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% People showering/bathing daily by country

Harlock

Member
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jufonuk

not tag worthy
Looks like colder countries don't need to and hot and humid countries need it at least once or more a day.
It’s flipping weird it’s almost like washing every day when you don’t need to because you don’t sweat and it dries out your skin if you wash all the time.

Maybe do the same survey during each countries hottest and coldest times
 

RoadHazard

Gold Member
Sweden here. I typically do it every day, and during summer I would say that's required, but now that we're in the cold half of the year it's mainly because I need to wash out the crap I have to put in my hair for it not to look like ass. Don't want that all over my pillow. If I'm just at home not doing much and not bothering to do anything with the hair, I will shower every other day instead.
 

The Cockatrice

I'm retarded?
Lol, of course you do. Your hair will constantly secrete oils, how TF can you be ok with sleeping like that?

Uhm, sorry to break it to ya bub, but washing your hair daily is the worst idea you can possibly do. Hair should be oily because thats what keeps it fucking healthy instead of the garbage products you use on it. Basic common knowledge, how TF do you not know that? If you work heavily in dirty/dusty environments and you sweat a lot then wash your hair, but not with cleaning products. Cleaning products like shampoo should not be used more than 2-3 times per week. Less if you do not go out at all.
 
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Flatline

Banned
Lol, of course you do. Your hair will constantly secrete oils, how TF can you be ok with sleeping like that?

If you're in a cold climate and don't have to walk a lot your or do any physical exercise hair especially don't need washing every day. If you want to feel refreshed you might shower your body a bit but you can easily skip washing your hair every day.
 
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V1LÆM

Gold Member
UK here. i shower every morning before work. i can't go to work without a shower and even if i shower the night before i still feel disgusting when i wake up. saturdays/sundays i won't shower and get smelly....unless i'm going out or having people around.

that's how things are right now when it's cold, wet, and miserable. this summer i found myself showering 2 or even 3 times a day because of how sweaty and sticky i was getting. it was humid as fuck up until about mid september which is extremely unusual. for a while i was able to shower at night because i was sleeping with the window open, with thin bed sheets or none at all, and with a fan running during the night. but still i was showering daily.

i'm always worried that i smell so make sure i'm clean. at times i might be able to get away with not showering as often but i'm not going to risk it.
 

*Nightwing

Banned
UK here. i shower every morning before work. i can't go to work without a shower and even if i shower the night before i still feel disgusting when i wake up. saturdays/sundays i won't shower and get smelly....unless i'm going out or having people around.

that's how things are right now when it's cold, wet, and miserable. this summer i found myself showering 2 or even 3 times a day because of how sweaty and sticky i was getting. it was humid as fuck up until about mid september which is extremely unusual. for a while i was able to shower at night because i was sleeping with the window open, with thin bed sheets or none at all, and with a fan running during the night. but still i was showering daily.

i'm always worried that i smell so make sure i'm clean. at times i might be able to get away with not showering as often but i'm not going to risk it.
I also suffer from hot sweaty dirty dreams
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DeceptiveAlarm

Gold Member
I shower everyday. I have a job and I get dirty. The one guy at work says he don't shower at night only in morning. His wife and him also don't have sex so pretty sure that's a correlation.

I can't imaging crawling into bed after working all day without showering. I sure wouldn't then expect my girl to lick my balls at that point.
 

DavidGzz

Gold Member
Probably retired people who just sit inside all day who even have time to take these polls. I shower every day but may go 1.5 days on the weekend if I take a day off from the gym. But yeah, the cold weather matters not since I lift every day.
 

poppabk

Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
That 25% in the US though really don't shower everyday though.
In no other country have I been forced to leave a store because someone stank so bad that I was gagging.
 

StreetsofBeige

Gold Member
I shower at least once a day. Once before work, once when I get home from the office. During WFH covid, then often times once per day. But still twice sometimes if I was sweating (like summer heat or doing chores outside. You can sweat and tire a lot shoveling snow for 45 minutes).

Only in rare cases I dont shower daily (lets say I'm at home for a few days and didnt do anything sweaty and was purely just lazy and slept a lot). The last time I didnt bathe for a stretch of days was probably in grade school when you dont know any better and care more about playing and watching cartoons.

I dont see how people cant normally bathe at least once a day.

- Doesn't your spouse or gf/bf care?
- Dont you go to work or school?
- You dont care if you are sweaty and smelly from working out?
- You dont care you've been outside in the summer heat?
- You dont care your blankets, sheets and pillow case are all stained with sweat and stink?
- When going out with friends and fam for dinner, dont you want to be clean?

Really odd to me that some grown adults dont wash. I bet the same ones who dont regularly bathe dont brush their teeth or do laundry a lot either.
 
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Aesius

Member
I showered daily until I went to college. Then I became a grungy fuck and showered only a few times per week. Now in my mid-30s, I gotta shower daily or else I stink. I guess early middle-age is when you get that old man smell going on.
 

ÆMNE22A!C

NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
Body odour is somewhat genetically I guess, but without any research I find it's save to say that since it's secretion (no matter why ie lowering the body temperature) manifests under the current biological circumstances ie food/drinks/level of fitness.

I'm talking from experience regarding said circumstances in extremes and let me say; eating healthy with moderate alcohol consumption (which only adds to excess off not smell perse) does lead to less overal smell.

In my experience the worst sweat smell I get is when I'm over stressed. It's a very particular smell and therefore a sign I'm not doing well. I'm sure diet play a huge facor.
 
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Mistake

Member
For me it depends on what I’m doing. If I sweat for some reason, like playing a game that requires me to focus, then I’ll shower daily. Still only do my hair every other day though. Don’t make your head too dry people, that’s how you get fungal problems/dandruff
 

Guilty_AI

Member
As a BR, i'm kinda shocked showering every day isn't normal. Though i guess it makes sense for colder countries.
 

ÆMNE22A!C

NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
For me it depends on what I’m doing. If I sweat for some reason, like playing a game that requires me to focus, then I’ll shower daily. Still only do my hair every other day though. Don’t make your head too dry people, that’s how you get fungal problems/dandruff

Playing a stressfull game (GT7) ofcourse makes the mind busy so our body react and thus tense up which results in wet armpits. That's fine and natural.

Living with demons I'm far to acquainted with stress manifesting in physical symptoms; dry scalp like you mentioned for example.

I only shampoo and condition my hair once every 2 weeks when I take a epsom (magnesium salt) bath at dads.

I'm prone to dry skin.

Take cold showers. It closes your pores and retains your natural oils. My legs are soft and smooth af where before I was scratching my itchy shins. Really. It's getting more extreme now it's winter and it takes some time but it's worth it. For your hair as well.
 
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