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How often do you shower and wash your hair

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Grandmabatty Mon 07-Mar-22 08:29:08

I shower every couple of days. It's a quick affair as I have very little hair left. I haven't had a bath in years!

tanith Mon 07-Mar-22 08:28:07

Something I’ve done almost every day of my adult life is to jump in the shower every morning it’s a quick in and out, quicker than strip washing. My hair I wash twice a week, used to be every day but I stopped that a long time ago. I will have two on hot Summer days.
We all have different needs and habits so I don’t think it’s necessary to disapprove of other people’s bathing habits wether we wash once a week or every day.

Ailidh Mon 07-Mar-22 08:28:01

I alternate between showering and strip washing.

I've fairly recently moved into a complex of supported living flats and am conscious not to disturb other residents as few human beings - and none here - get up as early as I do, 04:30.

I try not to shower before 07:30, by which time I know others are up, and never before 7 - if I need to be up and out earlier, those are strip wash days.

Mostly it's a relatively quick in and out but on Sundays, I wait until about 8, and then go and luxuriate. One of the best things about this place is the massive, hot and powerful showers.

I wash my hair every other day. It is fine and sparse, so the least hint of grease and it claps itself to my scalp, a look I don't have the bone structure for.

Jaxjacky Mon 07-Mar-22 08:26:23

Forgot, quick in and out of shower, quicker if no hair wash.

ShazzaKanazza Mon 07-Mar-22 08:25:38

I’m a bath girl I get one once a day and wash my hair ever other day and DH jumps in after me. He’s at the gym most days and gets a shower there too. I’m always disappointed if I go to a hotel and there’s only a shower.

Jaxjacky Mon 07-Mar-22 08:25:27

Shower every other day, hair wash every 5/6 days. MrJ showers every day he’s working as it’s a manual job, same as me when he’s not working.
I have an occasional bath in the winter if I’ve got really cold.

jeanie99 Mon 07-Mar-22 08:23:27

I can't remember the last time I had a bath. I have a large P shape bath with shower above and would run out of water before it filled I'm sure.
I'm certainly a quick in and out of the shower and the water is not too hot.
Must close and going out so need to shower LOL

Hetty58 Mon 07-Mar-22 08:16:26

jeanie99, yes, too much washing (especially with hot water) just strips the oil from our skin. Still, some of us might have two showers on a hot summer's day - just to feel clean and fresh. When it's chilly, twice a week, with daily washing, seems quite enough.

How long do people spend in their showers? I'm done and out in five minutes - yet family and guests seem to spend half an hour in there! Next time I use it, I have to turn the temperature right down, from (what seems like) boiling to lukewarm.

FannyCornforth Mon 07-Mar-22 08:13:09

I love this type of thread! blush
At the moment I have a bath every other day and a strip wash the other days.
When it’s warmer I bathe at least once a day. Sometimes just to cool down ( I hate the heat )
When I worked I bathed twice a day. In the morning to wake up, and back from work to get rid of germs and relax.
I wash my hair about once every three or four days.

jeanie99 Mon 07-Mar-22 08:07:07

I was surprised to read on one of the other forums that a lady showered twice a day.
My husband before he retired showed at work before coming home. He did work that required this.
Into retirement I shower two to three times a week and wash my hair once a week. A strip wash daily for me is fine unless I am doing heavy gardening work.
My understanding was that showering too much is not good for us.