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I been showering for no reason. (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 14 points 3 days ago (8 children)

I have a similar cadence, usually about a week. Reducing from daily showering (or multiple a day when I biked to work) has been a game changer for my hair and skin tbh.

I generally just shower when its needed vs a specific cadence. That could mean daily showers in the summer during heat waves but generally once a week works really well for me.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 days ago

    You shouldn't wash your hair every time you shower anyway. I shower 2-3 times per week but only wash my hair once per week. Any more and it gets too dry and lifeless. I just rinse it well on days I don't wash it.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    Same.

    I really do think our skin microbiome (it's not just in our gut!) tends to find a good balance if given the chance to do so. People who shower every day or more have a skin biome that is used to getting purged on the regular and will start getting out of control as soon that rhythm is broken, which makes the person stink. Then that person thinks that's just a straight fact "if people don't shower often, they stink!" But as usual, it's more complicated than that.

    @SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net, don't let anyone tell you you're "nasty" for not showering more often, you just have a healthier skin microbiome than they do.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Thanks, that does make me feel a bit better!

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  • [–] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    meow-hug

    (Only replace the floating hearts with stinky waves. j/k ;)

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

    lol but you're right tho I do not smell most of the time, there's days I do have bo from my pits so I lather up in deodorant. Since I'm home and not doing anything taxing on my body, it's kind of a waste to hop in the shower for nothing. Now granted if I need to be out in public the next day I usually do.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago

    Literally same. It takes at least several days for me to start becoming a little odiferous, even if I've been doing some light physical work. But everyone has some odor to them, as they should, since it is of course natural and healthy. Hell, it is even one of the things that has attracted people to each other throughout the ages. As has been said, capitalism latched onto that as it does everything else that makes us human, and told us we had to buy products to attract people with scent, and then buy products just to keep from offending people by our scent!

    I'm not around people much anymore I admit, so it usually doesn't matter either way, (but even when I did live with a partner and only showered 1-2 x / week, I was never told I needed to take one). But when I do have to go out like to run errands in town, that is when I make sure I'm cleaned up, meaning a shower beforehand.

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