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Which way do you stand in the shower?!

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 01:57

So, I’ve spent my whole life facing ‘forwards’ as in, back to the mixer. And for some unknown reason today I flip it and stand facing the shower/ mixer and woah, a new world? Why did nobody tell me it’s about 2782929 times easier to wash my hair this way around 😂

got me thinking- what’s the normal way?!

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TwattyMcFuckFace · 10/01/2025 22:57

I always face away as I hate the water in my face.

Movingpieces · 10/01/2025 22:53

I usually stand back to showerhead unless washing face. Someone told me once the hot water can cause wrinkles/aging to the delicate skin on the decolletage area. No idea if true or not but can't seem to stop it! Also take off shower head to rinse under feet. Something else can't seem to stop!

maddening · 10/01/2025 22:22

My shower head comes from the ceiling im tw center (it is a double width shower) so I don't think it makes a difference which way I stand.

Cantbesure · 10/01/2025 22:17

People face away from the shower?! 🤯

XenoBitch · 10/01/2025 17:40

I stand with my back the the shower, and turn round to wash/rinse my front. I don't wash my hair in the shower (I stand outside the bath and do it over the side).

tediber · 10/01/2025 17:36

Both ways. I only face away from the water to do my hair. I don't agree it's easier to do hair facing the water the shampoo wld go all
over my face.

I've got a rainfall shower in my en-suite but I don't stand directly underneath it very often 😂 sounds like I'm doing that wrong. I still mainly keep my face out and body under under.

evtheria · 10/01/2025 17:11

Snowmanscarf · 10/01/2025 11:06

@evtheria You need to invest in a car wash!

Ah, the dream...

VerityUnreasonble · 10/01/2025 13:28

GetyourheadoutoftheovenIris · 10/01/2025 10:37

Without being rude, Is rotating to do with the size of the person? Or is it down to how powerful the water stream is?
I don’t understand why you wouldn’t be able to wash all over without rotating?

No! I am a tiny person (I assume you weren't meaning small people were more likely to rotate as the water might miss them due to them being so small) I am 5ft 2 and about a size 6, basically the same size as a 12 year old (which is helpful for cheap clothes). Even if I stand directly under the shower with it pointing straight down it still seems to run more down one side than another, however powerful, and usually the shower head is slightly angled, much better to spin for a more even spread. I have tested this in a variety of showers over many years, for science.

(I do think water running via hair impacts but not willing to shave my head to check)

StarlightLady · 10/01/2025 13:06

Showers with a pulse setting are particularly useful 😉.

Chasingsquirrels · 10/01/2025 13:02

fivebyfivebuffy · 10/01/2025 11:20

I have a hand held one so use that and take it off to rinse everything properly

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Ditto

MereDintofPandiculation · 10/01/2025 12:01

Back to the shower if I'm washing my hair, front if I'm not.

Christmasgiraffe · 10/01/2025 11:56

Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 10:53

This? I’m very smol (not mumsnet tiny of course but still pretty petite) and the water gets all of me? I’m so confused haha

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I'm one of the rotators but I'm very tall so if I just stand still the water only hits my front or my back, depending on which way I'm facing.

It's mostly about not having a consistently cold arse, than rinsing all over. I could do that just by turning a couple of times.

notatinydancer · 10/01/2025 11:52

Face the shower. Turn round to wash my hair.

PandaChopChop · 10/01/2025 11:51

Particularly enjoyed "Rotating like a rotisserie chicken".
Having read the thread (chuckling) I have had a really good think and realised that I face the glass "curtain" (on the bath) but I rotate sort of 180 degrees (back to shower) to wash everywhere.
I have a shite electric shower on top of the bath which is neither hot nor powerful nor big enough. It upsets me.

I am just booking a weekend away and the one requirement is a walk in shower with a rainfall head!!!!

fivebyfivebuffy · 10/01/2025 11:20

Dramatic · 10/01/2025 11:05

Not trying to be rude....but if you don't face the shower at any point how are you rinsing "down there"? 🙈

I have a hand held one so use that and take it off to rinse everything properly

Snowmanscarf · 10/01/2025 11:06

@evtheria You need to invest in a car wash!

evtheria · 10/01/2025 11:05

I flip round maybe once or twice during the shower, but slightly prefer facing it (I'm short, it hits about forehead and hair) as if facing away I find I keep having to push hair out of my face.

My dream would be the shower where there are multiple jets of water coming from all sides and above. I want to be power washed from all angles simultaneously.

Snowmanscarf · 10/01/2025 11:05

I face the taps, as I tend to vary the temperature - cooler to begin with and then hotter.

Dramatic · 10/01/2025 11:05

Not trying to be rude....but if you don't face the shower at any point how are you rinsing "down there"? 🙈

nodramaplz · 10/01/2025 11:03

@Midnightjowel
How did you rinse the side you didn't put under water?

nodramaplz · 10/01/2025 11:00

I like to do 360's

2chocolateoranges · 10/01/2025 10:56

I face the shower to wash my body and face away from the shower when washing my hair.

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 10:54

myplace · 10/01/2025 10:51

The water is hitting the back of my head and going down my back and legs. It isn’t going to reach my tummy button or under my arms.

I turn and lift my armpits to the jet, move my bust… If water and soap and hair sit in any creases, then I end up sore. I need to rinse thoroughly under my bust which can’t happen with my back to the water.

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I skim read this as “like a jet” and now I have the image of someone flapping their arms like a plane in the shower 😂😭 I’ve lost the plot.

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NormasArse · 10/01/2025 10:54

I face the tap. The shower head faces straight down though.

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 10:53

GetyourheadoutoftheovenIris · 10/01/2025 10:37

Without being rude, Is rotating to do with the size of the person? Or is it down to how powerful the water stream is?
I don’t understand why you wouldn’t be able to wash all over without rotating?

This? I’m very smol (not mumsnet tiny of course but still pretty petite) and the water gets all of me? I’m so confused haha

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