Daily showering/not showering discussion (Loose Women)

[Mothership4two]

That MN perennial favourite 'showering' was under discussion on today's show and it made me smile because it seems to come up all the time on here. They said a daily shower is not necessary contraversial and two to three times a week is fine: their point was that daily showering is expensive, not great for the environment, might not be good for you as dries out skin and hair. They all were in agreement but Nadia said she likes a daily shower "not to do with being dirty" but as she likes water. I assume a well done to one of their researchers may be in order?

After all the 'heated debates' I have witnessed it just tickled me. A bit like someone you know appearing on TV 😆

Have also made a duplicate post (in Telly Addicts) which I know irritates some posters. Wasn't sure where to put it. The do you/don't you shower generally gets plonked in AIBU but I don't have a question so that would be pointless.

I would just like to say, as someone who swabs a patients skin prior to sticking a needle in, I am often amazed by the nicely dressed &nicely smelling people who, on removing the swab, are absolutely filthy.
I’m talking dark brown stains on the swab that I’ve rubbed off their skin, both men and women, all in the older age range, although I’ve had a few grubby very young men/lads too!

The Metro in Singapore doesn’t ming like the Tube in London and it never gets below 30C there. The Tube ming is 100% home grown.

That's not fake tan?

False tan?

O don't think the tube stink is people is it ?

Or else London people have a very different stink to else where

I will never understand why on earth people have an opinion on other people's intimate and personal habits! There's no should.

I shower twice daily, if I don't, I stink. That's just a fact. My partner could probably go for 4 days and still not really smell.

People are different, people do what they need to. It IS true that if some people don't shower daily they smell bad. It is ALSO true that many people can go several days. Everybody is different.

I don't shower everyday but I do wash my hands every time I go into a house / restaurant / office / anywhere really.

Always wash my hands after going on public transport and encourage the kids to wash hands as soon as they get home from school.

Surely that is fake tan!

lol. Fake tan doesn’t come off with a swab of cotton.

Agree that regular hand washing as soon as I come home is much more important than washing my arms or legs more than once or twice a week!

I shower and wash my hair every day although I don't think it is necessary for everyone. My hair is short and sticks out in every direction every morning so quicker to jump in the shower and wash myself and my hair. I am only in there for a short time though (4 or 5 minutes) not half an hour like some.

DH showers every 3 days and definitely does not smell. He does wash every day though

We don't wash in rainwater or rivers though, our water has to be treated and get to us.

A few months ago in an interview on BBC News (I think) Waterwise (I think) were discussing how our changing washing habits (going from once or twice weekly baths/washing hair over bath or sink to more fequent showering has had a huge impact on water supplies and the environment (along with population growth).

Waterwise 'water facts'

https://www.waterwise.org.uk/save-water/

Me too. Probably too much!

Not in my home

Does he wash his feet every day? And if so, how?

I shower every day but if I've trodden in a half chomped dog chew, or a spilled sticky anything it's perfectly easy to stand on one leg and pop the other one in the sink to rinse it off. I'm 68 and can still do this easily.

It's not just about the water - it's about the power to heat the water - 3 people in my house, if we all showered every day, that's a couple of tanks of water - an appreciable oil cost.

I shower when I smell/after getting sweaty, every 2-3 days (more in summer, less in winter). DS1 is hitting puberty and so he showers most days (especially if he does sport). DS2 is young and showers a couple of times a week, because he doesn't smell at all.

We all wear clean clothes each day. In my experience, the people who smell truly terrible are the ones that don't change their clothes - even if they shower, it lingers.

This has made my day. What lovely memories 😊♥️

When I’m in the office there are a few men who I can tell if they’ve not showered that day, they have a sort of musty/greasy smell.

@Sunnnybunny72 you use the sink or bath? I've washed my feet before just by themselves when I've been outside/cleaning the shower and needed to
Usually I just stick them in the sink one by one

I don’t care what anyone says, daily showers are a must for me

When people say shower, do they mean standing under one and getting whole body lathered up, or can it mean washing potentially smelly bits in the shower? To be honest, legs and arms are not going to smell even after a week

Shower in the morning/bath in the evening. Not going to stop 🤷‍♀️

Course she is