[Closed] How many showers per day?

But guys who don’t perspire much can afford to go 2 to 3 days without showering, says Dr. Kiripolsky.

And maybe Rivera is on to something: Excessive showering weakens your skin’s barrier function, making it more likely to react to fragrances, dyes, and other potential irritants. As a result, your skin can become red, dry, and itchy.

There you go, unless you’re exercising then 2-3 days is about right if you aren’t a sweaty bollocks.

Those oddballs that shower before bed but not in the morning.... Doesn’t it wake you up at night? Don’t you feel manky in the morning? Surely a shower in the morning wakes you up and makes you feel fresh for the day? If I don’t shower in the morning I feel grimy and sluggish

Seeing as there's a good chance I'll be covered in bits of grinding disc and cut up steel pretty quickly at work a shower in the morning would be wasted on me.

This reminds me of a filthy ****er I used to work with.

Working away from home he was in the hotel bar as soon as we arrived every night. No shower after being on a Building site all day pulling cables. And in the morning he always said I’ll have a shower after work. Whole week unwashed, and the stink of his shit from the toilet.
Great quotes were “I’ve just shat a walking stick” & “ it was still in my arse when it reached the water” skid marks all over the bowl and arguing that it wasn’t him that made the mess.

The last person I ever shared a room with from work.

Working class - bath after work
Middle class - shower in morning

Make you choice....

prolly about 3 or 4 times a week max

it's too much really and not necessary unless doing sport

Looks like I'm working class then. Dirty outdoor job so no point in the morning and being outside is enough to wake me up.

Once before work, either at work if I’ve cycled in or at home if I’m on the train
Once after exercise, so pretty much every day.
So yeah, twice most days.

I bet most of you don’t even wee in the shower

Anything other than once a day, in the morning, is utterly, [i]utterly[/i] mad.

I have a shower on the 1st of every month whether I’m dirty or not

Twice a day...sod that unless its in the middle of a heatwave.

Now I have a desk job, I normally shower every other day but can easily do every 3rd day if I'm not exerting myself without any 'odour' problems 🙂

Obviously if I'm cycling, I will shower the same day.

Once a day, any more causes skin problems

Less in winter and I feel better for it.

Exactly what funkmasterp said ^^^.

Except for the sock bit.

Once a week whether I need one or not.

Probably average out at twice a day, sometimes three times. Always once in the morning, even if I am going to swim/gym first thing. Then usually after exercise and even again later after work if I was going out somewhere.

I don't think 2 showers a day is excessive. Maybe switch to a fragrance free/ph neutral shower gel or something.

I wonder how many of the every third day brigade give the teeth a wee miss for a few days

Zero.

Because we don't have a shower at home (or have one at work - use wet wipes after biking in).

I'll have a bath as and when, might be daily, might be every other day, might be every three days.

Most days before bed unless I've had an easy day & its been cold.

The thought of getting into bed after a days work without showering just makes me itch + your only going to grind all that dirt into your bed clothes, 6 or 7 odd hours in bed asleep hardly warrants a shower in the morning.

Once a day for me, in the morning and again if I’ve been on the bike / gym.

I never used to bother showering in the morning if I was about to jump on my bike, seemed a ‘waste’ but since the metalwork went in my arms I need a pretty hot shower to get moving in the morning.

I thought at 1-2 showers a day I was an average 'hygienic' person but after reading most of this thread I have diagnosed myself with OCD cleanliness issues.
Some of you must be right stinkers or don't have any 'intimate relations' 😯

shakers97 - Member
I shower once a day. I consider that excessive compared to growing up the 70s and 80s when one bath a week, inc hair wash was all I got.

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Varies. If I'm sitting on my arse at work and driving around then once every other day. If I'm cycling to and from work then twice a day. So probably averages out at every 1.5 days. Quick wash and a whores bath on non shower days. Sorted.

[i]I wonder how many of the every third day brigade give the teeth a wee miss for a few days[/i]

You wonder incorrectly...brush twice a day, got one filling and that was when my dentist changed to a shady one, the second time I got a second opinion and it turns out he was just drilling my teeth (and the wife's) for cash.

I try to stretch my shaves to every other day as well as my skin gets irritated, however I have dark stubble so look really scruffy on the 3rd day :d

Are the people showering 3 times a day the type that changes bedding every 1-2 days too?

I thought at 1-2 showers a day I was an average 'hygienic' person but after reading most of this thread I have diagnosed myself with OCD cleanliness issues.
Some of you must be right stinkers or don't have any 'intimate relations'

+1

I don't want to know how often clothes/sheets/towels are changed either. 😐

One shower a day for me - a second if sweaty / dirty

My guess would not be the showering itself - its the soaps and products being used.

Have things changed so much since showers became the norm I wonder?
I remember only having a bath in our house & maybe using it myself 2-3 times a week. This was in the 70's (1970's not 1870's)
Can't remember anyone being particularly stinky back then.
& I bet no-one says, 'ooh, I felt really mucky back then & had a bath every day, wish we'd had a shower'.
Daft innit? I can't imagine going on holiday in a renty cottage for instance & it having no shower!
But that's the way it was.

showering 3 times a day

How do these people find the time to hold down a job that fits in with thier OCD hygiene regime?

But a shower takes a few minutes it's not like a bath which takes ages.
I don't have any hair to do sort afterwards so just a quick scrub and go.

oldmanmtb - Member
Working class - bath after work
Middle class - shower in morning

One shower a day, usually in the evening. Occasional bath in the winter after a proper cold ride.

Once a day.
Usually first thing in the morning, unless I'm off walking/cycling in which case it'll wait till I've finished.

Every other day unless I've been cycling, I'm hairy so sweat needs properly washed out or it just stays.

Believe it or not there are other ways to wash without immersing youself in water.

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I don't want to know how often clothes/sheets/towels are changed either.

Every day for underwear and tshirts, top and jeans can do a few days, towels get used once and sheets changed about weekly.

Wonder how many folk that shower so often get straight back into a pair of jeans that havent been washed in six months in all weathers 😕

I wash/shower/bath if I'm dirty. That could be 2 or 3 times a day or once a week. It all depend's what I've been doing. Growing up in the 60's Sunday night was bath night, end of.

Once every 2 to 3 days usually. Or more often if I have got particularly sweaty/dirty, ie running. Don't usually get that sweaty from cycling, unless it is really hot weather.
Never more than once a day.

And I avoid showering first thing in the morning, low blood pressure means a risk of fainting.

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!