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OregonBlue

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11. I have very dry skin and in Montana in the winter, it's very dry. I only shower every 4 days or so

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Fri Dec 25, 2020, 03:55 PM

Dec 2020

and wash every day and use lots of lotion. Otherwise I itch so badly I can't think. When I'm in the tropics however, I shower once or even twice a day and use LOTS of lotion.

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Do You Need to Shower Every Day? [View all] question everything Dec 2020 OP

I'm in Florida and in the summer 3 showers in Phoenix61 Dec 2020 #1

It might not be necessary, but I feel gross if I don't. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #2

Exactly. 3catwoman3 Dec 2020 #30

Depends liberal N proud Dec 2020 #3

Me too Freddie Dec 2020 #10

Oh, I thought you were going elsewhere with "Depends"... erronis Dec 2020 #14

I wait until my coffee is ready and it's safe to get out of bed. Then I take a cup into brewens Dec 2020 #20

Mostly everyday whether for the mellow in a hot hot shower especially winter LizBeth Dec 2020 #4

Why can't go anywhere or do anything anymore? nt doc03 Dec 2020 #5

This post fits your username. rzemanfl Dec 2020 #6

I finally got 10 months of hair growth cut off the other day ... mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #8

I will keep letting my hair grow until I get both shots. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2020 #12

I hear ya ... it was spur of the moment for me I was going to walgreens and the place I walked by mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #15

Nice thing about having curly hair and at our age very thin, we can cut both question everything Dec 2020 #17

I have just as much hair as I did when I was in my twenties and for some rzemanfl Dec 2020 #22

I'm lucky in that if I put on anti-perspirant when I get out of the shower I won't smell for like 5 mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #7

Don't you live in AZ? Ohiogal Dec 2020 #24

Yes ... but that mostly happens in a place that they call 'outside' ... mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #26

I get it. Ohiogal Dec 2020 #27

Not too different from what they do in other places in these types of situations mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #28

we live in SoCal near the beach... dhill926 Dec 2020 #9

I have very dry skin and in Montana in the winter, it's very dry. I only shower every 4 days or so OregonBlue Dec 2020 #11

I'm a nurse so I always shower before work. I want to be extra clean for my patients mucifer Dec 2020 #13

I do strength training four days a week, and shower on those days. The Genealogist Dec 2020 #16

Sounds like a navy regulation shower jmbar2 Dec 2020 #29

He was in the navy toward the end of WWII. The Genealogist Dec 2020 #36

Good story jmbar2 Dec 2020 #37

I shower before bed central scrutinizer Dec 2020 #18

yes, because I exercise every day Skittles Dec 2020 #19

Bedhead Cartoonist Dec 2020 #21

For once I am doing something healthy Chainfire Dec 2020 #23

I swim laps twice a week Ohiogal Dec 2020 #25

Everyday for me Bayard Dec 2020 #31

Ruth Goodman mentioned one of her fellow researchers tried out Tudor cleanliness for about 6 months Warpy Dec 2020 #32

didn't know this NJCher Dec 2020 #35

In winter, every other or every three days for me. SharonClark Dec 2020 #33

daily . i work out every day 2 to 3 hours. drray23 Dec 2020 #34

I shower 3 times a week I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2020 #38