# When (and how often) do you shower? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 27, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850 "2016-10-27T15:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/21 "2016-10-27T18:15:42Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > I NEVER shower. I have never taken a single shower in my 38 years of existence. If I want to feel water beating down on me, (which I don’t), I’ll stand outside in the rain. And if I wanted to wallow in dirty water (which I don’t), I’d find a muddy pond. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/22 "2016-10-27T18:18:27Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > And if I wanted to wallow in dirty water (which I don’t), I’d find a muddy pond. 😉 He didn’t say he has baths. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/23 "2016-10-27T18:21:14Z")
Shower and shampoo in the morning before work. On those days when I go to the gym after work, I’ll shower and soap up (but no shampoo) in the evening. I have been known to cheat and get in the hot tub (after cleaning my face of makeup) after the gym instead of the shower. Ahhhhhhh… ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/24 "2016-10-27T18:23:29Z")
Barring something that makes me sweat or dirty I shower every other day in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/25 "2016-10-27T18:40:36Z")
I shower every morning pretty much as soon as I wake up. I can’t function until I’ve spent 5 minutes under the hottest, highest pressure shower I can find. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/26 "2016-10-27T19:40:19Z")
I grrrr at the clock and stumble into the shower first thing. One shower a day unless it is crazy hot or sweaty, or if I get my hair cut. If I get to it right away before I am totally awake I’m fine; if I putter around the house on the weekend, I find it hard to have to go shower, like it’s a chore. I don’t exercise so no need for extra showers for that. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/27 "2016-10-27T20:14:53Z")
Shower every morning – I brush my teeth in the shower. This is an old habit developed when I lived in a tiny apartment with a roommate and he’d have comandeered the sink for shaving in the morning, so I’d just take my toothbrush in the shower with me. Then, by the time he was finished shaving, I could do my hair. Now, weekends, vacations? Meh, every couple days or every day if it’s been hot and I’ve been sweaty. But I have no idea how to get ready for work with dry bed head. I don’t have hair that just goes where it’s supposed to with a quick brush. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/28 "2016-10-28T03:04:07Z")
Evenings before bed. If I’m lucky enough to die in my sleep, I want to be clean and smell good while it happens. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/29 "2016-10-28T03:26:39Z")
I used to shower and wash my hair and whatnot in the mornings, but over the last year or so I’ve switched to mostly evenings. I started preferring to let my hair air dry and unless I have a couple extra hours in the morning, it’s more practical to do it at night. So sometime after dinner and before bed I hit the shower and two or three times a week the hair gets washed too. This method also leaves me a little more time to experiment with makeup in the morning if I’m in the mood. I also have time to drink my coffee on the sofa and catch up on local news. I have wavy hair and a shag “wash and go” type cut, so in the mornings I use a water spray bottle to dampen it and get the bed-head out, flat iron my bangs if they need it (usually) which takes about 45 seconds, and then hair spray it in place. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/30 "2016-10-28T03:26:46Z")
As a mechanic I always showered as soon as I got home from work unless I had something I had to do. Now retired I have no schedule. Usually right before I go out someplace, or right before bed if I anticipate sex. I have never been a sweater so skipping days is not unusual for me anymore, sometimes I skip two days now. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/31 "2016-10-28T03:35:37Z")
Weekdays: Every morning, first thing after going to the bathroom. I also shave in the shower as well- I have a mirror on the wall for it. Seems to be the best way to shave from what I can tell. Weekends: Usually sometime between about 9:30 -10:30, and possibly a second shower later if I do something particularly sweaty. I can’t skip days without feeling uncomfortably oily and nasty. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/32 "2016-10-28T03:39:26Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > I NEVER shower. I have never taken a single shower in my 38 years of existence. If I want to feel water beating down on me, (which I don’t), I’ll stand outside in the rain. What if it’s not raining? Then what would you do? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/33 "2016-10-28T05:02:21Z")
I shower before I go to work, I shower when I wake from my main sleep, and I shower after physical exercise. This can occasionally mean three showers in a day but normally it’s just one or two. Only one shower would involve soap, the others would be “fresh water rinses”. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/34 "2016-10-28T06:44:14Z")
In the mornings before work and after a workout. If I go out in the evening, a second shower is common then as well. I used ti shave everyday and still do when I have Court, but if I have some engagement in the evening, then I might skip shaving in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/35 "2016-10-28T06:59:09Z")
I’m one of those poor slobs that just stinks … have to shower every day or half the town says I stink …Ive always thought ive had some sort of imbalance because even in winter I can smell like ive been out in the 115 degree heat … ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/36 "2016-10-28T07:48:34Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Barring something that makes me sweat or dirty I shower every other day in the morning. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/37 "2016-10-28T08:18:29Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I almost always shower in the morning. After a workout, I’ll do a second shower. I like showers, but I keep them pretty short. (less than 5 minutes) How the hell do people take a shower in five minutes? A short shower for me is 20 minutes (not counting undressing, drying off, and dressing), but I rarely take one that short, because I love hot showers, and I don’t like to hurry. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/38 "2016-10-28T10:51:18Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > I usually shower in the morning, but I’ve started going to the gym after work, and I have to shower when I’m done. If I do, it feels pointless to shower in the morning, even if I’m a little sweaty from sleeping. > > I can sleep a little later, but I miss waking up with a shower. And I don’t work out every night, so sometimes I still wait and take a shower in the morning. It’s messing up my routine to do it this way! What do you do? I shower at night when I get home from work. It’s been real hell on my skin because it’s super-sensitive and dries out very easily so afterwards I’m troweling on moisturizer and still have problems, but something at work has been annoying my skin so it’s important I get it washed off daily. On my days off I’ll usually skip a day, so every other day. > [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > :eek: I’d much rather go out with wet hair than go to bed that way! You get used to it. > [@](#): > > Besides **Procrustus** , it seems like the only people who mentioned working out in the evening also take their regular shower in the evening. Do the rest of you work out in the mornings or not at all during the week? My job actually requires some physical labor so I don’t need to “work out”. > [@](#): > > Those who shower in the evenings, do you also shave and do the rest of your hygiene in the evening? For women especially, it seems like it would be hard to fix your hair in the morning without a shower. Believe it or not, not every woman has a hairstyle that requires extensive primping and prepping. I avoid shaving as much as possible because of my skin being prone to hysteria. I only shave if I know I’ll be wearing a dress or skirt. My spouse isn’t thrilled with my shagginess, but he also doesn’t want my legs to be covered in oozing sores that leave sepia colored stains on the bed linens. I really, really hate my skin. > [@Macca26](#): > > I don’t do my hair except for special occasions, and doing my hair in my case has nothing to do with whether it’s wet or not, it’s just me pinning it up or braiding it in a special way. So “fixing” my hair in the morning means I wake up and brush it, and I’m done. ^ Me, too. > [@TonySinclair](#): > > How the hell do people take a shower in five minutes? A short shower for me is 20 minutes (not counting undressing, drying off, and dressing), but I rarely take one that short, because I love hot showers, and I don’t like to hurry. I hate showers and just want to get them over with. I put up with them as the most efficient way to get dirt/sweat off. I find nothing luxurious or pleasing in standing on a slippery surface because, after a work day, my knees are usually painful and I want to get my body weight off them. I also live in a dump because that’s all we can afford right now so the bathing facilities here are minimal - the water pressure is low, the hot water not nearly as hot as I’d like, no fancy showerheads. Frankly, it’s almost as bad as taking a shower at camp, but fewer bugs and frogs. One of my motivations for improving our finances is being able to move someplace that has a bathtub and not just a goddamned shower. Not that I’m allowed to take an actual bath more than once a week (goddamned skin) but it would be nice once in awhile. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/39 "2016-10-28T11:02:45Z")
I sweat a lot and live in Taiwan, which is hot and humid. I get all sweaty even doing nothing so I shower before I go to bed and then in the morning, plus after I exercise on days that I do. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850/40 "2016-10-28T11:24:54Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > How the hell do people take a shower in five minutes? A short shower for me is 20 minutes (not counting undressing, drying off, and dressing), but I rarely take one that short, because I love hot showers, and I don’t like to hurry. Five minutes is about right. Wife takes 15-20. I’ve never asked but often wondered what the heck she does in there that takes so long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-often-do-you-shower/769850.md?page=3)