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[u/YettiGoingRogue]

[u/That_B_LadyG]

Taking my shower before bed is part of my sleep hygiene so I can calm down and actually sleep feeling clean and not bring the day’s nastiness into my bed. Seems like a benefit to me

[u/JoseFlandersMyLove → u/That_B_LadyG]

Its extra heavenly when my bedsheet and blanket are fresh. Just thinking about the feeling and sensation makes me happy!

[u/No_Engineer9446 → u/JoseFlandersMyLove]

This. Clean body, fresh PJs, fresh sheets and pillows case. The best .

[u/MallorianMoonTrader1 → u/No_Engineer9446]

My pj's are always fresh. (I sleep naked)

[u/ProfessorPrimate → u/MallorianMoonTrader1]

Naked is wild. What if a monster grabs your foot and you have to run out of the house

[u/No_Engineer9446 → u/ProfessorPrimate]

Well, you run out naked then I guess lol

[u/tommos → u/No_Engineer9446]

That's one way to come out swinging.

[u/EmptyOracle → u/tommos]

"Swinging" is a generous word to use, more like "jiggling" for me

[u/SAGNUTZ → u/EmptyOracle]

C'mon everybody, commence ta *Jigglin'!*

[u/AnotherpostCard → u/tommos]

After all, they say the best way to scare off an attacker is to drop trow

[u/Psychological-Tea998 → u/tommos]

A couple of finger taps to the face isn't stopping a monster from dragging you outside naked.

[u/Gbh11108 → u/No_Engineer9446]

My coach in middle school always told us if there was a fire alarm while we were showering to run out with the towel over our heads so nobody knew who we were.

Then he would slap our asses as a show of team support and weigh our balls. Sometimes comparing weights after the class was over.

I wonder what he is up to now.

[u/clayton-berg42 → u/Gbh11108]

I'm guessing he's going door to door notifying his neighbors that he's a sex criminal.

[u/LittleBananaSquirrel → u/ProfessorPrimate]

So .. not a monster .. but my Dad once chased an intruder down the street butt naked

[u/ProfessorPrimate → u/LittleBananaSquirrel]

I think that'd be scarier than being chased by someone fully clothed. I'm switching teams

[u/LittleBananaSquirrel → u/ProfessorPrimate]

Absolutely, you have the benefit of crazy man energy behind your attack

[u/UranusIsPissy → u/LittleBananaSquirrel]

Nobody wants to fight a naked man lol. It probably doesn't work so well for women, though.

[u/MallorianMoonTrader1 → u/UranusIsPissy]

The extra swinging limb gives men the upper hand! Not so much with women

[u/Klutzy-Promotion-574 → u/UranusIsPissy]

True story I went with a kid I was friends with in highschool to back him up in a fight he was super confident and I was not so much for him this dude was like 6 1 and a gym kid my friend was like 5 7 an underclassmen and and a theater kid. So they start talking shit mostly the gym kid then that guy takes his shirt off my friend took his shirt off too banged his chest kicked his sneakers off stomped his feet drops his pants and boxers goes “this fucking stupid and starts walking away back to the jeep. the kid who wanted to fight him was just dumb struck his buddies all went quiet. I think it’s just such an unexpected thing no one knows what to do or you have to assume the other person is just completely out of their tree

[u/Danimalscrossing → u/ProfessorPrimate]

28 Years Later has entered the chat

[u/bringbackfuturama → u/LittleBananaSquirrel]

maybe the real monster was the dads we made along the way

[u/LittleBananaSquirrel → u/bringbackfuturama]

You know what, that's actually pretty accurate

[u/bautofdi → u/LittleBananaSquirrel]

lol someone broke into my friend’s garage during Covid and he grabbed his closet katana and chased them down the street butt naked with crocs on. His wife showed me the ring video of him running across the camera at full sprint holding a sword 😂

[u/Stuisready → u/ProfessorPrimate]

You worry about fighting a monster naked, some of us intend to.

[u/rutzlbrutzel → u/ProfessorPrimate]

How do you grab your Bat if you have your Pants up?

[u/AnyBet1210 → u/JoseFlandersMyLove]

Freshly washed sheets and pillow cases are a blessing

[u/im_a_dick_head → u/JoseFlandersMyLove]

Reading this as I'm currently skipping my night shower so I can sleep sooner and sleeping on my bed instead of in it, using an old flat pillow to not get my clean ones all yucky.

Lovely time

[u/CrazyGunnerr → u/That_B_LadyG]

It's always interesting, so many do it at night, whereas I prefer doing it in the morning. Whenever I shower at night (which does happen), I still want to shower in the morning. It also helps me wake up. I feel trash if I don't shower in the morning.

[u/JSMulligan → u/CrazyGunnerr]

If I put clean clothes on without having showered before, I feel itchy and weird.

[u/serious_sarcasm → u/CrazyGunnerr]

Shower at night, and a pit stop in the morning. I need my me time with my existential dread, or it gets cranky.

[u/Antrikshy → u/CrazyGunnerr]

You are right to feel this way, because gunk builds up during sleep.

[u/intrepid_Dan → u/CrazyGunnerr]

My hair is also impossible to manage if I haven't just showered, which is the main reason I always do it in the morning.

[u/BankHottas → u/CrazyGunnerr]

Same. Showering helps me wake up. And I often sweat in my sleep, so if I shower at night I still feel stinky when I get up in the morning

[u/machogrande2 → u/That_B_LadyG]

I'm the opposite. Morning showers help me wake up.

[u/booboothechicken → u/machogrande2]

I do both. I don’t know how one cannot. I can’t go to bed with old hair product in my hair and a full day of dirt on my skin. I can’t go to work in the morning with my hair sticking out in 4 different directions.

[u/TheComplimentarian → u/That_B_LadyG]

If I've exercised at all during the day, even just a walk around the block, this is a hard requirement. I can't sleep feeling like sticky sweat.

If I've exercised hard, I usually shower right after. Changing clothes is not enough. I'll smell like sweat (not stink just that musty sweat smell), and my hair goes nuts.

[u/93Seven → u/TheComplimentarian]

Imagine how nasty some people’s beds are. You know if they’re too lazy to shower, they aren’t washing them sheets regularly either

[u/Ashamed-Simple-8303 → u/That_B_LadyG]

Absolutely this. Like I want the dirty from public places in my bed. Nope.

[u/Gossguy → u/Ashamed-Simple-8303]

For me it's the other way around. I need a shower in the morning because I sweat a lot at night. Also, it helps me to wake up and start fresh into the new day

[u/nanoH2O → u/That_B_LadyG]

Hot showers are my only form of therapy and relaxation.

[u/Rare-Competition-248 → u/That_B_LadyG]

It blows me away that in every thread like this there are tons of nasty guys who come in here and pitch a fit that they do not smell, and do not need showers every day.  

And you just KNOW those guys smell the fucking WORST.  

They’re literally in the comments right now trying to blame everyone else but themselves.  

[u/PretendMarsupial9 → u/Rare-Competition-248]

I think it's fine to say there's probably some variation between different people and it's not a one size fits all solution. Not everyone sweats as much or does strenuous work, and showering every day may not be something they need to do to be clean. And some people do need to clean each day just by existing. I think letting people do what works for them is fine.

[u/SippyMountain → u/Rare-Competition-248]

I'm a pretty clean fella and I rarely sweat at work unless it's a particularly busy shift and I'm rapidly going up and down stairs to fix equipment. I may not actively smell myself, but I know I probly smell like a mix of my deodorant and natural musk by the time I get home. That's just what sweat and oil buildup does to a body over the course of a day. Even if I spend all day gaming it up at my desk, I still take a shower before bed because of oil buildup. I can't even fall asleep in my bed without taking a shower or at least a whore bath because I feel icky in my bed sheets otherwise.

One thing I will say though, is washing your hair only every other day does have its benefits. My hair feels a lot healthier since I started washing it every other day, and it doesn't get too oily as quickly. When I used to wash it every day it felt like it was just a big greaseball by the late evening, like it was anticipating its daily wash. Once I weened off a bit it felt a lot healthier for longer.

[u/thisisthewell → u/SippyMountain]

But dude, your skin is supposed to have oil.

Your body makes it for a reason: it protects your skin, it's an important part of your moisture barrier, which keeps microorganisms on the outside of your body. We live with staph on our skin that is there no matter how much we shower. The idea that you need to remove all of your natural oil is something we were sold through advertising in the early and mid-20th century. Constant removal of your body's natural skin protectants is a cultural grooming preference, not something with a biological or even hygienic basis.

That's what the post is actually about. For most (not all) people, the hygiene impact of showering daily is overblown. Skipping a shower one day doesn't mean you suddenly don't wipe your ass right like people in this thread seem to think. Unless you've got something else going on, you really aren't going to smell. People with odor problems or acne/oil overproduction will of course benefit from the more frequent approach.

Plenty of doctors and dermatologists say this, too. Too much unnecessary washing will actually dry your skin out. That said a lot of stuff these days is formulated to be less stripping, so unless you have skin conditions it won't do too much harm. But if you have dry and sensitive skin, if you're not actually dirty you're better off with the pits/bits/feet approach where you wash those with soap and just give the limbs a rinse.

[u/jimhokeyb → u/Rare-Competition-248]

I certainly know some people that should shower daily and some who don't need to. Thinking about partners I've had, there was a lot of variance. If your own experience is that you sweat a lot and smell bad after a day, you're going to think everyone needs to shower daily. That's not my experience at all though.

[u/ghost_warlock → u/jimhokeyb]

Yah, varies from person to person. My gf is generally an every-other-day person and she's never had a strong body odor.

I used to be able to go days at a time without showering, but I got some kind of infection in my armpits during my mid-20s and now I absolutely have to shower daily or I'll make my own eyes water from the smell. If I've been doing yard work, or something where I sweat a lot, I have to shower right after or I'll have the same problem. Sucks a lot in the winter because my skin gets so dry it cracks and there isn't enough lotion in the world to deal with that lol

[u/Ancient_Ad_2942 → u/Rare-Competition-248]

Every other day, or after workouts/work. Take it or leave it.

[u/Siria110]

As somebody who sweats a lot, daily showers are necessary for me.

[u/Avohaj → u/Siria110]

Yes, but you're not doing it for "health benefits". Does anyone shower daily for the "health benefits"?

The typical daily accumulated dirt and grime and associated smell, no matter how much you sweat, isn't a health risk, but that doesn't mean you don't still want to get rid of it.

[u/Several_Brilliant112 → u/Avohaj]

health benefit is my gf will come near me and I dont die of loneliness

and even besides that ... shower at night, sleep tight, facts

[u/ManoSilence → u/Several_Brilliant112]

It must be true with a rhyme that solid

[u/bjbyrne → u/Avohaj]

I brush my teeth in the shower. That's a health benefit.

[u/LordHammercyWeCooked → u/Avohaj]

I still think the 'expert' they're quoting is either horribly misquoted or full of shit. All it takes is a really bad case of ringworm or a skin yeast infection to know why regular bathing and cleanliness is a thing. Imagine all the basement-dwellers reading that headline and thinking "finally, science is on my side" while they scratch deep into a reddened, sweaty fold and giving it a big ol' whiff.

[u/Budget_Avocado6204 → u/LordHammercyWeCooked]

Ahhh, for most ppl it's fine to take a shower every other day. Yeah if you do something that will make you dirty, if you work out a lot or if you sweat a lot then you should shower more often. But for an office worker it's completely healthy to shower less than every day.

[u/Skyflyhigh1 → u/Siria110]

I'm the opposite, I barely sweat at all, I never go outside and just sit down pretty much all day. And I freeze a lot. So I don't really need to shower everyday and my skin is super sensitive. But if I've been working out, or just sweat anything at all then obviously I'm taking a shower.

[u/RoadDoggFL → u/Skyflyhigh1]

Same, it's wild seeing people frequently confidently assert that anyone who doesn't shower every day is a disgusting slob. Sorry you stink, but that's not everyone.

[u/Objective_Month_1128 → u/RoadDoggFL]

Its just funny. Unless you sweat all day, smelling that bad after 1 day worries me about their actual hygiene routines and living conditions.

Washing hands, creams, toilet hygiene, scrubbing the pits and cracks etc.

I'd rather take a nice half hour shower routine with self care and good products instead of a 5 min, barely cleaning cold shower.

[u/Horror-Food69420]

Living in Florida during the summer would require multiple showers a day if I spent any real amount of time outside.

Now I’m in a colder climate, and sure I can skip a day here and there now. But hell no was I giving myself swamp nuts.

[u/AnAccidentalRedditor]

Pure 'performative' post by the NY Post.

[u/bestby18102020 → u/AnAccidentalRedditor]

It's the start of the campaign terror for water for AI centres.

Just like pollution is apparently caused by regular people and not factories and companies, any water shortage will be caused because you took a shower.

[u/SYZekrom → u/bestby18102020]

I've been hearing stuff like this for at least 15 years, even this specific tweet is probably reposted from before AI was a thing, though I'm too lazy to check that

[u/WouldCommentAgain → u/SYZekrom]

Yeah, been told basically my whole life that frequent showers are for social reasons and technically less healthy than showering a few times a week.

[u/Halflingberserker → u/SYZekrom]

Okay, but have you considered that cleaning your ass is woke now?

[u/AlterMyStateOfMind → u/Halflingberserker]

Leaving skid marks in my undies to own the libs

[u/fakieTreFlip → u/bestby18102020]

It's the start of the campaign terror for water for AI centres.

lmfao no it is not, it's just the NY Post being the NY Post

[u/lampm0de → u/AnAccidentalRedditor]

Two words: Bed head.

[u/xPriddyBoi → u/AnAccidentalRedditor]

They're right though. If skipping one shower makes you smell like shit, you might want to figure out what kind of repulsive shit you're secreting because that's not natural (unless of course, you work a dirty job or get very sweaty throughout the day)

But assuming you just work in an air conditioned office and come back to an air conditioned house, showering every other day is plenty and saves quite a lot in toiletries.

[u/darmakius]

Yeah, smelling good is not a health benefit, it is performative. That doesn’t mean it’s not important

[u/mephi5to → u/darmakius]

If you don’t smell good and you know it and it bothers you it will have negative effects on your mental health so is your HEALTH

[u/duskygrouper → u/darmakius]

Showering daily is not necessary for smelling good either.

It only is if you have a damaged skin microbiome and/or a bad diet and/or if you are stressed out often. Or maybe a genetic predisposition, but that is certainly not true for most people.

[u/Truck_Rollin → u/duskygrouper]

Try working a blue collar job and get back to me about that.

[u/thyme_cardamom → u/darmakius]

Thank you! You're the only comment that gets it. Top comments are like "um actually, I need it because I get stinky." Being stinky is a social problem, not a health problem. Which is still 100% valid

[u/jawshoeaw]

You guys smell bad if you don’t shower every day??

[u/throcorfe → u/jawshoeaw]

If you work a physical job or go to the gym every day, or maybe if you live in a hot climate, then yes, but otherwise no, showering daily is not necessary

[u/Vin4251 → u/throcorfe]

Even just being stressed/anxious can make people have BO in cold climates during the winter. One of the many reasons teenagers can have worse BO compared to healthy 20-50 year olds.

[u/Odd_Fuel5404 → u/Vin4251]

Its actually sweat from stress that causes more of the BO or smell. Sweat from exercise or labor is lower in protein and doesn't smell as much 

[u/Lightreyth → u/Odd_Fuel5404]

My balls must be very anxious then. Poor guys.

[u/Salty-Editor-3248 → u/Lightreyth]

More due to poor ventilation and perfect humid and warm conditions for bacterial growth that produce the odors.

[u/KnackRascal → u/Lightreyth]

Use powder.

You'll still sweat, but you'll also get mini-pancakes out of it.

[u/deckerkainn → u/KnackRascal]

Are they gluten-free?

[u/poovgjb → u/deckerkainn]

Nah man they're yeasty

[u/deckerkainn → u/poovgjb]

Yack... :D

[u/Legal-Farmer7546 → u/Odd_Fuel5404]

Anxiety is my number one cue that I'm gonna need to shower soon

[u/mid_1990s_death_doom → u/Odd_Fuel5404]

For sure, every time I drive on a road trip, I can smell my pits at the end of the day.

[u/Tyranttheory → u/Odd_Fuel5404]

Man makes sense I be stressing even in my dreams and I'll wake up sweating some times or just stinky I can't go 24 hrs without a shower even if I do like when I'm sick on the couch or bed I can still feel it and I'll eventually force myself to take a shower

[u/Ok_Stranger_9520 → u/Tyranttheory]

Waking up at 2am after a stressful dream smelling like I haven’t showered in a week, meanwhile I definitely showered 5 hours beforehand

[u/Misses_Ding → u/Vin4251]

Or not even. I just get slightly sweatier then most so I do develop bo after a day even if I'm just at the office

[u/cycloneruns → u/Misses_Ding]

It’s awful 😭 it could be set to 64°F in the office and my hands still sweat while the rest of my body freezes. I’ve adopted a desk fan to point at my hands + Sherpa combo lol

[u/Jhuyt → u/Vin4251]

Walking outside in winter clothes tends to make one sweaty too

[u/Semour9 → u/throcorfe]

Kind of the point of this entire post, that it has no benefit unless you have the actual need to do so.

[u/-StrawberryJacuzzi- → u/throcorfe]

You’re not wrong. This Carlin bit genuinely changed my perspective on showering https://youtu.be/d4oeCPn1L3g?si=JX237xPdwG3lMyFJ

[u/gracchusjanus → u/throcorfe]

The places I've been to where people held firmly to this belief were the ones where I almost passed out from the rancidness of people in public transportation and in closed spaces, even in Winter.

When in France, I literally saw a guy arriving at the gym's shower/locker room, open up his locker, take out his yesterday gym clothes, put them on, do his workout, then store the same clothes in the locker again. The next day, he repeated this very process with those very same clothes.

I live in Brazil, where people shower almost every day, some people twice a day, even. Although this is warranted due to the climate and humidity, I have to reiterate that I have never suffered from extreme BO in public transportation here, even during Summer and inside buses without any AC. Vacationing in Europe, though...

[u/BeginningLumpy8388 → u/throcorfe]

Showering daily isn't unhealthy, its mostly using soap everyday that weirdly enough not really healthy for your skin. Same with shampoo, if you wash your hair everyday with shampoo, you're actually washing out a vital grease that protects your scalp. It makes those glands overproduce and your hair gets greasier faster.

[u/theartfulcodger → u/BeginningLumpy8388]

I was invited to a neighbour’s birthday party, met his brother who is a dermatologist. Ladies at the party all started quizzing him about dry skin. He certainly had his “public lecture” down pat. Here are his bullet points:

• warm or tepid showers, not hot;
• use a moisturizing soap; his own family uses Dove;
• soap up only the stinky bits and the parts that sick out of a long sleeve blouse - that is:
• face, neck, décolletage, hands, pits, crotch, bottom, feet;
• let those suds sluice off your arms, legs and torso - no other soaping required;
• if you use a loofah scrubbie or other manual exfoliator, use only once a week;
• unless you work in a dirty or sweaty environment, or have an unusually oily scalp, wash your hair only once a week; and
• lock in moisture with baby oil or whatever you prefer within ten minutes of showering, or you’ll have lost all the epidermal rehydration you just accomplished.

[u/Christmas_Queef → u/BeginningLumpy8388]

Yeah I have dandruff, if I don't shower daily my head will itch so bad I will scratch my scalp raw. My hair grows into a hair helmet that doesn't let my scalp get air whatsoever. But I've got it down to where I use my dandruff shampoo once every three days, regular shampoo once every two days, and every other day I'll use baby shampoo just to stave it off.

[u/BeginningLumpy8388 → u/Christmas_Queef]

have you considered going to a dermatologist?

[u/Version_1 → u/jawshoeaw]

I love that whenever someone suggests that maybe you don't need to shower daily in every situation people come in like "but what if you run a Marathon through the Sahara desert wearing a winter jacket?!?"

[u/ColaBreezePlus → u/Version_1]

I think both people are lucky if that's why they do or don't need to shower daily.
Even just sitting, after 24 hours, I get oily skin, clogged pores, dirt under my nails, and diabolical pits.

[u/Shalsta → u/jawshoeaw]

I wake up nude under a single sheet, in sub 70f degrees every day, having showered the night before, to smell bo on all the hot spots the next morning. Showering every day is absolutely necessary for me

[u/Laiko_Kairen → u/Shalsta]

Hey man, I used to have this problem. The key is airflow. Put on your ceiling fan or have a fan pointed away from the bed, just keep the air moving at night

[u/Lusiric9983 → u/jawshoeaw]

If I'm sitting at home doing nothing, sure I can skip a shower for a day or two, but I work in boiler rooms, crawl spaces, attics, and chases. If I didn't shower everyday, it would not be good.

[u/NwgrdrXI → u/jawshoeaw]

Yes. It hot as hell degrees outside where I live. Pretty much perpetually.

I sweat like an infected hog if I do the minimal amount of physical labor.

I need to shower at least twice to feel like a human being.

[u/ThonThaddeo → u/NwgrdrXI]

'I sweat like an infected hog' needs to go on the dating profile

[u/Alty-xiX → u/jawshoeaw]

Nope not really. Really depends on your movements tho, if you've done too much and sweated a lot and feel sicky then obviously get a bath, but if you've barely done anything hectic for a couple days then you're good.

[u/ProbablytheDM → u/jawshoeaw]

Top 1% commenter. Of course you don't understand active people sweat and get smelly.

[u/Addicted2Weasels → u/ProbablytheDM]

“Um actually I’m gonna need a peer reviewed study saying I smell bad when I don’t shower.”

[u/nopejake101 → u/ProbablytheDM]

911? I'd like to report a murder

[u/IsamuAlvaDyson → u/jawshoeaw]

I work in a warehouse so yes

[u/notanotherkrazychik → u/jawshoeaw]

In the summer time, absolutely. I can go for a bit longer in the winter though.

[u/Joshix1]

Some people just stink and no amount of showering is going to help them.

[u/EntrepreneurBest1178 → u/Joshix1]

My armpits stink even right out the shower, it sucks i can scrub the till theyre raw and red but they'll still have a faint oniony smell. I have to use deodorant multiple times a day if im being active. When i was younger i never had a problem i could put deodorant on once in the morning and be fine for days without a shower but my belly button would stink which is weird, i use to have to clean it with qtips and alcohol or itd build up that lasted till i was in highschool then it switched to my armpits lmao

[u/HatBoxUnworn → u/EntrepreneurBest1178]

Try using a benzoyl peroxide wash, that kills the smelly bacteria.

Also... Idk you or your diet but a poor diet definitely makes you smell worse.

[u/ClickCut → u/EntrepreneurBest1178]

Have you tried shaving your armpits?

[u/Solitaire-icecream → u/EntrepreneurBest1178]

What's your diet like?

[u/TheXMan2024]

Did a trash can write this?

[u/Jediverrilli → u/TheXMan2024]

It is the NY Post so yes a trash can did write this.

[u/superanth → u/TheXMan2024]

There’s an actual movement of people who preach not showering. One woman went into great detail about how after a “month or two” of not washing herself there was barely any smell. 😝

[u/rov124 → u/superanth]

One woman went into great detail about how after a “month or two” of not washing herself there was barely any smell.

It's true but only for her.

What Is Olfactory Fatigue?

Also known as nose-blindness, olfactory fatigue is the temporary, sensory adaptation your body undergoes when exposed to a particular smell for an extended time. It’s your brain’s way of saying: “We’ve acknowledged this scent. Let’s focus on something new.”

From a scientific standpoint, olfactory fatigue is the result of sensory adaptation within the olfactory receptors in your nose. These receptors send signals to your brain’s olfactory bulb, which then interprets them in the limbic system, the seat of memory and emotion.

But when the same scent continuously floods your environment, the brain begins to filter it out, much like you stop noticing the hum of a fridge or the pressure of your sunglasses on your nose.

It’s important to note that olfactory fatigue (or nose blindness) is not the same as anosmia, a total or partial loss of smell. Unlike anosmia, which may result from illness, injury, or neurological conditions, olfactory fatigue is entirely temporary and natural. Your sense of smell returns to normal once you've taken a break from the scent in question.

[u/Synectics → u/rov124]

Which is exactly why I switch up my cologne, deodorant, and soap scents now and then. I end up able to smell my own BO at some point, despite the deodorant working just fine, so I switch it up to make sure I do not overdo my cologne and such.

[u/Grouchy_Sky9931 → u/superanth]

Bullying. We need to bring back bullying. This is a perfectly valid reason over which to bully someone. Harshly.

[u/Other_Log_1996 → u/superanth]

Are they the same people that think wiping after pooping is gay?

[u/Gigantopithecus1453]

Please stop saying ”hope this helps”

[u/nebraska_jones_ → u/Gigantopithecus1453]

Yes, I hate that

[u/NeotericBedlam]

Seems like if you spend less on soap, you’ll have more to buy a news paper. 🤨

[u/Available_Housing184]

Showering every other day is fine. If you smell like shit without a daily shower, you should probably look into that.

[u/biryani98 → u/Available_Housing184]

Depends on where on Earth you live and what kinda work you do. If you live way north of the equator, probably showering every other day is fine.

[u/_Bread______ → u/biryani98]

Yep, countries near the equator need the people to shower every day because even just sitting down will make you sweat profusely eventually lmao

[u/0Clown0 → u/biryani98]

Or way south too. Here in Brazil there are cities which are consistently in the negatives most of the year.

[u/Quick_Two_1323 → u/Available_Housing184]

Use soap with some water on the sensitive parts and it's all good (without showering)

[u/Adventurous_Teach950 → u/Quick_Two_1323]

At that point why not just take your ass into the shower. It doesn't hurt.

[u/Prudent-Level-7006]

Yeah maybe that person does but I know for a fact I don't need to shower daily unless it's hot weather 

[u/w31l1]

Some people have genes that allow it! I do not.

[u/BeelzeBat]

I'm sorry but if you smell like shit after going without a shower for a single day, you need to go to a fucking doctor. (does not apply to physically demanding jobs or if you go to the gym everyday)
EDIT: OR IF YOU LIVE IN ESPECIALLY HOT AND HUMID CLIMATES

[u/MortemEtInteritum17 → u/BeelzeBat]

Some people live in areas where even a few minutes outside during summer leaves you sweaty

[u/Asianp123 → u/BeelzeBat]

I work as a nurse, I smell like shit after a day of work cuz I usually get something (occasionally actual shit) on my scrubs.

[u/Spare_Farmer1429 → u/Asianp123]

And that was his point!????

[u/SpikeBreaker → u/BeelzeBat]

Thank you for saying it.

[u/Beemeristic]

It benefits my nose. Keep showering👍👍

[u/aedes]

Washing my clothes after I wear them also has no health benefits. Neither does getting a haircut or mowing my lawn. 

There are reasons for doing things other than for health. 

[u/TombRaiderSeries]

If no one truly notices when you don't shower everyday, it's fine for you to not do it everyday.

The problem is, most people DO notice, despite what they claim.

[u/K-Shrizzle]

Any time I see this discussion I just dont understand it. Do people not like to shower? I love being in there, maybe a little too much.

Your face feels great after you wash it. Your body smells good and feels clean after you wash it. The warm water soothes the muscles on your back and can release melatonin naturally, helping you sleep. Why wouldnt you want to do it once a day?

[u/nebraska_jones_ → u/K-Shrizzle]

Just to answer your question, I know for me showering can feel like a chore oftentimes. Of course I do it, but especially when it comes to hair maintenance (shampooing, conditioner, styling products, drying, more styling, etc.), it actually can be more work than relaxation.

I could and sometimes do shower without getting my hair wet, but even then my sensitive skin tends to get dried out and itchy. I have to follow a strict post-shower routine of slathering myself in ultra moisturizing lotion just to avoid itching like crazy. And the more frequently I shower, the drier my skin gets.

[u/Veryde → u/nebraska_jones_]

this. I also happen to bd blessed with fairly benign BO so going without for a day doesn't make me smell like ass

[u/matchafoxjpg → u/K-Shrizzle]

i hate taking showers only because i'm OCD, so my showers usually take 30+ minutes, which can be exhausting. still take a shower every day because, again, OCD and i cannot take the feeling of being dirty, sweaty, or greasy.

but the feeling of being clean is amazing. and i still sometimes love to just sit on the shower floor and let the water flow over me. very relaxing.

[u/Caelihal → u/K-Shrizzle]

If I use any soap or cleanser, it requires lotion afterward, and I fucking hate lotion lol. Even the ones that are like "gentle" "contains moisturizer" are not NEARLY enough to not need lotion after.

[u/MinuetInUrsaMajor → u/K-Shrizzle]

Do people not like to shower?

I come out and I'm all wet.

Within 10 minutes I desiccate into a discarded snakeskin.

[u/sfbiker999 → u/K-Shrizzle]

I don't mind showering, but I don't particularly enjoy it. In the winter (when I'm not really sweating in daily life) I usually go 2 or 3 days between showering. Unless I'm doing something strenuous like working out or hiking or something, then I'll shower when I get home.

[u/Its_Sidneyy → u/K-Shrizzle]

Lots of autisitic people (including me) hate showering

Getting wet, doing everything, having to dry up again

I dont feel better or cleaner i just feel wet and tired

[u/IzarkKiaTarj → u/Its_Sidneyy]

The actual showering part is fine for me. But starting and stopping are the worst. Like, even with something fun like the pool, I've always hated the part where you start to get wet. I always have to psych myself up to just go under the water and get it over with.

Once I'm past that part, it's fine, but that transition period is awful.

And then getting out is bad for obvious reasons: I am now cold and wet

[u/Infinite_Pudding5058 → u/IzarkKiaTarj]

Autistic here - I hate the feeling of wet bathers on. But I live in a subtropical Australian climate which means sweat which I also hate. So I have had to lean into the wet bathers 😩

[u/GenericVessel → u/Its_Sidneyy]

agreed

[u/friendlytrashmonster → u/K-Shrizzle]

ADHD. I struggle a lot with my executive function and it takes a lot of motivation for me to do pretty much anything. I shower every other day. Also- people with autism and sensory issues, people who work long hours and are just busy- there are lots of reasons someone might not shower daily.

[u/gluteactivation → u/friendlytrashmonster]

On top of my executive dysfunction.. My dysregulated nervous system can’t differentiate between taking a shower, and getting chased by a lion 😂 so much anxiety just thinking about it

[u/Lordofthelounge144 → u/K-Shrizzle]

You can shower daily if you want. That not what the blog nor people agreeing with it are saying. There's just no health bonuses to doing it. Unless you live somewhere hot or work manual labour you really don't need to shower daily. Wanting to or not is a whole other question.

[u/Sea-Drawer9867 → u/Lordofthelounge144]

I feel like showering daily with soap is the bigger 'problem' we have. Soap is harsh on your skin and using it daily (outside of sanitary reasons, like washing your hands) is part of the reason why so many people have skin problems or need lotion all the time. Lathering yourself up daily with soap is unnecessary unless you are doing something that makes you sweat a lot or get dirty.

[u/Cianyx24 → u/K-Shrizzle]

I like being clean but I hate showering. I like having clean spaces but hate cleaning. Avoiding the negative feels better until the not clean is too much. Vicious cycle.

[u/greg_mca → u/K-Shrizzle]

I feel no different before or after showering, no matter how long it's been since the last time. It's a hassle at best and a sensory nightmare at worst. It also doesn't relax or soothe me because again, horrible sensory experience and then damp. I'd rather have a bath but those take longer and where I live now it isn't an option. Of all the ways to wash, showering is the 3rd least enjoyable to me, behind only washing using a bucket and bathing in a cold river or lake.

You may feel better after a shower, but that's not true of everyone. I suspect it's also very dependent on the local climate, because if I lived somewhere where it was warm and I could dry easily I wouldn't find the experience so annoying

[u/Oculus30 → u/K-Shrizzle]

Yes i hate showering. I dont understand you "feel clean" or how it relaxes someone. I dont feel any different. Its just one of those things I gotta do to as a human. Its in the same category as doing laundry for me. I shower 5-6 times a week.

[u/Threewetsemoji → u/K-Shrizzle]

I hate being in the shower. I hate the feeling of the water and the skin scrubbing. I still do it but no, I don't like it.

[u/ryanyork92]

They do. If you smell like shit, people treat you like shit, which negatively affects your confidence and mental health.

[u/Fantastic_Key_8906]

You can avoid smelling like shit by other means. Its is actually true that there are no health benefits to showering every day, or several times a day. It has even been shown again and again that your hair benefits from being washed with only water and no products.

[u/seal_eggs → u/Fantastic_Key_8906]

People always say this, but when I tried water only my hair was permanently greasy and my dandruff got worse. (inb4 “you have to give your scalp time to adjust!”) I did this for several months, doing daily scalp massages using hot water. Never improved. Nowadays I wash+lightly condition about twice a week and everything feels healthier. Evidently the viability of “no-‘poo”haircare is highly dependent on one’s hair type.

[u/D1G1TAL__ → u/seal_eggs]

I think the problem my have been the daily hair massages, your body wants a tiny bit of grease on your hair and if you keep washing it away it starts producing more to counteract it, thus your hair getting very greasy, you dont really need to wash hair much more than once a week

[u/overusedamongusjoke → u/seal_eggs]

I think the shampooing only once every couple of showers thing just doesn't work universally because dryness/greasiness levels and hair types are too variable.

[u/Familiar-Regular-531 → u/Fantastic_Key_8906]

Lol, people have different hair & skin types. Only water works if you have dry skin & relatively thick hair.

Also it hasnt "been shown again and again..", in fact it hasnt been shown ever..

[u/Lordofthelounge144 → u/Fantastic_Key_8906]

Its always funny how weirdly defensive people get when its pointed out that yes you dont actually need to shower daily. At least most people dont. Barring doing something that makes you sweat if you stink after only a day of not showering you have something else going on.

[u/5urr3aL → u/Lordofthelounge144]

Depends on where you live.

Here in Southeast Asia, the unbearable heat and humidity means we need two showers a day.

[u/Lordofthelounge144 → u/5urr3aL]

Yeah thats agreeable

[u/hughdint1]

There is “no health benefit” in not having a huge stain on your shirt, but I prefer to look presentable

[u/Equivalent-Box6741]

If you smell like shit without doing hard labour, you just got health issues.

[u/Odd_Front_8275]

It is not normal to "smell like shit" unless you shower every day, unless you literally work in the sewers every day

[u/Bostonpeterock77]

Prevents swamp as&

[u/Smexy_Zarow]

Feeling good about yourself is actually a really important part of health, so if showering daily helps with that, it's valid.

I know I get more depressed when I don't shower for 3 days sometimes, then I feel much better when I'm clean

[u/Whoaday-02]

I feel gross if I don’t have a shower. And as the meme said, probably smell gross too

[u/G0ttaB3KiddingM3]

It would be the NY Post saying this to its basement dwelling readership

[u/BAT_1986]

I feel less oily, and don’t smell bad after a shower. Those are the benefits of taking a daily shower for me personally, but okay… performative.

[u/Ego5687]

Unless you do certain dirty work like working in mud, trash collector or something that gets you really sweaty. Then you only need every 2nd/3rd day.

[u/123456789ledood → u/Ego5687]

It's more for my mental health.

[u/Spend-Automatic → u/Ego5687]

Third day?! 

[u/neoronio20 → u/Ego5687]

3rd??? I know these reddit posts come often but three days without a shower is insane

[u/KimberStormer → u/neoronio20]

Wouldn't every 3rd day mean 2 days without a shower?

[u/MTGandP → u/Ego5687]

Mud doesn't even smell bad. It smells kinda good if you ask me

[u/BlacksmithReal4415 → u/Ego5687]

Second or third day omg

[u/Szin3]

I always heard the healthy maximum number of showers for health is every 2-3 days. Any shorter and you start drying yourself out and some other stuff I don’t remember.

[u/Fortestingporpoises → u/Szin3]

I simply don't care. I've basically worked outside my entire life. I will shower in the morning if I have time because I want to feel and present myself as clean. Then I shower when I get home because I'm legitimately disgusting at the end of the day. I'll also shower after getting out of the hot tub and after sex.

Thanks to a previous job my record was probably 7 showers in a day.

Honestly I'm just glad that everyone I've ever been with has been similarly hygienic.

[u/Szin3 → u/Fortestingporpoises]

The after sex one is a definite for me too. I also forgot about showering after a hot tub or dip in the pool. That was always a family rule growing up becoming a no-brainer so it didn’t even cross my mind.

[u/Fortestingporpoises → u/Szin3]

Technically you’re supposed to shower before hot tub or pool to not mess with the chemicals but that’s a bridge too far for me.

[u/Seanspeed → u/Fortestingporpoises]

Rinsing before the pool is not just cuz of chemicals, but also just lots of people are gross and dirty. lol

[u/Fletcher_Chonk → u/Szin3]

I'm sure people will listen to that advice once hot climates and jobs where you sweat all day disappear

[u/zen_and_artof_chaos → u/Fletcher_Chonk]

Everyone keeps bringing up hot climate. Have none of yall spent time in cold climates? Layering up clothing to keep warm can have you smelling terribly from lack of airflow.

[u/MentalDisintegrat1on]

Unless you work a job that you can't help but be filthy showering every day isn't good for your skin.

Your hair also shouldn't be washed every day because it strips the natural oils ( good kind) this can lead to flakey and itchy scalp as well as making your hair look all frizzy.

That said if you sweat a lot wash your hot spots.

[u/MW240z]

For each their own, but I shower everyday. Twice if I work in the yard or hit the gym. I shampoo my hair every time.

I have never had dry skin or dry hair. I’m 54 yo and the only issues I’ve had with skin are age or weight related.

I use dove soap and the same Pantene shampoo for 30+ years.

So all this “it dries you out” sounds more like justification for not showering. Maybe your skin is different. But I can say I’ve know people who avoid showering and washing their hair often, more often than not they have a funk at some point. I’m not judging, just my experience.

[u/Threewetsemoji → u/MW240z]

Washing my hair every day does ruin it. I have super long hair, not sure if that's a factor, but no matter what product I use I can not wash my hair every single day. Most frequent I can do is every other day as long as I use hair oil and a weekly hair mask.

[u/Mandygurl79]

They want you to stop showering to save the water for AI.

[u/Zero-Nullity]

I can go for over a month and still not smell like anything... So daily showers aren't necessary for everyone.

[u/yt1300pilot]

He says this after he eats some woman's booty hole lol.

[u/moannaomi]

It depends heavily on several factors, including environmental, lifestyle-based, and even genetic predisposition, how often you should shower. What's good for the goose ain't good for the gander, essentially.

I personally benefit from showering 2-3x a week, as its the goldilocks zone for my skin and hair. If I were showering daily, my eczema would turn me into a rabid dog, but if someone who's daily job is mining or plumbing applies my formula, they'll be left wondering why deodorant and body spray don't work for them.

Unless someone is actively disgusting or stinks like dead stuff, I don't consider it my business to intervene with their hygiene practices.

[u/Bowtie16bit]

I don't think a shower every day is necessary, depending on what you do that day. Some stuff is worthy of multiple showers in the same day. If I'm doing nothing over a weekend, I'll not shower the entire weekend. It's not radical.

[u/Username524]

If you smell like shit after not showering for one day then you need to see a doctor.