet and any skin folds you may have and dry them properly each day is not only minging, it is also unhealthy and can lead to skin infections.

I bath/shower daily. Twice daily during menstruation.

And from what source are you getting this information? Getting skin infections from showering, say, three times a week? Nonsense. I would love to see where you’re getting that information.

Sardonicat · 09-10-2018 5:06pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

What health professionals advise that?
You need to bathe at least once daily. It could be a strip wash, bath or shower , whichever of these is your preference or is available.

To not wash under your arms, your genital/peri-anal region, your feet and any skin folds you may have and dry them properly each day is not only minging, it is also unhealthy and can lead to skin infections.

I bath/shower daily. Twice daily during menstruation.

And from what source are you getting this information?

Try not washing your crotch for a week and come back and tell us how you're getting on with the itching, yeast infections, boils and uti's.

dzilla · 09-10-2018 5:07pm

Once weekly before mass.

Sardonicat · 09-10-2018 5:09pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

What health professionals advise that?
You need to bathe at least once daily. It could be a strip wash, bath or shower , whichever of these is your preference or is available.

To not wash under your arms, your genital/peri-anal region, your feet and any skin folds you may have and dry them properly each day is not only minging, it is also unhealthy and can lead to skin infections.

I bath/shower daily. Twice daily during menstruation.

And from what source are you getting this information? Getting skin infections from showering, say, three times a week? Nonsense. I would love to see where you’re getting that information.

I didn't say you'd get skin infections from only showering 3 times a week. Go back and read my post. You managed to quote it, pity you didn't bother to read it.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-10-2018 5:10pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

Try not washing your crotch for a week and come back and tell us how you're getting on with the itching, yeast infections, boils and uti's.

Don’t be disingenuous. I said showering three times a week, not once a week. Every other day. You said not cleaning those regions every day can lead to skin infections. So the three-times-a-week showery falls into the category that you think leads to skin infections. I’m interested where you have read about this.

Edit: I did read your post. You said once daily. That means every day.

ELM327 · 09-10-2018 5:15pm

I shower only when I can persuade yore ma to stand over me and urinate.

Snoddy · 09-10-2018 5:25pm

Wash once a month with a hand knitted cloth from an old jumper, warm water in a pot over the fire , throw the veg in it too , for soup. Just wash essential areas , dont use shower gels etc
People today are too precious .

Sardonicat · 09-10-2018 5:34pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

Try not washing your crotch for a week and come back and tell us how you're getting on with the itching, yeast infections, boils and uti's.

Don’t be disingenuous. I said showering three times a week, not once a week. Every other day. You said not cleaning those regions every day can lead to skin infections. So the three-times-a-week showery falls into the category that you think leads to skin infections. I’m interested where you have read about this.

Edit: I did read it. You said once daily. That means every day.

Not cleaning these regions everyday CAN lead to skin infections. Especially of the feet and peri-anal/genital regions. You can clean them elsewhere other than the shower, as has been pointed out by myself and others in thread.
You want a source for the need for daily washing of your hoop?! You can get your practice nurse to recommend you plenty when she's packing your peri-anal abcess with betadine infused gauze.

Sardonicat · 09-10-2018 5:36pm

Snoddy wrote: »

Wash once a month with a hand knitted cloth from an old jumper, warm water in a pot over the fire , throw the veg in it too , for soup. Just wash essential areas , dont use shower gels etc
People today are too precious .

Dont forget, once a year:wire brush and dettol (be sure to start from the top down)

D3V!L · 09-10-2018 5:41pm

I shower twice a day. When I get up for work and then after my workout in the middle of the day.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-10-2018 5:42pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

Not cleaning these regions everyday CAN lead to skin infections. Especially of the feet and peri-anal/genital regions. You can clean them elsewhere other than the shower, as has been pointed out by myself and others in thread.
You want a source for the need for daily washing of your hoop?! You can get your practice nurse to recommend you plenty when she's packing your peri-anal abcess with betadine infused gauze.

You asked somebody else for a source for their post. I’m simply asking you for the same. I’d be shocked if any doctor, nurse or dermatologist even raised an eyebrow at somebody saying they wash (whatever the method) every second day. We have native bacteria on our skin that does a good job at outcompeting foreign bacteria over a few days.

DoozerT6 · 09-10-2018 5:48pm

Oh goody, this thread again.

I shower nightly. Might not bother on Saturday if I wasn't going anywhere. Wash my hair every 2/3 days.

Have wondered idly in the past about how people in olden days why may have washed very infrequently managed to get some lovin' from their other halves. I mean, imagine - just imagine - 'going downtown' on someone who hasn't had a bath for a month!!!! Or even cuddling up to someone who hasn't washed their hair or armpits since last Christmas. Did they just get used to it, or.....

Sardonicat · 09-10-2018 6:01pm

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Sardonicat wrote: »

Not cleaning these regions everyday CAN lead to skin infections. Especially of the feet and peri-anal/genital regions. You can clean them elsewhere other than the shower, as has been pointed out by myself and others in thread.
You want a source for the need for daily washing of your hoop?! You can get your practice nurse to recommend you plenty when she's packing your peri-anal abcess with betadine infused gauze.

You asked somebody else for a source for their post. I’m simply asking you for the same. I’d be shocked if any doctor, nurse or dermatologist even raised an eyebrow at somebody saying they wash (whatever the method) every second day. We have native bacteria on our skin that does a good job at outcompeting foreign bacteria over a few days.

The person I questioned said a health professional recommended bathing once a week. I don't believe that and don't expect a source to be forthcoming as I'm sure you know.

Most women will end up with BV if they don't wash themselves intimately daily. My gp is my source, but most women figure it out for themselves once puberty hits.

I can't speak for men but do know that a young male relative ended up in hospital with a really nasty infection under his foreskin, and he and his (quite frankly, stinky) family are the sort to bathe every couple of days. Had the mother giving out stink for the lecture the Dr. gave her re hygiene after puberty.

I don't believe anyone would require a source for daily washing of certain parts of the body. I'm frankly quite shocked anyone would even question it.

Sardonicat · 09-10-2018 6:03pm

DoozerT6 wrote: »

Oh goody, this thread again.

I shower nightly. Might not bother on Saturday if I wasn't going anywhere. Wash my hair every 2/3 days.

Have wondered idly in the past about how people in olden days why may have washed very infrequently managed to get some lovin' from their other halves. I mean, imagine - just imagine - 'going downtown' on someone who hasn't had a bath for a month!!!! Or even cuddling up to someone who hasn't washed their hair or armpits since last Christmas. Did they just get used to it, or.....

Or, they washed themselves.

Seoda1 · 09-10-2018 6:11pm

In the morning, I like to feel fresh at the start of the day, a shower at night would wake me up!

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 09-10-2018 6:16pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

The person I questioned said a health professional recommended bathing once a week. I don't believe that and don't expect a source to be forthcoming as I'm sure you know.

Most women will end up with BV if they don't wash themselves intimately daily. My gp is my source, but most women figure it out for themselves once puberty hits.

I can't speak for men but do know that a young male relative ended up in hospital with a really nasty infection under his foreskin, and he and his (quite frankly, stinky) family are the sort to bathe every couple of days. Had the mother giving out stink for the lecture the Dr. gave her re hygiene after puberty.

I don't believe anyone would require a source for daily washing of certain parts of the body. I'm frankly quite shocked anyone would even question it.

Well, that sounds like he wasn’t cleaning that tricky area properly. If he’s not, infection can arise whether he washed every day or once a week. You don’t seem to know how often his family bathe. Could be once a week.

My whole family are “the sort” to bathe every-other-day and certainly don’t stink. And them being family doesn’t mean I wouldn’t detect smelliness off them.

And, as said, I don’t know where people are encountering all these smelly people. I’ve spent plenty of time on rush hour public transport and rarely got a bang off anyone. Is it because every one of those people bathed daily? I seriously doubt it.

I find so many people very OTT about cleanliness and actually, yeah, I DO think some of the statements made on threads like this about washing daily should be questioned. Lads, you’ve all stood next to a non-smelly person who showered yesterday.

On the bacterial issue, every second day is absolutely fine. We have native bacteria on our skin that help keep foreign bacteria at bay for a few day due to outcompeting them. It’s our immune system’s first line of defence.

Snoddy · 09-10-2018 6:37pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

Dont forget, once a year:wire brush and dettol (be sure to start from the top down)

The Christmas wash

Muscles Schultz · 09-10-2018 7:41pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

AKA sweat.

Are you saying your genitals and hoop only get washed once a week?

Indeed. More frequent washing is unnatural

greencap · 09-10-2018 8:55pm

troyzer wrote: »

I never understand those freaks who go to bed clean and wake up dirty.

You are going to accumulate oil on your skin during the night, that's just a fact.

I couldn't imagine going to work having not showered for 12 hours, so weird.

That oil is supposed to be there. As a barrier. If you shower every day you're drying out your skin.

Showering?

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