To ask how often you shower

[yesterdayisinthepast]

Inspired by a lot of comments posted in a recent thread on here! (Apologies if there is already a thread on here as I'm not too sure how to navigate MN fully yet.)

How often do you shower/have a bath? Twice a day, daily, couple times a week, weekly etc. If you don't shower daily, do you just have a quick sink wash on the days you don't shower or do you simply brush your teeth and straight out of the door? I'm intrigued to know and hoping people will be a bit more honest as it's an anonymous forum

On this recent thread, a poster had made several comments saying they don't understand how people only wash themselves with their hands and not a flannel or sponge. AIBU to think that using your hands to wash is quite common and seems to be done by the majority?

There was also a comment by another poster about not washing their legs in the shower as soap and hot water runs down them so no need to focus on these areas specifically.
Quite a random topic but I'm intrigued to hear from other people on here

Daily and I use a shower puff.

2 minute shower every morning
Wash hair every 4 or 5 days - that brings it to about 5 minutes

Every morning. Wash pits and bits but don’t scrub my legs.

Hair every 5 days.

Every day. If I'm having a veg out pj day I might not, but I can tell I haven't and will often shower before bed instead.

At the moment, about once every 10 days. My mental health is bad, plus I do prefer to do a strip/sink wash anyway.

5-6 times a week depending on gym days/ work days and hair washing. Always have a quick wash and wear clean clothes.

Shower most days but not every day dependent on weather and activity levels (never skip more than one day in a row though!).

Wash with a shower sponge thing. Try to persuade DP to, bought him his own but he's a dyed in the wool hand-washer.

Do wash the bottom half of my legs. Quite often forget to wash my face and then have to do it separately

Shower daily. Occasionally have a bath as well.

I aim for every other day but don't always manage it due to poor MH.

Daily, but try and wash my hair every less often, but that’s tough as I run five days a week and usually end up washing it afterwards.

@furbabymama87

I have a bath twice a day. I don't really pay any attention to my legs but I have bubbles in the bath and they aren't dirty.

2 baths a day? Is this not terrible for your bills and the environment? I have one most days and I'm starting to think that is probably too much really!

Before kids I showered every day before putting my pyjamas on. Long hot showers where I’d shave my legs and exfoliate etc etc etc. Now with 3 kids under 4 it’s more likely every other day with hair washed when I look like the pigeon lady off Home Alone.

Daily, usually evening as I do exercise in the evening. Very occasionally if I haven’t done any exercise I will skip a day and have a shower the next morning.

If you want specifics - Lather gel on chest and armpits, then quick wipe of body and legs with the bubbles, then wash off.

Wash hair 2-3times a week.

Shower mostly daily, occasionally I’ll skip a day, I don’t bother with a ‘flannel’ wash or anything on those days (eurgh) I just wash my face and brush my teeth. I use a roll on deodorant everyday and don’t ‘smell’ down below so if I don’t shower once a week it really isn’t a biggie.

I only wash my hair once a week as it’s so dry from bleach, anymore frequent than that and it breaks off.

Shower everynight before bed - hair wash every night too as i have very thin & greasy hair. Couldn't leave the house with my hair not washed🥺 I would love to be one of those 'hair washers' 2-3 times a week

Every morning without fail, and most evenings before putting PJ's on.

I use a scrubby netty thingy (whatever they are called), and wash my legs but only because I'm diabetic and get horribly dry skin. I then have to coat them in oily moisturiser when I dry myself.

Whore's bath and clean face every morning and shower every evening. Coffee ground scrub 3 times a week, and lather up with moisturising gel every shower. I wash my hair daily as I go to the gym every evening after work.

Morning and night just because I like it. Only quick ones though. My hair is very dry and I only wash it every third day.

@YellowMonday what’s a whores bath???

Shower in the morning always. Shower in the evening if I've been to the gym. I lather up my legs each time. Hair wash every other day otherwise I get a dry scalp.

Twice a day- once either in the morning if I'm going somewhere, or the afternoon if having a day at home (which I usually combine with a bath); once before bed to wash off the germs so my sheets stay clean.

I shower almost daily. Sometimes I skip a day if I know I'm only wfh.

Daily. Use S&G mitts and soap.

Every other evening if I'm inactive. I am not a morning person. Daily if I've been exercising or it's hot weather.

Shower every morning and most evenings but it's literally just a quick 5 minute soap and rinse at night then dive into a lovely warm bed. I use a shower puff for washing and wash my hair every morning. Occasionally I'll have a bath at night instead of a shower.