How often do you shower/bathe?

[Loki]

Poll coming up.

[Era]

bathe*

[Corvus]

Usually daily, I skip some though

[Ballist]

bathe*

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[Loki]

bathe*

Shows my native tongue is not English. Direct translation from Afrikaans. :o

[La Misse]

Summer: +2

[Sikeliot]

Once per day unless I either am too depressed to get out of bed (in which case once every 2 days), or if I go to the gym or am sweaty due to physical activity (then twice per day).

[Era]

Shows my native tongue is not English. Direct translation from Afrikaans. :o

I suppose the pronunciation is the same? Cause it's different in American English.

[Ianus]

One for day or one on two days

[Gustave H]

Usually twice every day. Sometimes three times.

[Loki]

I suppose the pronunciation is the same? Cause it's different in American English.

In Afrikaans we call it "bad". It is used as both a noun and a verb :)

[Han Cholo]

I shower before sleeping, always.

[Vasconcelos]

Once per day. During the Summer it's not uncommon to shower twice.

[Faklon]

1 per day usually

[LightHouse89]

never.

[Gustave H]

never.

:picard1:

[aimar]

Once a day if I leave the house that day.
If I stay a whole week indoors/garden/neighbourhood, I can go 5 days without taking one.

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

Once a day but sometimes twice. If i am working out(which i dont really do anymore) obviously twice that day.

[Dictator]

One time per day after waking up, if it's summer then (sometimes) I take a shower before sleeping.

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

One time per day after waking up, if it's summer then (sometimes) I take a shower before sleeping.

Lol been while, i see your a xena fan now

[Reith]

2+ I work out twice a days sometimes.

[Roy]

Once per day. When it's hot outside and I am all wet then two times per day.

[Trun]

Me and Cyra never bath, we lick one another instead.

[Leadchucker]

Twice a day mostly, but once a day sometimes and have had 4 in one day under dirty sweaty conditions.

[Manifest Destiny]

I shower when I get up each day. I'll take a second shower if I get dirty working in the yard or something.

The only time I don't shower is if I'm sick in bed.

[Trogdor]

I usually shower once per day everyday.

[Casandrinos]

Me and Cyra never bath, we lick one another instead.

Duuuuude xD

On topic: Only when it rains.

[Desaix DeBurgh]

I actually usually shower once a day but only because I work out at the gym everyday. I'm not convinced that showering everyday is actually healthy and also probably is not necessary per se if you don't workout everyday or do manual labor (I think the French are on to something here):

"How often do you really need to shower?

Most people think showering once a day is the norm, but there are plenty of people who don't — and it might be healthier.

Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 05:43 PM

If you don't shower much — but generally keep that information to yourself because of the negative stigma — you're not alone. Following hot on the heels of the no-shampooing hair care revolution, some folks are taking the logical next step: If no or reduced shampooing results in healthier, shinier hair, what about skipping soaping up the body?

Unlike the modified hair-washing schedule, which tends to elicit commentary about shampoos and parabens, conditioners and hair-drying time, skipping showers altogether seems to bring up plenty of other opinions on the subject. Many people who do shower every day think that not doing so is inherently wrong and unhealthy. It's assumed that people who don't shower on the regular are stinky and/or greasy and maybe even visibly dirty — and it certainly can't be good for you.

But considering that it has really only been the last 100 years or so that people have bathed more than once a week (Saturday night baths were the norm for most of American history), daily showering is actually not objectively healthier or better; and in fact, one of the most common reasons that people cut down on showering is actually for skin-health reasons, not laziness. As far as being actually physically dirty, most of us who don't work outside or aren't otherwise involved in daily work where we might get covered in dust, dirt or grease probably don't get any real dirt on anything other than our faces and hands most weeks.

What's behind the links between health and less showering? People with skin issues have long noted that forgoing daily showers can help with eczema, and plenty of others think that it is actually healthier overall, for similar reasons that not washing one's hair can make for shinier, less-frizzy hair. The natural body oils that lubricate and protect the skin get washed away by warm (and especially hot) showers paired with soaps that strip the skin. Without those oils, the skin is more vulnerable to bacteria and viruses, and can also look and feel dry and uncomfortable. Because the body wants to keep the skin in healthy, protected shape, frequent washing can even encourage the body to overproduce oil, leading to a viscious cycle of cleansing and oil production. Many people have found that when they stop washing hair and skin as often, after an adjustment period, the body naturally decreases the amount of oil it produces and less washing is needed.

Of course, how often you shower depends on your level of activity, how healthy you are (if you work out often and eat healthfully, you naturally produce less body odor) and what you do for a living. And, I would add to that list: It depends on the season too.

Confession: I only shower three times a week, and I wash my hair on one of those occasions — but that's just because it's winter. In the summer, I shower every day, but most of those are just rinses in lukewarm water, sans soap so I don't dry out my skin. The drier, colder air of winter saps my skin of moisture, and since I use only natural products, keep active, and don't eat much processed food (and it's cold), I have almost no body odor. You can also shower briefly, as I do, and lather up only the areas that need it on a daily basis (we all know what those are), protecting most of your good skin oils from being washed off, while still enjoying a couple minutes of shower time. You can also wash with oils, which is a popular and growing treatment for dry skin. I do this too and have noticed that since I started washing with organic coconut oil (yes, oils will clean, check out the site dedicated to oil cleansing for an explanation), I feel refreshed, moisturized and smelling great — I add a couple drops of sweet orange or rosemary oil as I love scent.

But there's one area of the body you should never skip washing multiple times a day: your hands. As John Oxford, professor of Virology at Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry told the Daily Mail, "As long as people wash their hands often enough and pay attention to the area of the body below the belt, showering or bathing every other day would do no harm. Even twice a week would not be a problem if people used a bidet daily as most infectious bugs hang around our lower halves."

Read more: http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/blogs/how-often-do-you-really-need-to-shower#ixzz3MHgdnbJn

[Leliana]

Once per 2-3 days. I prefer showering.

In summer when it's really hot and humid sometimes, then daily. But we don't have such hot weather so often. We don't live at the mediterranean sea or in Florida/California.

[Trun]

Once per 2-3 days. I prefer showering.

In summer when it's really hot and humid sometimes, then daily. But we don't have such hot weather so often. We don't live at the mediterranean sea or in Florida/California.

California and Florida have very different summer climate. Been in Taiwan (very similar to Florida) and California and the difference is like day and night. In Taiwan I needed to take a shower twice per day when in California once per day and some days I even skipped.

Bulgaria's summer is pretty hot but not very humid and once per day is enough even after a few hours of basketball or football.

[Queen B]

Twice per day in winter.
2-7 times in summer (yeah, over 40'C will make you do that)

[Hubal]

Once per 2 days, using water and natural olive soap only

[James David Caulton]

Twice per day :D

[Trun]

Twice per day in winter.
2-7 times in summer (yeah, over 40'C will make you do that)

Over 40C on the Ionians?

[Linebacker]

Either two times or one time a day.Depends on is it a rest day or workout day.When I work out I always shower that makes it two times.

[Queen B]

Over 40C on the Ionians?
I live in Athens. Athens have even reached 48'C! (usually tops to 44'C though)
To Zakynthos, I go mostly for 2 weeks in August.And although the highest could be 38-40'C there ,
it has extremely high humidity that makes the 35'C of Zakynthos, worst than 45'C in Athens.
I have had some asthma attacks in Zakynthos in summers.

[Faklon]

Twice per day in winter.
2-7 times in summer (yeah, over 40'C will make you do that)

In Sintagma's fountain?

If I showered 7 times per day there wouldn't be no day left.:lol:

Have you had heatstroke problems?

[Gaston]

Once a day (shower: up to twice in summer) but I skip a day if it's too cold and I don't meet anyone/go out (typically during the week-end). But I still clean myself - face, underarm, groin and feet -with a washing mitt several times a day and with soap once a day in the morning.

[Trun]

I live in Athens. Athens have even reached 48'C! (usually tops to 44'C though)
To Zakynthos, I go mostly for 2 weeks in August.And although the highest could be 38-40'C there ,
it has extremely high humidity that makes the 35'C of Zakynthos, worst than 45'C in Athens.
I have had some asthma attacks in Zakynthos in summers.

I have never experienced 40C. The highest I did probably was 37-38C. My hometown is blessed with mild climate, unlike some places like Thracian plain, Danubian plain or the extreme Southwest which have 40C or above almost every year.

I don't imagine 45C, probably it is like oven lol.

[Queen B]

In Sintagma's fountain?
hahha, no ! I have great water bills :lol:


If I showered 7 times per day there wouldn't be no day left.:lol:

Shower takes 5 minutes.


Have you had heatstroke problems?
No. I have bronchial asthma (result of 2 pneumonias) and I have low body pressure. If the humidity is high,sometimes I have trouble breathing.
With or without high humidity, my pressure goes even lower -> faint (happened 2 times in Athen's bus already :lol:)

[Faklon]

Shower takes 5 minutes.


Can't do that,even in the morning I'll take at least 20 mins and clean up good.

[Sakis]

Once per day during the summer and once per 2-3 days during the winter.

[Jackson]

Usually once a day, sometimes twice a day or once every 2-3 days depending on various factors.

[KawaiiKawaii]

Once a day normally, once every 2 day when I don't feel like taking a shower. The longest I've stayed without taking a shower was 9 days.

[Dombra]

Once or twice, depends on the length of my hair

[Kalimtari]

Me and Cyra never bath, we lick one another instead.

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[Shepherd]

Usually twice every day. Sometimes three times.

thats bad for your skin

[Shepherd]

Once or twice, depends on the length of my hair

this

I can't go long without a shower when I have long hair, it makes me feel like a dirty neckbeard

[Black Wolf]

Usually once per day.

[Bloodsport]

Usually twice a day if I'm 'doing things'. In the morning and the evening. Once a day (in the morning) if I'm doing absolutely nothing. And three times usually during the summer.

Smelling bad is the one of the few things I find inexcusable.

[Stud]

Everyday

[Fortis in Arduis]

I voted "once per day", but this is something of an intention, because washing has been less frequent of late.

I must wash prior to yoga asanas every morning.

Periods of depressive neglect have resulted in very infrequent washing, and reclusive living, but that is not my personal norm.

[armenianbodyhair]

twice, once if it's a rest day. In the summer more.

[wvwvw]

This man hasn't taken a bath since 1954 :D

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q9FrOD64ebY/hqdefault.jpg

Amou Hadji made headlines this week after a story circulated that he hasn’t bathed himself in 60 years. The 80-year-old Iranian man sat down for a brief photo series that details what could happen to the human body.

Not surprisingly, Hadji has a deep odor and his skin is tough and scaly. Hadji is homeless and refuses to eat food or drink clean water. His favorite food is dead porcupine and he regularly smokes a pipe filled with animal feces. :puke
Hadji claims that he has chosen this lifestyle to stay in touch with with the earth.

From the Tehran Times:

The last record of longest time going without showers belonged to a 66-year-old Indian man, Kailash Singh, who had not taken a bath over 38 years.

Not to our surprise, when we searched the reason behind Amou Haji’s way of life, we found out that he had gone through some emotional setbacks in his youth and from then on decided to live an isolated life.

He escaped from the hands of a few young men who offered him free shower, because he believes cleanliness brings him sickness.
http://worldobserveronline.com/2014/01/14/man-hasnt-taken-bath-since-1954/

[Balmung]

< Germaphobe

[KawaiiKawaii]

This man hasn't taken a bath since 1954 :D

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q9FrOD64ebY/hqdefault.jpg

Amou Hadji made headlines this week after a story circulated that he hasn’t bathed himself in 60 years. The 80-year-old Iranian man sat down for a brief photo series that details what could happen to the human body.

Not surprisingly, Hadji has a deep odor and his skin is tough and scaly. Hadji is homeless and refuses to eat food or drink clean water. His favorite food is dead porcupine and he regularly smokes a pipe filled with animal feces. :puke
Hadji claims that he has chosen this lifestyle to stay in touch with with the earth.

From the Tehran Times:

The last record of longest time going without showers belonged to a 66-year-old Indian man, Kailash Singh, who had not taken a bath over 38 years.

Not to our surprise, when we searched the reason behind Amou Haji’s way of life, we found out that he had gone through some emotional setbacks in his youth and from then on decided to live an isolated life.

He escaped from the hands of a few young men who offered him free shower, because he believes cleanliness brings him sickness.
http://worldobserveronline.com/2014/01/14/man-hasnt-taken-bath-since-1954/

I envy him.

[barnumandbailey]

Once a day — always before bed. Sometimes will combine that with a hot soak.

[Decius]

Probably around 5 or 6 times per week. I miss a day or two maybe

[Latinus]

2 or 3 times a day.

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[Benyzero]

Once a day, rarely twice when its hot outside

[Radimir]

Everyday and more than twice, I love water!

[Richmondbread]

Twice a day

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[Jon96]

Everyday