to use a shower puff?

[mikado1]

I wash mine in the machine after every use but still I hear people saying they are disgusting/unhygienic and can't understand people using them. What is so wrong with them or is it just that some people leave the same one in shower for months on end?

[Yellowbird54321]

What is a shower puff? Is it one of those scrunched up nylon balls?

[NotSoFitFlop]

Errr I use one, never wash it, looks and smells fine to me. I get a new one when they look a bit manky though.

[squoosh]

I love them, they make everything so lovely and lathery.

[Jewels234]

I love them (didn't realise I was supposed to wash it!)

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

I love them too. As soon as it unravels I get a new one.

[GloGirl]

In what machine after every use?

You put it in the washing machine every time you use it??!

[SaucyJack]

Are we supposed to wash stuff to wash with now?

Dear God, when does it end?!

[AlisonBlunderland]

I wash mine in machine every now and then but it's never smelly. I do give it a good rinse after use.
Used to use a sponge but they get manky very quickly

[Millipedewithherfeetup]

Surely rinsing off the soap washes it ?, ours get hung up in the shower after use to dry, not at all smelly!

[SurlyCue]

I never wash them. I buy them at 4 for £1 and just use a new one every few weeks. I dont think they'd survive the washing machine, they arent that well held together.

[pudcat]

Surely if you have used shower gel and then rinsed the puff or sponge in clear shower water it is clean.

[RiverTam]

Why do you need to wash it? I never do, it seems fine and doesn't smell.

[SurlyCue]

I call mine a scruffer.

[sugar21]

I love them but never wash them. Surely a shower puff would unravel in a washing machine?. I just rinse the lather out when I'm showered and hang to dry. Can't see why they are considered manky when they have shower cream on them at least once a day. I just throw them out when they unravel.

[Fatmomma99]

SaucyJack

[sugar21]

at scruffer that made me laugh

[SurlyCue]

at scruffer that made me laugh

'cause it scruffs my fake tan off!

[ChilliAndMint]

Never wash mine...looks like a sea urchin.

[eddiemairswife]

Mine is called a 'Body Polisher'.... from Sainsburys.

[TinklyLittleLaugh]

Old ones are absolutely brilliant for cleaning the bathroom.

[mikado1]

I got a pack of four in ikea and they wash really well. I started washing them because I heard people saying how gross they were... I thought it might be because they are hanging there wet and even though rinsed arennot completely clean.. you would wash your facecloth and towel.

[Sparklingbrook]

Sometimes if you don't wash the big ones (smaller ones are rubbish) and sort of peel the mesh apart and look in the middle they can be really manky.

[sugar21]

scruffs my fake tan off
Also scruffs the muff

[Cabawill]

I have one and never wash it. Just rinse it throughly and hang up to dry. I replace it when it starts to look manky or smell.

There really is no better way to get properly lathered up.

[stardusty5]

A towel scrubs dead skins cells off, and flannels take longer to dry, so after a fee uses smell a bit fusty and need to be washed. I use towels and flannels 2/3 times before washing.

It's never crossed my mind to wash a shower puff, the structure and material means it dries quite quickly after being rinsed. I just get a new one when its coming apart.