# When you take a shower... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001 "2002-03-13T05:17:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/21 "2002-03-13T09:08:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LCB032 \* > \*\*Based on your user names, I’m assuming you are all female (as am I). Just wondering if gender makes a difference in shower habits. Hopefully some of the man around here will weigh in with their prefrences. \*\* “Well I’m a man, like any other. So go on and leave me, leave me for another!” ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/22 "2002-03-13T09:13:53Z")
Hair last, just 'coz I end up dribbling shampoo into my eyes and would have to finish the washing process blind if I did it any other way. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/23 "2002-03-13T09:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grelby \* > \*\ ***Badtz** , are you saying that you use just the soap bar!? > > Good luck man, if that’s the case there is simply no way you are going to avoid getting germs and stuff on it. That’s just the way it is. There’s a REASON that bar soap isn’t used in public restrooms… \*\* Don’t tell me that…I know better, but I like to keep myself deluded. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/24 "2002-03-13T09:49:55Z")
I have no hair. I start with my head and work my way down. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/25 "2002-03-13T09:55:51Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s a REASON that bar soap isn’t used in public restrooms… I thought it was cuz people would steal the bar soap. If public restrooms were designed with anti-bacterial principles in mind, you’d never have to use the doorknob on the inside, after you washed your hands, after the guy before you didn’t wash his hands. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/26 "2002-03-13T10:27:32Z")
Me too. The wash-body-while-conditioner-in thing. It seems the quickest and most practical thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/27 "2002-03-13T10:29:34Z")
I can sing along in the shower to this number: 1. Head, 2. Shoulders, 3. Knees; and 4. Toes. 5. Knees and toes. Followed up with contacts lenses, cleaning my ear piercing and shaving. So I can keep singing: 1. And eyes and ears; and 2. Mouth and nose. 3. Mouth and nose. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/28 "2002-03-13T11:01:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grelby \* > \*\*Definitely body first, then the hair. This is just the way I’ve always done it. > > For what it’s worth, has anyone ever been confused over what to do for washing which part of your body when? I know that I HATE when I forget to do my face first, which is almost every single time. I’ll scrub my armpits, body, legs, butt, and guy-parts thoroughly, than suddenly realize with revulsion that I STILL NEED TO WASH MY FACE :eek:. Imagine me standing there and looking at the washcloth in horror. Now, I know that I just need to rinse the thing off, but it’s still kinda nasty. I dunno, maybe this is a stupid hangup. Anyone else do this? \*\* I do! Only I don’t wash my guy parts, you know, not being a guy and all that 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LiquidLobotomy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/898d66/32.png) [@LiquidLobotomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiquidLobotomy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/29 "2002-03-13T14:25:34Z")
Body then hair. The first spot I soap up is my face (I shave right before I got into the shower- I have less irritation this way.) Then the rest of my body (including naughty bits.) Then I shampoo my head. If I feel like it I use conditioner, but I usually apply gel to my hair so it doesn’t matter if my hair is full of body. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/30 "2002-03-13T15:06:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cazzle \* > \*\* > > Me too. \*\* Me three ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/31 "2002-03-13T15:11:37Z")
I wash my body from the neck down, then my hair. My face is washed very last with only water (soap dries it out) to get all the shampoo out of my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/32 "2002-03-13T15:12:15Z")
I grew up without showers, but even when I had them, I don’t wash my hair in there at All. I have always washed it in the kitchen sink. Dunno why. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/33 "2002-03-13T15:25:00Z")
I like variety. Usually start with the upper body first. Not much hair, ok ok, bald as an egg, so really it’s a 30 second job so I do it whenever. I also shave in the shower since I know where my face is. Never condition if you care. ---
**Author:** ![Dave3L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Dave3L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave3L)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/34 "2002-03-13T15:48:33Z")
ok, weird routine warning! (you were warned…) 1. Left arm 2. Chest 3. umm…you know 4. Right arm 5. Left leg & foot 6. Right leg & foot 7. Bottom 8. Back 9. Neck 10. Face 11. Hair Don’t know how or why I developed this routine, nut been doin’ it this way longer than I can remember (which, of course, is getting shorter and shorter eveyday). Dave3L ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/35 "2002-03-13T17:12:46Z")
If I’m shaving my legs, that’s first. Then shampoo round 1. Then full body soap, in order from top to bottom. Then armpit shave. Then shampoo round 2. Then cool water for facial wash. Then drying and moisturizing. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/36 "2002-03-13T17:27:46Z")
I always wash my hair first and then my body in no particular order. You brush your teeth in the shower? Weird! –==the sax man==– ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/37 "2002-03-13T17:33:24Z")
[ul] [li]Body[/li][li]Face[/li][li]Hair[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![LCB032](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@LCB032](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LCB032)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/38 "2002-03-13T20:46:00Z")
Well, here is the current tally: 18 people wash their hair first 9 people wash their body first 1 person washes their hair after their face, but before the rest of their body 2 people have no hair to wash 1 person has hair, but never washes it in the shower Osiris- I appologize for mistaking you for a female. Can you ever forgive me? Badtz Maru- I don’t think there is anything wrong with bar soap… as long as you aren’t sharing your germs with others, who really cares? ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/39 "2002-03-13T21:23:33Z")
I’m a programmer, so top-down is the way to go for me. Shampoo and rinse hair. Noxzema wash face. Soap rest of body. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001/40 "2002-03-13T21:28:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dave3L \* > \*\*ok, weird routine warning! (you were warned…) > > 1. Left arm > 2. Chest > 3. umm…you know > 4. Right arm > \*\* Ahh, I see. Gotta do the right arm after, in case you make a mess. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-take-a-shower/98001.md?page=3)