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To have two showers a day

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carol1234568 · 20/05/2018 17:14

Since puberty I have always felt dirty if I don't have two showers a day. Usually, I have a body wash in the morning and wash 'down there' with a quick rinse at night. I wash my hair on alternate nights.

I feel I need a shower to feel clean for the day and to be clean for bed after the day. I also feel it's important to wash 'down there' regularly if nothing else.

When I was living with my parents my dad would get very annoyed at me having two showers, even though the showers are about 3 minutes if I'm not washing my hair. Now I live with my partner, and he too thinks it's a waste to have two showers.

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madmomma · 21/05/2018 09:06

Complete bollocks that washing your hair every day is bad for it

TheDrinksAreOnMe · 21/05/2018 09:08

I often shower twice a day though I always shampoo/condition my hair each time so it takes longer than you do but it's worth it

Worth what? You do realise washing your hair daily is pretty brutal for it?

WalkingOnAFlashlightBeam · 21/05/2018 09:13

Worth what? You do realise washing your hair daily is pretty brutal for it?

For yours, maybe.

LoniceraJaponica · 21/05/2018 09:35

Doesn't washsing your hair twice a day make it more greasy?

TheFatkinsDiet · 21/05/2018 09:39

I used to wash my hair every day and it looked great. It’s only as I’ve got older and my hair is dryer that I’ve been able to cut back. I do every other day now.

TheDrinksAreOnMe · 21/05/2018 09:54

Doesn't washsing your hair twice a day make it more greasy?

Yes, your scalp produces more oils to make up for the constant washing and stripping. Becomes a vicious circle

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 21/05/2018 10:00

YANBU, I like two showers a day. One before work to be fresh for the day and then early evening after a run or exercise so I'm ready for the evening. I'm not in there long unless I wash my hair (twice a week). Soap up, rinse, and out.

BakedBeans47 · 21/05/2018 10:06

I don’t think baths are filthy. Having to spend two hours a day steeping in one just to feel clean is pretty odd though.

RavenLG · 21/05/2018 10:07

Nope it’s fine. Better than not showering at all, especially in this heat!

WalkingOnAFlashlightBeam · 21/05/2018 10:08

Doesn't washsing your hair twice a day make it more greasy?

It depends on the person. Not everyone has the same hair that responds the same way to the same hair care regime.

userofthiswebsite · 21/05/2018 21:10

Mine gets washed 1 or 2 times a day. If I gym in the evening it gets cleaned after that as well as the morning. I have never experienced greasy hair but as it goes max 24 hours without cleaning I suppose I wouldn't know.
I used to wash my hair only every second or third day but body changed a few years back and now overheat a lot so super paranoid about having sweat in hair.
I love showers so much.

QueenoftheNights · 21/05/2018 21:19

YRNBU

I have had 2 showers or a shower then a bath, daily, for years.

I feel it's far quicker to shower in the morning than faff around with a facecloth washing your pits and bits. Evening I have a bath and if I am especially mucky a rinse with the shower before a soak or a rinse after the bath.

Never wash hair in the shower as I don't think it's good to get shampoo all over your body. Wash hair separeately

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