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do you wash your legs

280 replies

cpl24805254 · 12/05/2019 22:12

so was reading an online news article about a twitter thread,in which people said they did not wash legs in the shower.I am confused why you would leave them out.Is this a thing? one woman said she only washed them when she shaved!Do you wash your legs in the shower?

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BlueCornishPixie · 12/05/2019 22:24

No, I just soap down to about upper thigh, but not really majorly focusing on my back or stomach.

The soap and water running down is enough to wash them. And they get soaped when I shave my legs. I think I read somewhere we should only soap sweaty areas so pits and bits and the soap from these areas does the rest. But I do soap my arms for some reason. I do have a bath about once a week as well as a daily shower though, so I reckon they'd get pretty thoroughly washed there. Not many people are getting close to my bare legs tbh.

OVAgroundWOMBlingfree · 12/05/2019 22:24

I give them a quick rub over with my gloves on the way to my feet.

babysharkah · 12/05/2019 22:25

No. The shower gel does it for me. Plus my legs don't exactly get dory!

PickAChew · 12/05/2019 22:25

Not when i have a quick pits and bits shower before the kids murder each other, but usually I do, yes. I get horrible scaly skin, very quickly, if I ignore them too often.

megletthesecond · 12/05/2019 22:25

Yes.
Another exfoliating glove washer.

BumbleBeee69 · 12/05/2019 22:26

yes

Thedogscollar · 12/05/2019 22:26

Yep gobsmacked when I read this on Twitter. I mean just why wouldn't you? Confused

MashedSpud · 12/05/2019 22:26

Yes.

TheBrilloPad · 12/05/2019 22:28

Whattttt?! No, never have. It's never occurred to me to! I only wash bits that sweat - pretty much just pits and 'bits'. I don't wash my legs, or my stomach, or my forearms etc.

youngestisapsycho · 12/05/2019 22:28

Hmm... I don’t wash my legs or my feet?! They always seem to be clean though 🤷🏼‍♀️

angelikacpickles · 12/05/2019 22:29

Yes.

EskeewdBeef · 12/05/2019 22:29

Lower legs get skimmed over on the way to my feet, and I suppose thighs get a cursory mop when I'm washing my nethers. But I rarely focus on my legs, they're incidental.

Ohyesiam · 12/05/2019 22:30

I do to exfoliate, but only wash to get clean of external dirt, like mud from gardening.
Some people get sweaty behind the knees, I don’t.

OldAndWornOut · 12/05/2019 22:30

Maybe the smell on public transport isn't from the strip washers, but from dirty legs?

OhYouBadBadKitten · 12/05/2019 22:31

I just realised, I don't wash my back Confused

lilabet2 · 12/05/2019 22:32

Yes of course! Head to toe, with a quick belly button wash too (you'd be surprised how many people don't wash their navel each day)!

OnlyPostInEmergencies · 12/05/2019 22:33

Why do you need to wash your feet?

ILoveMaxiBondi · 12/05/2019 22:33

I can’t be imagine not washing a random part of my body! Confused why wouldnt you wash your legs along with the rest of your body? Why leave them out? Are they self cleaning? I wash every single part of skin apart from scalp on non hair wash days.

AntiHop · 12/05/2019 22:33

No. Unless I've been swimming.

GreenDragon75 · 12/05/2019 22:33

No - I only soap them if I’m shaving. Doesn’t it really dry your skin out?

kateandme · 12/05/2019 22:33

yep as the conditioner is on working it magic i do the legs.its a skill to leanr how to not get the hair wet whilst im doing it.

ILoveMaxiBondi · 12/05/2019 22:34

Why do you need to wash your feet?

Confused because they get sweaty and smelly and sometimes grubby. Why would you think feet don’t need washed?

GoldenEvilHoor · 12/05/2019 22:35

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DontCallMeShitley · 12/05/2019 22:35

Scrub all over with a massage sponge, either rough side or smooth depending on what I was washing.

teenagetantrums · 12/05/2019 22:35

In the shower not really. I think water and shower gel running of me does a good enough job. I don't wash me feet either. But l do in bath for some reason. X