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How many showers do you take a day?

Curiosity only.

Here in Brazil it's very common to have several showers a day. I, for example, take two. The first is when I wake up, before I go to work, and the second is when I get home from work. I wake up at 6.30am and get home at 8pm.

edit: I said bath, but I meant shower.

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  • Every 1-3 days depending on if I go to the gym, temperature outside, if I need to look nice, or if ima even bother leaving the house lol

  • Living in New England, United States, I shower on the three days a week that I work. On days off, I only shower if I've been working in the yard or something like that.

    When I lived in the Caribbean, I showered at least once, often twice a day. It's very different in the tropics lol

  • [For the sake of other commenters: OP likely meant washing oneself, regardless of immersion bath or not. It's just that Portuguese "banho" can mean both "shower" and "bath".]

    From 4 to 12 times a week. If it's mid-winter and I spent the whole day working (from home, no heavy labour), I might skip a shower day, never two in a row because that's nasty. If it's hot I'll probably take a proper/cleaning shower every morning, plus a quick shower around 18:00. (I'm from Paraná.)

    • The cold in Paraná is a delight, right? Here in Rio de Janeiro, the cold is an illusion. I think I can go without a shower for a day, if I don't have to leave the house and it's freezing cold.

  • I have a shower every morning, first thing, will only skip a morning shower on the rare day in just laying about the house.

    Will have a second shower only if I've been doing something sweaty/dirty like mowing or bush walking.

    Edit: Worth adding that in an Aussie, not in a humid or overly hot location and don't have a physical job.

  • Once a day usually, not always. Sometimes a little less but when it’s really hot outside I take 2. If I was living in Brasil, I’d take 2.

  • One, but I do take it every day.
    My scalp gets too oily and I develop pimples in no time if I don't wash my hair.
    It really sucks, my partner can go without a shower multiple days and still look awesome. No, I'm not jealous... kinda..

  • I heard more than 1 a day is unhealthy

    • I think you're thinking about it being bad for your skin. I think there's some validity to this, but I can't be certain. Any dermatologists in the house? Moisturizer seems like a good idea.

  • US here. I can't remember the last time I had a bath. I'm very tall, so I don't fit into tubs easily. My dream is to add a giant whirlpool tub to my home, so I can actually lounge and stretch out in the tub.

    As far as showers go (which was OP's original intent), I shower once a day, when I first wake up. My body produces natural oils faster than most people, so I need a daily shower to keep them at bay. I feel really gross if I skip a day.

    My wife, on the other hand, showers once every other day. She says her skin and hair dry out when she showers daily, so she needs the break. She gets split ends in her hair easily.

    We're actually both retired at the moment, so we don't have to get up and go anywhere first thing in the morning. So I need to remind my wife to shower every few days. If not, she'll easily go 3-4 days without it, and then she becomes a "swamp monster." (Her words, not mine)

  • Twice. I am not a healthy human so I try and play on the cleaner side of life because getting sick is kinda easy and sucks a little extra like that.

    Environmental guilt keeps them at seven minutes each average (yeah, I timed them. I don't even remember why, but that guilt seems viable enough)

    Occasionally when the youtube hits just right the night time shower can be 15 minutes. Or it is complex grooming day and not just a shave or something.

  • I shower once per day in the evening, except when I come home very late because of a party or something.

    • Coming home late and not showering, at least with me, only when I'm drunk enough.

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