To think there’s no way you can wipe your bum clean?

[crazykoo124]

Born in a mixed race family with a Middle Eastern mother, I was always taught to wash my downstairs with water after no 1s and 2s. We have a built in mini shower head thing to just spray our bums clean, and before that we used to have a jug sort of thing.

I’ve always wondered, do you genuinely think your bum is clean if you only wipe?

The way I see it, if someone dropped a few drops of urine or fecal matter on my flooring at home, I’d scrub it clean and atleast use some water. No way would I give it a wipe clean with a dry wad of tissue! So how can your skin be clean….

Am I missing something? Do you wet the tissue before use?

Sorry for the silly question! Have always wondered.

@RedHot22 not tmi at all. I fill the bottle with warm water. After a pee, I pour the water on me. It takes some practice but works a treat (the bottles with squirter caps are the best). I then dry myself with tissue. After a poo, I wipe with tissue first, pour water and dry again. A lota (ergonomically designed jug that can be found in Asian shops) works much better as the water stream is quite targeted but I hesitate to pack this for travels and save bottled instead. Invariably, room service bin them if I forget to leave the bottle by the loo.

Before I had my fibroids removed, my bleeding was horrific. Being able to remove all the blood with warm water made me feel so much cleaner as it removed all of it. Jumping into a shower is not always practical.

@dementedpixie I’ve never had water on the floor or loo seat. You have to sit a little further back on the loo seat and spread your legs wide enough that the water can pour and cover that area. It takes some practice but I highly recommend it.

Also, I never get it on my clothes. Pants need to be rolled down to your ankles. I hoist long tops over my shoulder. I’ve never wet my clothes.

@Milomonster it’s just water though and not really cleaner than a tissue, unless soap is involved.

Surely if there was faecal matter on the floor you wouldn’t use just water to clean it but some disinfectant? I think comparing how you clean your house to your bum maybe isn’t the best.

@Trixiefirecracker yep I know it’s just water but no amount of dry tissue will remove copious amounts of blood on your body. Warm water does a good job of it.

Old shower gel bottle full of warm water, once you get the aim sorted it works a treat. I started doing it after I got a tiny painful cut and just carried on afterwards; feels a lot better than loo roll.

@Milomonster I think most of us are talking about faeces. That’s what the thread is about.

can't believe all these people who use wipes!!
SO bad for the the sewage systems and for the planet.

Cleaning with water is much cleaner and results in less smelly, poo smeared bottoms.

Its just a cultural thing. French /Europeans have their bidets, Brits have smelly bums

Exactly, given that the plumber, step brother, postman, avon lady, dpd guy, might want to pop in and defile me at any given opportunity, I make sure I'm always washed and ready for action. The rest of you mucky pups should be ashamed of yourselves.

Apparently when you flush after a poo loads of poo particles are sprayed into the air if you don’t put the lid down. Surely the same thing happens when you spray a shitty arse?

@crazykoo124

Born in a mixed race family with a Middle Eastern mother, I was always taught to wash my downstairs with water after no 1s and 2s. We have a built in mini shower head thing to just spray our bums clean, and before that we used to have a jug sort of thing.

I’ve always wondered, do you genuinely think your bum is clean if you only wipe?

The way I see it, if someone dropped a few drops of urine or fecal matter on my flooring at home, I’d scrub it clean and atleast use some water. No way would I give it a wipe clean with a dry wad of tissue! So how can your skin be clean….

Am I missing something? Do you wet the tissue before use?

Sorry for the silly question! Have always wondered.

for the last few years, mainly due to mobility issues, i have taken to sitting on the edge of my bath after having a poo in the toilet, and then showering my bum down which feels so much cleaner that i actually dread having to use the bathroom away from home now. i get totally what your saying yes loo roll does seem like your just pressing/smearing it in the hope it goes on the paper but best will in the world your not going to remove all. i was going to experiment with carrying a empty sports drink bottle that i could fill up before using the loo when im out.

if your happy then keep doing what makes you comfortable

@silverbubbles .

Yes, I don’t understand why it’s such an alien concept in the UK given the presence of bidets in Europe. There’s no better feeling knowing that I’ve got a clean arse. I’ve never had a UTI in my life.

If one keeps a full bush, there are added benefits of using water.

Never had a uti and I use toilet paper.

I actually can’t believe some of the comments on here !
You wipe with tissue then wash with the spray and dry with tissue.
How anyone can wipe with tissue and think it’s enough. 😂
No you don’t get water everywhere.
No you don’t get poo everywhere.
No you don’t use you bare hands.
OP used the floor as an example which is incorrect. If you got poo on you hand when there is a sink and tissue available yet no hand wash, what would you do? Wipe away with tissue as best you can? Or wash with water as best you can?
Same with a dirty dish…. Wipe with a tissue or wash with water ?
Obviously shower and change underwear daily but that doesn’t mean walk around with poo on your bum all day until you shower. Yuk

@silverbubbles

can't believe all these people who use wipes!! SO bad for the the sewage systems and for the planet.

Cleaning with water is much cleaner and results in less smelly, poo smeared bottoms.

Its just a cultural thing. French /Europeans have their bidets, Brits have smelly bums

Why not look up those who wash their hands after going to the toilet. Brits do quite well compared to a lot of other Europeans (www.statista.com/chart/amp/4111/do-europeans-wash-their-hands-after-using-the-toilet/). But I guess it’s just a cultural thing where having washed bum is better than washed hands 😂. How many doors do you open with your bum?

I don’t know why these posts keep coming up. No evidence is presented that Brits are unhygienic or more so than other Europeans just speculation and name calling.

I don't think this is a Brits vs European issue. It's always seemed to me at least that the global north as a whole is largely quite unhygienic in general

All that said I don't have a bidet but I don't go for a number elsewhere but my own home.

How anyone can wipe with tissue and think it’s enough

Enough for what?

I don't have poo on my bum. It's not hard to get rid of it all by wiping.

@TheKeatingFive

How anyone can wipe with tissue and think it’s enough

Enough for what?

I don't have poo on my bum. It's not hard to get rid of it all by wiping.

I guess since the comparisons are things like cleaning dishes, you presumably need your bum to be clean enough to eat off of 😂

you presumably need your bum to be clean enough to eat off of

People pay good money for that you know

This joke may have been made already 😳

@Tan2201 I think you should book to see a gastroenterologist. It’s not normal to have poo smeared all over yourself after using the toilet. Sounds like you need to work at on your gut health.

If you got poo on you hand when there is a sink and tissue available yet no hand wash, what would you do? Wipe away with tissue as best you can? Or wash with water as best you can?

I would not spread the bacteria around a greater area by adding water. I would take it off with layered tissue, keeping the contaminated area small. I would then go find soap, with my shit free hand. Rinsing isn't washing.

I actually don't get the point of going through the rigmarole of hosing down but drawing the line at suds. You get a bidet installed but can't reach over for the shower gel. What is the point. What else do you wash by not actually washing rinsing with water?

If the bidet people just said it felt fresher/nicer I wouldn't care. But the amount of people that think their arse is hygienically clean after water is worrying. Especially during a pandemic.

That’s even worse. You get poo on your hand and you wouldn’t even wash it off even without soap. So I guess if you went toilet and there was no soap you wouldn’t wash ur hands. You would just wipe it with tissue and walk out the bathroom? Ew
Wiping followed by washing even with clean warm water is cleaner then just wiping.
All that defend are tissue wipers. 🤣

What a weird concept however my take on it:
There are good and bad bacteria , you need the good bacteria to control the bad ones: you need balance.
Soap kills all bacteria and often disturbed that balance.
Wet skin in warm area promotes bacterial growth.
Your feces are food+ good + bad bacteria, with normally a good deal of good bacteria more than bad bacteria.
Bacteria can't be seen by the naked eye.
So having your buttcrack visually clean means absolutely nothing in terms of health. Moistening the area regularly is actually more damaging to your health and hygiene.
Unless you dry the area thuroughly you will actually increase the bacteria, made worse by all the layers of clothing you wear. If you use excessive amounts of soap you kill too many good bacteria and may end up with a negative balance.
In my opinion the best is to clean during the day with dry toilet paper and wash one times per day with the most gentle organic soap you can find and then dry it well.

@Sydendad I like that you’ve given this some deep thought. I think being moist in the nether regions constantly cannot be a good thing. This is where post-wash tissue wiling comes in. I’ve never had any issues at all from using water daily.