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How often do you shower? (Original Post) CTyankee 19 hrs ago OP
I take a shower every six months.. Permanut 19 hrs ago #1
And you thought I'd never ask.... CTyankee 19 hrs ago #2
I was gonna say once a month... WestMichRad 18 hrs ago #9
Earth friendly and saves time. Permanut 17 hrs ago #10
I shower right before I log on to DU, 2-3 times a day Marie Marie 19 hrs ago #3
Of course you do! CTyankee 19 hrs ago #4
Do tell, what is that fragrance? True Dough 14 hrs ago #15
... Marie Marie 12 hrs ago #18
Two or three times a day purple_haze 18 hrs ago #5
I sweat every day synni 18 hrs ago #6
I shower every 3 days Marthe48 18 hrs ago #7
Maybe because MorbidButterflyTat 17 hrs ago #11
Ugh! Is she the most annoying woman on the planet? Marie Marie 12 hrs ago #17
Summer versus winter undoubtedly makes some difference.. No AC versus a home that feels like a freezer? hlthe2b 18 hrs ago #8
I agree MorbidButterflyTat 16 hrs ago #13
Every morning, without fail. Paladin 16 hrs ago #12
Almost every day. Sometimes twice, if I get all sweaty and sticky. 3catwoman3 14 hrs ago #14
I shower daily True Dough 14 hrs ago #16
Yup. I thought so.... CTyankee 12 hrs ago #19
Once a day LogDog75 11 hrs ago #20
A friend of mine summed it up very well PlanetBev 10 hrs ago #21
'Propaganda' being an apt descriptor Oeditpus Rex 4 hrs ago #22

WestMichRad

(2,355 posts)
9. I was gonna say once a month...
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 05:55 PM
18 hrs ago

whether I need it or not, but your schedule makes more sense. I hate to waste water!

Marie Marie

(10,248 posts)
3. I shower right before I log on to DU, 2-3 times a day
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 04:15 PM
19 hrs ago

Hey, I want to look and smell good for all of you.

True Dough

(23,421 posts)
15. Do tell, what is that fragrance?
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 09:19 PM
14 hrs ago

Is it Maison Margiela? Or Marlies Moller, Marie Marie?

(Just going for a little alliteration there.)

purple_haze

(182 posts)
5. Two or three times a day
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 05:01 PM
18 hrs ago

Usually twice a day. If I hit the gym extra hard or swim, then three times a day.

synni

(411 posts)
6. I sweat every day
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 05:04 PM
18 hrs ago

Therefore, I shower every day.

I really don't like putting it off until my skin feels as if it's coated with Elmer's Glue-All.

Marthe48

(20,943 posts)
7. I shower every 3 days
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 05:29 PM
18 hrs ago

more often if I need to. Hands and face every day.

I may rethink my schedule. Why is deodorant so expensive!!!!

hlthe2b

(110,373 posts)
8. Summer versus winter undoubtedly makes some difference.. No AC versus a home that feels like a freezer?
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 05:46 PM
18 hrs ago

Working out--especially outdoors each day?

Geebus, in summer I could probably do so multiple times/day if I'm active, wearing mosquito repellent when I go out, and if the A/C is minimally active. But, I do try not to wash my hair as much as I once did--at most every other day. And I don't disagree with the article recommendations... Most people just need to pay attention to the "sweaty" parts of their bodies, rather than a full shower, at least SOME of the time.

And in winter? Less.

That said, clean clothing is everything... Nothing worse than "stale, sweaty clothing"...

Oh, and for my least favorite TV $$$ grifter/"OB/GYN" Dr. Shannon Klingman (creator of "Lume"/"Mando" ), will you kindly just take a damned shower at least occasionally? No one needs your crap products and all the damned plastic packaging you are shoving down their direction 24/7. (And to my colleagues who all but ran her out of her last professional conference for pushing that grifting bullshit, THANK YOU!)

MorbidButterflyTat

(3,193 posts)
13. I agree
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 07:14 PM
16 hrs ago

I can't stand her!

Not only does she list every stinky body part she mimics putting the lume on! I always mute her, she makes me want to barf!

Paladin

(30,834 posts)
12. Every morning, without fail.
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 07:06 PM
16 hrs ago

On those infrequent occasions where there's an evening event, I'll take a second shower in the afternoon.

3catwoman3

(26,933 posts)
14. Almost every day. Sometimes twice, if I get all sweaty and sticky.
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 09:05 PM
14 hrs ago

I loathe feeling sticky.

PlanetBev

(4,347 posts)
21. A friend of mine summed it up very well
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 01:48 AM
10 hrs ago

Regarding the constant “stink” propaganda that Lume woman beats us over the head with, she said
“If you get close enough to me to smell my ass, that’s your problem.

Oeditpus Rex

(41,877 posts)
22. 'Propaganda' being an apt descriptor
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 07:20 AM
4 hrs ago

Healthy humans do not emit such a repellant aroma as to require scrubbing thrir skin with soap every morning, nor especially to spray or smear certain areas of it with chemicals.

The term "B.O." was invented in the 1920s or '30s by an ad agency working for Lever Btothers, makers of Lifebuoy, "The 24-hour deodorant soap." The ad campaign was wildly successful. Almost overnight, Americans were convinced they stank to high heaven if they didn't wash daily with Lifebuoy. (Even Bugs Bunny cartoons often parodied the "Beeee-ohhhh" from radio ads pfor the soap, and Jon Lord of Deep Purple elicited that sound from his Hammond B-3 organ during "Space Truckin'," captured live on the band's album "Made In Japan" some 35 years later.)

To be sure, some people are malodorous: those who work in moderate-to-heavy physical labor under unclean conditions (normal human sweat does not smell bad; indeed, it's part of the natural attraction during sexual arousal), those with glandular maladies and those who simply cannot or do not bathe for long periods of time, such as the unhoused. And, many others just like to "feel clean" and/or believe they'd "o-fend," to quote another old radio ad for a deodorant product, if they didn't wash away and prevent "the funk" every morning.

If it makes you feel better, shower as often as you want. But, under normal circumstances, daily use of deodorant products simply isn't biologically necessary.


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