How often do you bathe/shower?

[sister taoist]

What is the longest time you have gone without showering or bathing? For me it was probably 5 days when I had a very bad cold and could barely move.

Do you think it's nasty that I admit to showering only every other day in the winter if I am not working? I don't stank, so...

[LaraMN]

1. If I did it every day I'd wash away my precious pheromones!

:crazy:
Every other, here, because I have horribly dry skin and hair.

I don't know how long I've gone w/out a shower.

[Critters2]

10. I have terribly dry skin, too. In college it was so bad that I had to use

a prescription shampoo for my dry scalp. The doctor told me NOT to shower every day. Especially in the winter.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

63. I have crazy dry skin, and get bad ezcema and hives....

I was told by my allergist I am to have a full-immersion bath/shower with lukewarm water only once a week! The rest of the time it's a "whores bath" (thank you Mike Meyers!) for me. :D I also have to be super careful about the shampoos/soaps I use. It is really OK most of the time -- I am not a big sweater, nor do I engage in activities that get me grungied up to much. My skin flare-ups have been radically reduced, which makes me very happy.

[Sky Masterson]

2. Six days a week.

I normally skip Sundays.
I may have went over a week several years back when I broke my leg and was in a splint for about ten days.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. Every day.

[TrogL]

4. What is thing you speak of?

[charlie and algernon]

5. every morning, seven days a week

unless I know I'm going to be doing grunge work or going hiking, then I'll skip it in the morning and may take one at night

[azmouse]

6. I don't think a shower every day is necessary.

I'm with you, every other day is just fine but I do wash the ummmm....critical areas every day. ;)

[siligut]

7. Mr. Gut and I joke about this.

Sometimes he won’t shower on weekends, especially in winter. I really can’t stand to go more that a day. One time I was really laid up bad, and when I finally did shower, dead skin cells just rolled off of me, ick. Even when we camp, I use wipes for what is fondly referred to as a French bath.

[sister taoist]

16. Wipes? Baby wipes or those ones from a chicken shack

(full of rubbing alcohol, you know?)

[siligut]

18. No not alcohol!

I use ponds pre-moistened facial cleansing towletts and they work fine everywhere else. Definitely not alcohol, ouchy.

[BeachBaby]

8. Once a day, and during the summer, sometimes twice.

[Shell Beau]

9. Everyday. I even bathed myself the day after my c-section.

The nurse was going to bathe me, but I wanted to do it myself. My husband had to help me since I was still attached to my IV. I can't go long without a shower. I just feel nasty. If I feel real bad, I will take a bath instead.

[sister taoist]

29. I am glad for your type of reply...Question: why do you feel 'nasty' so soon?

I mean, if you live in the Deep South where it's humid as hell, then I guess I could understand.

Me, it was zero this morning and I wasn't feeling a shower. I also have very dry skin and scalp. My hair is very thick and coarse and looks way better if I skip a day.

[Shell Beau]

58. I do skip a day washing my hair because I also have thick coarse hair.

But I walk on my treadmill and get sweaty, so I need a bath.

[fizzgig]

11. usually every other day, unless i feel particularly grungy

my boyfriend likes how i smell on the days i don't shower and i'll admit that's why i do it. but i do wash certain parts every day

[sister taoist]

24. Um...file that under TMI...(just kidding)

I like guys who aren't too anal about "hygiene." A metrosexual can drive his hippie (me) girlfriend bonkers!

[johnnie]

12. Once every three weeks

Like clockwork

[PassingFair]

51. ...whether you need it or not.

:scared:

[SacredCow]

13. daily....

sometimes more in the summer. I will skip a day if I've done nothing but lounge around the house all day.

the longest I've ever been? Probably 6 or 7 days on an extended camping trip with no facilities. I was positively rank by the end of it, and would not consider a repeat-performance of that trip.

[bigwillq]

14. Once a day

Sometimes twice a day depending on what I've done that day.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[sister taoist]

17. "Done that day?!" Care to elaborate?

:silly:

:hi:

[bigwillq]

33. Exercise, if I clean stuff

sex. :rofl: :evilgrin:

:)

[sister taoist]

37. Yup. Thought so...

You filthy, filthy man!

[Lil Missy]

15. I think I went about 6 days when I was really, terribly sick, and in Intensive Care.

I got my ass to the hospital, in kidney failure, and by the time they got me into a bed I was comatose for the next 3 days. I had family visitors, but I do not remember that.

After 3 days, I had to stand up once a day. All I remember is that my legs could not hold me. After 6 days, I said, I need a bath! I smelled like a goat!

I could elaborate, but I think I answered your question. Every other day?? Pffft! Get a REAL problem.

[seemunkee]

19. Went two weeks once while backpacking

Jumped in a stream a couple of times but no soap was involved.

[lutefisk]

20. Is using a bidet considered "bathing"? Does anyone even have a bidet?

I've always wanted to have a bidet, but my bathroom is too small.:cry:

[Common Sense Party]

22. I miss bidets.

There is a company that makes high-end (if you'll pardon the pun) toilet seatc for a regular toilet--heated seat and built in bidet jet!

I cannot remember the name of the company. I used one a month ago, and it was delightful.

[lutefisk]

23. Yes, heated for sure. And a remote control would be nice, too!...n/t

[Common Sense Party]

25. Ah, here it is! The Toto Washlet

http://www.cleanishappy.com/

I think you'd like the S400. It has remote control.

[lutefisk]

34. That's a beauty. Who needs a big screen tv - I want a TOTO S400! . . . n/t

[nomorenomore08]

21. Usually every day. 5 days a week at the absolute minimum.

That's nowadays, though. When I was down at UC Santa Cruz (graduated 2007) I would routinely go 2 or 3 days without showering, and as much as 4 or 5 on a couple of occasions, which is probably close to my personal record. Grosses me out a little to even think about it now...

[blockhead]

26. once a month,

whether I need it or not!;-)

[MorningGlow]

27. Every day

Once in a while I'll skip a day if I don't leave the house, but then my scalp starts itching and I feel gross.

Longest I've gone...prolly four days when I was camping in the Adirondacks. When my BF (later to be Mr. MG), our two friends, and I reentered civilization and went to a near-empty restaurant, we recommended to the waitress that she seat us in a far corner of the restaurant because we smelled so bad. She complied. We ate a lot of food and gave her a really good tip.
:rofl:

[supernova]

28. Every day I exercise

in winter. If I don't exercise, I skip that day. I'm not dirty and my skin needs the oils.

[begin_within]

30. Every morning, plus

I take a hot bath in the evening in addition, if I am going to have, er, company in the evening.

[Flaxbee]

31. daily. Can't stand it otherwise...

though when I've been sick with the flu or whatever and I've slept the day away, I've skipped a day or two.

When I lived in NYC I'd shower twice a day in the summer. Just too damn hot / humid / dirty - by the end of the day I felt like I had a layer of grime on me.

[Iggo]

32. Once a day and twice on Sundays.

I shower at night on "school nights" and I shower in the morning on weekends.

Hmm...wait a minute. That means I don't shower at all on Fridays.

Ew. Gross!

[Dem2theMax]

35. What is the longest time you have gone without showering or bathing?

Two weeks! ;)

But everyone else went that long as well. So it didn't matter. LOL.

We were camping. Probably dipped into a river or swimming hole somewhere. It was so many years ago, I can't remember. I DO remember it being very cold in a lot of places, so I doubt we went swimming much. We were on motorcycles, so we didn't exactly have a lot of room for supplies like soap and shampoo.

Ahhh, I miss the good old days.

Who needs to bathe? LOL. :)

[sister taoist]

36. I like the way your mind works...

Gotta love your stank, is what I always say.

I don't trust people who are too into being 'clean...'

[Dem2theMax]

44. LOL! "I don't trust people who are too into being 'clean...' "

That is SO funny, and SO true. :)

I have been camping since I was six months old! I'm pretty darned used to not showering/bathing.
(And I do mean 'camping', not 'housing' with an RV. RV's don't count.) ;) Tents barely count. And only when it rains.

Anyway, I LOVE to camp. I had a boyfriend who had to have two showers a day. TWO. WHY?
He was a lawyer. He didn't work up a sweat unless it was to tie his tie!
I tried and tried and tried to get him to go camping on our vacations. You think it worked? Nah.
I got him to DRIVE through Yosemite National Park one time.
He was flabbergasted at the beauty. But he STILL wouldn't go camping.

TWO showers a day? WHY???? :crazy:

(I would have paid big bucks to see him try to shampoo his hair in a little faucet coming out of the ground in the campground. LOL!)

[Redneck Socialist]

38. Summer: Every day. Winter: Every other...

...unless I've done something to get all grungy.

Longest without: Ten days while hiking.

[Kali]

39. when I was a little kid it was once a week unless we got filthy

I am on a ranch where water is sometimes in short supply so I tend to go 3 days or so unless I am going to town. (or really filthy) I only wash my hair once a week or ten days. Have gone longer when required. Oddly, as dirty as I can get out here and as much as one feels obligated to be clean when going into civilization - after a trip to town is when I feel the grossest. City grime is much more irritating to my "need to get clean" nerves.

[Xipe Totec]

40. Every week, whether I need it or not.

:evilgrin:

[Aristus]

41. I shower every day. Sometimes twice a day. I wash my hair every time I shower.

So I'm a clean kid...

The longest I've gone without showering or bathing since becoming an adult is six days. When I was in the Gulf, and we were on our desert train-up mission. Very little water, and none for bathing. I'll spare you the gory details except to say: nasty case of toe-jam! Eew!

[Darth_Kitten]

42. Twice a day.

:)

[triguy46]

43. Minimum 2 times per day...

In the AM, and then after working out at noon. Then, if working outside when I get home, may take a 3rd. I cannot imagine a day without taking a shower. Pheeww.

[UTUSN]

45. Well, THIS is a refreshing (NOT) question!1 n/t

[PaddyBlueEyes]

46. longest time without a bath/shower

13 days...military. yuck.

[Drunken Girlfriend]

47. Re:Bathing

I shower daily,and wash my hair every other day.

But there have been a few times in the past( many yrs ago),
when I suffered from severe depression,and I went about 4 or 5 days
without bathing.

Luckily,I lived alone,so no one had to smell me,but my cat.lol

[harmonicon]

48. every other day?

you're a champ for that! umm.... I haven't the faintest idea what my record is - weeks, I'm sure, even not counting childhood. I practice what I like to call "continental" hygiene.

[Phillycat]

54. This may relate to your girl problems from your other thread.

:D

[harmonicon]

61. hmmm...

but I'm entirely unappealing and she still adores me! I definitely clean myself up if ladies are involved, but otherwise I'm quite lax about things - I'm (obviously) no good at pursuing women anyway.

[Norwood]

49. Everyday, I feel kinda gross if I dont shower

Twice if I exercise that day

[Jamastiene]

50. I went 3 days when I was little and had German Measles.

I'm a clean freak when it comes to my body. I might turn my room into a pig sty just by being there, but I'm too much of a bubble bath worshiper to go very long without it. I practically want to spend eternity taking a bubble bath. Just mix my ashes with some Johnson's & Johnson's Lavender and Chamomile Sleepy Time baby bath and some Epsom Salts and float us out to sea together. I'll be happy.

[annonymous]

52. Twice a week usually, but more often in summer

The longest I have gone without bathing is one month. When I was growing up my family lived in a house that did not have reliable heat and low water pressure so daily bathing was not a priority.

[FedUpWithIt All]

53. I alternate between the 2 showers a day and the once every couple.

I realize i am unusual but i do not think it is healthy or necessary to shower everyday, on a physical level. On an emotional level it can be. When i am in the mood to shower excessively it is usually for some reason other than hygiene (ie. comfort, warmth, escape) Otherwise i can go a day or two between. If i shower more than this in the winter my skin pays. Not to mention is fast becoming environmentally unsound to participate in excessive hygeine.

It amazes me what some people consider unclean. I am very into smells and i think things like slight BO smell on a man is amazing. I love the smell of a sweaty baby head in the summer. The smell fresh dirt on skin has a calming affect on me. I love so many smells that others might find offensive. :shrug: I wonder why that is.


I think that our bodies function best when we allow them a minute to do their thing.

[Phillycat]

55. Every day, but I only wash my hair every other day.

It looks better when it's a little dirty. :)

[CrownPrinceBandar]

56. I bathe every day.........

I am an evening showerer. My last GF said that "I don't like sleeping in my own funk".

Longest Ive gone without bathing? I did 2 weeks once while I was doing archaeology in the UK. We had only outdoor bathing facilities, and the June I was there was very cold and rainy. So, we picked a buddy and did a daily stink check. If yer buddy said you stank, it was outdoor, cold-water showering for you. Ahhh... good times.

[dembotoz]

57. each and every day

i am self conscious enough that the very thought of bo on my part fills me with terror

[Mugu]

59. Shower and shave at least once every day.

If it's hot, I may shower three or four times in a day.

[Schema Thing]

60. Posters are mentioning "if I work out/exercise..."

... but I've gotten some rather nice comments from women who've hugged me after a hard day's work or after a workout along the lines of "mmm, you smell great, what are you wearing?".


I generally shower every other day, unless my work or play actually gets me dirty.

[tabbycat31]

62. maybe 3 days

when I'm sick, bathing is one of the things that relieves me. A nice hot bath makes me feel a lot better.

I shower at least every day. I work out a lot so it's important for me to get a shower after coming home from the gym.

ETA I wash my hair about once every 3 days

[Midlodemocrat]

64. Shower every morning. Bath sometimes every night.

[MrsMatt]

65. Every other day I take a 5 minute shower

I'm practicing for water shortages in the future.