Page 3 | Which way do you stand in the shower?!

Midnightjowel · 2025-01-10T01:57:08+00:00

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?!

BCBird · 10/01/2025 08:44

Always face the spray

LivingOnTheVeg · 10/01/2025 08:41

If I’m washing my hair I stand under the shower facing away from it, but if I’m not washing my hair I face towards it to keep my hair out.

CynicalSunni · 10/01/2025 08:39

I think everyone has a direction they always face in the shower.
Nobody is rotating continuously a la superman.
I always face the wall to the left when not in motion. Rotate when wetting hair for shampoo but face away when washing shampoo out.

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 08:32

SnowballSandwich · 10/01/2025 08:30

We have a rainfall shower head and a handheld one. If I'm washing my hair I stand facing out with my head back and use the handheld bit to do a good rinse.
If I'm not washing my hair I stand facing in with my head back to keep my hair out of the water and use the hand held bit for a final body rinse.

I don't like baths at all but I love a good hot tub.

But does your hair actually stay dry?! Everytime we stay in a hotel with one of these fancy showers my heart drops because I wash my hair every other day but it just ends up getting drenched in those ones!

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SnowballSandwich · 10/01/2025 08:30

We have a rainfall shower head and a handheld one. If I'm washing my hair I stand facing out with my head back and use the handheld bit to do a good rinse.
If I'm not washing my hair I stand facing in with my head back to keep my hair out of the water and use the hand held bit for a final body rinse.

I don't like baths at all but I love a good hot tub.

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 08:24

Printedword · 10/01/2025 08:22

Mostly back to the water flow, but facing it during hair wash. It's hard water here and I have the sort of hair that's hard to get really wet so some days are more hair shower days when I concentrate on that.

My relatively recent revelation was how enjoyable and effective - cleanliness wise - having a bath is. I thought for years I didn't have time to have a bath, now I make time.

Ahh yes! I grew up with a water tank so if you were allowed a bath (maybe once a month tops) you’d have to have the water on for about 3 hours beforehand and it was about as deep as a sheet of paper so completely not enjoyable 😂 definitely love a good bath now.

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Printedword · 10/01/2025 08:22

Mostly back to the water flow, but facing it during hair wash. It's hard water here and I have the sort of hair that's hard to get really wet so some days are more hair shower days when I concentrate on that.

My relatively recent revelation was how enjoyable and effective - cleanliness wise - having a bath is. I thought for years I didn't have time to have a bath, now I make time.

Sizzer40 · 10/01/2025 08:14

MilkMilkLemomade · 10/01/2025 03:16

I rotate. I also lift the shower head off to direct water where I need to rinse.

This.

The only way. And I'm surprised people don't rotate as standard!!

VerityUnreasonble · 10/01/2025 07:50

I mostly sit on the floor or sometimes even lie in the bath to wash my legs. However, I have POTS and standing isn't really friendly to me. If standing, then spinning is always the way to go to avoid any cold bits and ensure everywhere gets rinsed.

RickiRaccoon · 10/01/2025 07:48

I stand side on to the shower head but facing it so the water hits my front. The water feels too hot if it hits my back directly so I only do that when I turn and back up to rinse my hair.

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 07:48

Ohsunshine · 10/01/2025 07:45

I thought everyone rotated! I have to rotate otherwise the half that's not facing the shower gets cold!

I just don’t understand this 😂 maybe people are standing further away than me haha wow this is eye opening

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Fontainebleau007 · 10/01/2025 07:47

I face the shower but when washing my hair I face away from it.

Ohsunshine · 10/01/2025 07:45

I thought everyone rotated! I have to rotate otherwise the half that's not facing the shower gets cold!

itsgettingweird · 10/01/2025 07:42

Also a rotator.

Discovered after I had my hysterectomy and sat in bath with shower running to wash my hair and so sat facing taps. (I didn't feel balanced enough to stand in bath 👀)

I may have struggled to get in and out but woahhhhhh did it give me new shower habits 😂

GetyourheadoutoftheovenIris · 10/01/2025 07:42

I can’t imagine facing the shower, how would you know if a burglar (or in my case dog) has come in?

I stand as still as a statue for 5 minutes contemplating life then I wash (I do not rotate, I am not a kebab) and then that’s it.

Facing the shower feels like it would be like stirring your coffee anticlockwise or clapping with your elbows.

Sherararara · 10/01/2025 07:41

paranoiaofpufflings · 10/01/2025 02:35

Radical twist - I have a "rainfall" shower and stand right underneath it!

Yup. And then move around as needed in all directions.

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 07:39

Also pretty sure the cleanliness lies in the washing and lathering technique anyway

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 07:39

Dramatic · 10/01/2025 07:25

I rotate too, I don't know how you can get properly clean if you don't rotate 🙈

Of course you can 😂 the water goes all over you either way!

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Midnightjowel · 10/01/2025 07:38

Soontobe60 · 10/01/2025 07:35

Get a shower cap!

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This would be my issue! Never found shower cap that works 100%

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Soontobe60 · 10/01/2025 07:35

MixedCouple2 · 10/01/2025 07:25

I don't wash my hair daily so these I hate.

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Get a shower cap!

TubeScreamer · 10/01/2025 07:34

Rainfall shower with huge head. I stand under it with my back to the wall/controls.
I worry that I wouldn’t spot intruders otherwise (even though the door is locked).

fghbvh · 10/01/2025 07:34

I always hold the shower head - I hate it if we stay in a hotel and it's fixed to the wall.

Jellifer · 10/01/2025 07:32

I’m a rotator but when washing my (long) hair I face the taps and bend my head down so my hair falls forward. Never understood how to do it with my head tilted back!

Lovemybunnies · 10/01/2025 07:27

🤣this has given me a good laugh this morning. I can’t even think what I do.

MixedCouple2 · 10/01/2025 07:25

paranoiaofpufflings · 10/01/2025 02:35

Radical twist - I have a "rainfall" shower and stand right underneath it!

I don't wash my hair daily so these I hate.