One of the big surprises of my life was discovering that girls don’t shower every day! The explanation I heard had something to do with shampoo stripping oils from the hair.
Weigh in at Lovelyish Advice: do you shower every day? What’s the ideal number of days per week to shampoo your hair?
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YES! thats sorta bs. i mean they can take shower/bath with out washing their hair. Or even go old school with the shower caps.
daisy / 526 posts
…there’s a difference between showering every day and washing your hair every day.
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I shower almost everyday. At least six days a week. My honest motivation? Shaving–I can’t stand having hairy legs or underarms.
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I shower everyday, and I shampoo everyday. Even though I know its bad for my hair
orchid / 105 posts
I shower every single day with my husband
I wash my hair every other day, I dye it every six weeks so I need to make sure not to strip it by washing it everyday.
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definitely shower every day
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every single day. i couldnt imagine skipping a day :X
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shower everday.
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people who could shower everyday who don’t are pretty nasty! yeah there is a difference between washing your hair and washing your body -.-
daisy / 558 posts
I shower everyday, but don’t wash my hair everyday.
orchid / 100 posts
I shower 5-6 times a week. Since it’s the winter, hot showers leave my skin dry. I have eczema so dry skin itches like crazy. I only wash my hair 4-5 times a week too. Eczema leaves me with a dry scalp which makes me have dandruff. Head & Shoulders can only help so much!
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i shower and shampoo almost everyday. if i’m being a bum and not planning to go out or do anything, i might not for that particular day.
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Didn’t this question come out eons ago??? And everyone I know shower
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once a day. Not doing that is kinda gross. And not washing hair??? EWW
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shower everyday…wash hair everyday…
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really if im sitting at home doing nothing allll day i wont take a shower, and i dont wash my hair everyday either.. its one of those things where if its not dirty then dont wash it. i take showers when i leave the house, and they help me wake up for school
magnolia / 1296 posts
I shower every day to every other day. Usually every other because of the shampoo thing, like you said, or if I’m just too damn lazy.
sunflower / 362 posts
shower every other day (unless i have to), and shampoo 3-4 times a week.
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You can shower without washing your hair. That’s why I use a shower cap…and no way would I wash my hair everyday. That’s just super shitty for your hair unless you have really oily hair.
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I used to, but my mom wants to ‘save water’. So it’s now every other day.
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I shower everyday and wash my hair with mild shampoo on weekdays, intensive conditioning shampoos on weekends.
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Yes most definitely daily
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hydrangea / 89 posts
this is why girls locker rooms always have that stench..we all know what stench im talking about. Anyway I can’t imagine not showering everyday. That is just …disgusting not to.
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Most definitely, usually twice cos it’s really hot at the moment.
dahlia / 2747 posts
i think you got it confused. a lot of girls don’t SHAMPOO everyday, but almost all shower everyday.
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I shower everyday and shampoo every 2 days.
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I usually shower every day. The only exception is when I don’t have time to take a shower at night, and I’m too lazy the next day to force myself to get up early for one. But I would say that only happens once every two weeks, because it makes me feel gross.
And yes, I shampoo every day, too. My hair feels greasy if I don’t.
sunflower / 295 posts
yahh – morning showers & evening baths (:
but not shampoo, my hair does not need to be washed everyday
daffodil / 1540 posts
i shower every day (except today, lazy lol) and i “no-poo” twice a week.
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i don’t wash my hair everyday. once a week is fine.
you def got it wrong… most girls don’t wash their hair everyday. i’m sure most girls shower everyday lol.
however, i will say this: if it’s like a morning where i don’t shower, it’s because i was in too much of a hurry and had no time. if it’s at night where i don’t shower, it’s because i fell asleep. lol.
that happens like 1 or 2 times a week. -_-
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@melllisa@xanga - haha, no I don’t know what you’re talking about. What the fuck school did you go to? hahahaha
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Lol I used to say that, until my aunt said that we can still shower without having to shampoo our hair. That’s what hair caps are for, to keep your head dry when you shower… So now, when I don’t shower daily, I just acknowledge it as a lazy habit. x)
daffodil / 1601 posts
Uhm, yeah. Shower EVERY day. BUT, I wash my hair every other day.
sunflower / 321 posts
I shower every day unless I’m too sick to get out of bed. I wash my hair every other day.
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Every day, except when I’m bumming or sick.
dahlia / 2382 posts
Every other day unless it’s winter then you can go every 2 days since you’re not doing anything to make yourself stink. lol.
It’s not healthy to bathe excessively either because you strip away your body’s natural oils, good bacteria & it irritates your skin. Not to say go back to the middle ages & only bathe every 3 months but it’s true. LOL. Even if I dont shower, I still keep up with my skin care routine since that only takes about 7-10 minutes at night (including brushing my teeth).
sunflower / 391 posts
Shower every day, wash my hair every other day or every 2 days.
rose / 847 posts
I shower and shampoo everyday. I’ve tried going without both for a day for a fairly prolonged period of time, on separate occasions, and neither worked out for me. If I don’t shower everyday, my skin gets itchy and I can’t sleep. If I don’t shampoo everyday, my scalp gets itchy and my hair gets greasy and I can’t sleep. I know it’s part of a “weaning off” of being washed everyday, but I just couldn’t handle it.
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I shower daily.
orchid / 113 posts
I shower at least 5-6 times a day. and I wash my hair every other day because it’s super dry for my scalp.
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orchid / 242 posts
I shower everyday and usually wash my hair everyday, unless I get lazy.
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thats a waste of water and its bad for your skin. i shower when i get smelly. i.e. every couple days. i wash my hair maybe once a week, tops.
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shower almost everyday.. but shampoo? depends on the weather, I have oily hair so during summer I have to shampoo everyday; winter..maybe every other day?
rose / 770 posts
Showering is for wussies.
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I shower every day, and wash my hair everyday. I know it’s supposedly bad for your hair, but my hair gets greasy overnight so I have to.
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i shower every day and i wash my hair every other day.
magnolia / 1357 posts
@melllisa@xanga - the locker rooms at my school smelled bad because of the combination of all the different perfumes, not because we didn’t shower……
I shower every day, and wash my hair every other day.
But when I would go on Missions trips, we would sacrifice showers… so it was one week without washing your hair or your body (except for wiping off the dirt with baby wipes)
rose / 759 posts
that’s what shower caps where made for.
and yes, i shower every day. I usually wash my hair every day, too.
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I don’t see how it’s disgusting to go without showering everyday. What if you were home all day? Or you didn’t do anything that would make yourself sweat?
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i shower twice a day, when i wake up and when i get off of work. but i only wash my hair in the mornings
hydrangea / 89 posts
@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - one of the nicer reject high schools of nyc.
you know the combination of ass , fishy kinda, something mixed with love spell and every other victoria secret scent known to man. woww which awesome schools did you guys go to!?
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@melllisa@xanga - hahaha damn. I’m from a hicktown and I’ve never smelled any of that. All I smelled was soap. haha eek
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@Stephanie@mancouch - Try something call cholesterol deep conditoners. I like the lustrasilk with mango best. It’s 2 bucks for 20 oz, try covering your scalp in it. It’s the only thing that keeps me from snowing in July if you get what I mean. It’s meant for black peoples hair but it works fine on my hair (I’m white) soak your hair for like…5 to15 minutes some where in that range.
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Every other day. My hair is too dry and thick to wash it every day.
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i don’t shower everyday. actually, on two different occasions, i’ve gone more than a week without bathing. it was pretty awesome, i’m not gonna lie. as for washing my hair, i do that every 10ish days maybe.
i do not smell. my hair doesn’t get greasy. i look like a goddess :)
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@beepbopxcore@xanga - thank you!
up until my senior year of high school i only showered/washed my hair once a week (i had a unique housing situation where i couldn’t do more than that). even now i only shower and wash my hair 2-3 times a week. no i dont smell nor is my hair’s not greasy……that’s what they make deodorant and dry shampoo for.
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Showering every day has nothing to do with how often I wash my hair, wtfh. Yes, I shower every day (but might skip a day if I spend it not getting physically exerted). I wash my hair every other day, but I’ll wash it extra if it needs it.
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please try and clean your vagina every day.
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i shower every other day and shampoo every 2 days.
i like for my skin to regain moisture/oil just like my hair.
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Shower and shampoo every day. I have to or I’ll never be able to get a brush through my hair. I don’t usually use any products other than shampoo and conditioner on my hair though.
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I shower almost everyday, but that doesn’t mean i wash my hair that often. My hair is really dry, so I only wash it like 2 times a week. I don’t see how showering and hair washing is correlated….I just tie up my hair when I don’t want it to get wet…
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@oscarthegrouch108@xanga - i bathe at least every other day. i’m not trying to be dirty or anything. it’s just how it goes. i used to wash my hair every day in high school but found out that was doing serious damage to it. i was told that i needed to was my hair every x amount of days. my hair falls out when washed to much.
keep doing what you’re doing if it works
sunflower / 348 posts
I wash my hair every other day. It doesn’t get oily quickly, and I don’t do much to get dirty, esp. in the winter.
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@melllisa@xanga - Oh God, I know exactly what you’re talking about. Everytime I walk in it’s just terrible.
But yes, I take a shower everyday and wash my hair everyday. I just don’t feel clean when I wake up…I feel greasy and gross. Sometimes I’ll go a day without washing my hair, but never without a shower.
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@xocomaox@xanga - That’s actually really unhealthy, an excessively clean vagina is the most common cause of yeast infections and UTI’s (kind of like how excessively clean hair attracts lice).
@beepbopxcore@xanga & @oscarthegrouch108@xanga - Thank god you people understand.
I definitely don’t shower every day. Go almost anywhere outside of North America and you’ll get the same answer. Americans especially take too many showers, that’s why there are so many dry skin and dandruff products here. Plus, washing that often is giving you a pretty sterile environment to live in, which depletes your immune system, not to mention kills the good bacteria naturally present on your body. Why do you think European women have such beautiful hair and skin? Because they don’t strip all of the oils from themselves with chemical-ridden bathing products on a daily basis.
When I used to shower daily, my skin literally peeled off all over my body regardless of the time of year, and my hair would fall out in clumps. It’s really more healthy to let your body do its own thing.
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to answer your question. No.
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This was kind of stupid, there is a difference between showering daily and shampooing your hair daily….
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I shower every other day.
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I actually just found out about this as well. It’s disgusting that several of my girlfriends don’t shower/wash their hair daily. It’s so hot where I live that sometimes I take several showers a day.
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I wash my hair currently everyday, but when it was longer, it was once a week, or once evert 2 weeks. I bathe currently everyday unless I am too lazy, sick, or too sleepy. I may “wash up” instead.
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I don’t shampoo everyday because of that exact reason above, but I do shower every day. I know someone that showers about four times a day. Now THAT’S crazy!
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Um I shower every morning and night. Last time I checked, Im a girl. But Shampooing? Well about 3-4 times a week.
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@live_for_love@xanga - Took the words right out of my mouth. Or the text from right under my fingertips. Whatever.
orchid / 145 posts
i shower and wash my hair every single day.
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I shower and shampoo my hair every day because the roots of my hair tend to get oily by the end of the day. I can’t stand the feeling of not being clean lol. However I try to condition my hair more, since the ends usually stay frizzy. :-/
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I shower and shampoo everyday…I know that people say its not good for your hair cause youre stripping it of its natural oils…but if you were to take a look at my hair and run your fingers through it. You would never think I do.
I workout everyday and if I dont wash my hair, the next day its not managable and it looks gross.
soo def showering and shampooing everyday.
gotta keep our woman parts fresh and clean.
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@xocomaox@xanga - LMAO yes, this is muy importante.
rose / 917 posts
YES!! and I shave too most days
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whoa, i definitely shower everyday. i have to wash my hair every day as well, or else it gets really greasy.
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@live_for_love@xanga - Agreed.
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Every two days
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I shower everyday lol, but I have known friends that do not
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Hell yeah I do! That’s just gross if you didn’t shower every day. GROSS!
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i justt showerr andwash my hair everydayy shampoo takes oils outa your hairbut conditioner puts them back in so as long as you use bothh your fine;and dnt not shower seriously i rather have nasty hair then to smell fromnot showering plus when you dnt shower your hair looks nasty anyways
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I shower every day and wash my hair every other day.
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When I lived in Florida I showered everyday. The heat and humidity made it neccesaary for me to wash my hair and myself as well. Right now I’m at school up north and showering every day exactly really isn’t necessary. Trust me, if I feel dirty I shower, but if you don’t sweat, and aren’t dirty, you’re fine. I shower about once every day and a half probably, sometimes every other day. It works and I’m a clean person. I think all the people on here who keep saying “ewww” to not showering every day are just accustomed to it.
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HA. I don’t.
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I shower 6 days a week because I’m always lazy on the weekends when I don’t do anything and am moping around. My hair/scalp produces oil really quickly so I don’t think that stripping away oil thing applies to me.
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@live_for_love@xanga - Exactly what I was thinking.
Showering is washing your body. Women have crevices. We need to shower, like everyone else does. It is true that you aren’t supposed to wash your hair everyday, however. I wash my hair every week because doing it more often than that on a regular basis dries it out. That’s where shower caps come in. So someone who doesn’t shower daily is just being lazy.
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I shower daily and wash my hair every other day.
orchid / 240 posts
I shower TWICE a day. And I shampoo my hair as frequently.
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I know some people have skins conditions and showering too often can dry out their skin incredibly. I need to shower everyday because my hair gets really oily but as long as people are taking care of themselves and not showering is unnoticeable, I don’t see a reason why we do need to shower everyday. I think it’s a preference thing.
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heck yes i shower every day I mean I’m not a hobo or some shit
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I shower everyday unless I’m very tired after a night out, then I’ll shower the next morning or afternoon depending when I wake up
ranunculus / 3285 posts
I shower and wash my hair daily. Otherwise I feel gross.
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@live_for_love@xanga - agreed.
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As long as I’m not doing anything active I shower every other day. It’s not like I’m out sweating like a pig or rolling in mud and running marathons. If I’m just going to school and doing homework why should I shower everyday? Plus, because it’s winter and my apartment complex has hard water it makes my skin SO SO SO SO dry!
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I shower every day or every other day, depends on how tired I am or how early I have to get up. I work a lot of late night shifts so I’m tired often. I don’t go more than 1 day without a shower though. I didn’t take one this morning when I had to take my dog to the groomer, I got off work at 4:30am last night so I expect to nap again before I go to work tonight & I will shower before I go & I took a shower last night so it hasn’t even been 24 hours yet since I last showered. It’s still winter here so it’s not like I’m all sweaty. I shower more often during the summer though. & I wash my hair every time I shower. I wash my face on the days I don’t get to shower. There’s nothing wrong with not showering every day. I have read that it’s better for your skin, hair, & overall health to skip a day. Not to say that it is healthy to get carried away with not showering lol.
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eww ok shower everyday, obvs.
but shampooing everyday depends on your hair typeoily hair types need to shampoo ever day or else the hair becomes greasy and gunkydry hair types would probably shampoo once every two days or so
daisy / 571 posts
I shower everyday.
& my hair dresser recommended that I washed me hair everyday.
-Due to my hair type I guess?
It’s because my hair is naturally incredibly greasy if I don’t wash it.
I guess?
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Everyday, until midterms and finals come around and everything goes downhill
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i dont shower everyday, sorry i dont have that much time in my life. I dont get nasty so it doesnt bother me. Honestly, i could go for atleast 3 days.
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lots of days, i shower twice a day. and wash my hair.
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I shower twice a day, but i only wash my hair 3 times a week. I use a plastic cap, because i have red hair i dont want my color to fade since its not natural, my real hair color is chocolate brown.
daisy / 505 posts
I have really thin hair so I usually wash it every day or else it looks very greasy. I can’t even wash it the night before without it looking greasy the next day.
Unless I am sick, in a shitty mood, or having a lazy Sunday. Then I might skip showering entirely. But I really don’t think it’s that big of a deal.
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everyday. wash hair every other day
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thats why you buy a shower cap.
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I usually shower and shampoo every day, unless it’s a sunday and I don’t feel like doing anything.
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i shower when i feel like it.. usually every two days, if not every day. it has nothing to do what’s good or bad for my hair.. more like how lazy i’m feeling that day.
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If it’s winter and I haven’t done shit all day I won’t shower. I think I got too used to it when I had surgery and couldn’t shower for about a week.
so about 5-6 days in winter
everyday in summer
I wash my hair once every week. Sometimes a week and a half.
sunflower / 258 posts
I think it’s important to note that people who smell usually don’t realize that they do, even though everyone around them is holding their breath.
hydrangea / 84 posts
It is only because you are a shallow and under educated American that you don’t realize that most of the world does not shower every day.
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I shower every other day, and there is nothing nasty about it. I understand when to adjust and shower everyday (when I’m spending a week at a beach, or on a trip with a guy I’m intimate with, stuff like that), but in general, showering everyday not only ruins my hair but dries out my skin all over.
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every other day
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@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - Exactly! My natural hair is extremely dry. Washing it everyday would make it worse. It takes a few days before my hair actually gets oily. I use a shower cap too.
sunflower / 447 posts
Umm, since when does not wanting to wash your hair equate to not showering at all?
I shower every damn day of the week, unless I am deathly ill; I wash my hair three days a week, and clip it up out of my way the other days.
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I shower everyday that I am going out, if I am spending the day in I don’t. Also if I shower in the evening the night before sometimes I don’t shower before going to work with this one autistic girl I work with. She spits like crazy and throws food at you, and there’s nothing we’re allowed to do about it. So one I don’t feel the need to get extra clean just to get all dirty at work because of her, plus its like the one way I can rebel against her, lol. Generally I shower everyday, and shampoo as needed depending on how my hair is.
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I couldn’t imagine not showering every day; however, I wash my hair every couple of days.
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hmmm, i shower AT LEAST once a day. sometimes i shower twice a day. and i ALWAYS shampoo when i shower. i cant imagine life otherwise… i’d feel too dirty!
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@Orlando@xanga - Oh my, thank you for enlightening us stupid, undereducated Americans! We are so sorry for not following what the rest of the world does! Forgive us, please!
Now leave us alone and let us continue to shower every day in peace.
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Shower everyday, shampoo every other/every two days.
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I shower every day, or every other day if I just feel lazy or tired and don’t have anywhere to go. I’ll shower twice a day on hot days or if I work out really hard.
I shampoo my hair once or twice a week. It’s dirty, I know, but as a black girl who chemically relaxes her hair, I don’t want to strip the chemicals out of my hair and end up with a head full of straw within 2 weeks. This hair costs too much to mess it up!
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Unless I work out I shower every other day. If you eat right and are not fat most people I know dont smell unless they havent showered in 3 days. Americans actually shower too much.
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i shower everyday. sometimes twice. but i only shampoo every other day
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@live_for_love@xanga - agreed. i think this person may have misunderstood the conversation…
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I shower everyday and I wash my hair almost every day. I’m a swimmer so I just got in the habit of washing it every day.
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I shower every other day, unless I’ve been active and sweating or unless I need to do something with my hair that I can’t do through running water over only my hair. I would shower everyday, but I can’t shower at night and I’d rather sleep in an extra 20 minutes since I have issues getting to sleep. The only time I go more than a day without showering is if I’m sick.
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i shower every day. i wash my hair every day. i HAVE to. i can’t sleep in my bed if i don’t. i feel too dirty.
and luckily, washing my hair every day has not affected my hair at all. i have really healthy strong hair. most asians are blessed with it.
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lol, I must be disgusting :/
I don’t shower everyday! XD Main reason is that I’m usually horribly depressed and the days blur together. >.> So one day I’m like “man, I stink. Guess I’m gonna shower.” and I realize it’s been days.
But, I -am- working on remembering. So I can at least shower every other day. You tend to forget to do the basic things when you’re living on survival mode :/
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every single day!
dahlia / 2942 posts
Showering doesn’t HAVE to include washing your hair. I shower everyday, but I shampoo about every other day, unless I do something that makes me sweat, like go to the gym or do a lot of activities during the day. The stripping oils thing is a valid point, I think, especially for girls like me who don’t go for a haircut for at least 6 months, and even then, just a trim.
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if i showered everyday, my hair would be straw because i always use a flat iron after i wash it. so i usually go every other day, and at the most every 2 days. it really just depends on when i’m working. i hate getting up early, so if i have an early shift, i won’t shower (2+ hours to get ready means getting up 2 hours earlier so no). but yeah, showering every day really isn’t necessary. well maybe not showering, but washing your hair. if you have to shower everyday, i would wear a shower cap and only wash you hair every other. otherwise, yeah, the shampoo strips your hair of everything.
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I shower everyday, sometimes more if I had to workout. Everytime in the shower I do everything unless it’s just because it’s a hot day. But generally the oils start to weigh down, feels yucky to me but looks good to other people.
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ewww! I take 2 everyday.
orchid / 234 posts
i shower everyday
and shampoo every 2 days.
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i shower and shampoo every day. my hair’s pretty oily by the end of the day and i work out just about every day so i do shampoo every day.
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I’m a girl. I shower and shampoo my hair twice daily. o: i live in a warm country, so i can’t stand not showering for a day.
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HECK YES. I like to be clean; heck with “stripping oil”. I get sweaty at the gym, and my hair gets all nasty. So I have to.
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I shower everyday, and I wash my hair almost every time I shower.
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showering and shampooing are daily musts for me…
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everyday twice a day
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I shower every day, and I shampoo my hair every other day, but I condition my hair everyday to keep the tangles at bay.
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For most people it’s not necessary to shower every day, nor is it healthy for your skin. Exceptions would be working jobs that make you sweaty/dirty on a daily basis. And it’s a huge waste of water, which is the one resource that is finite and that we absolutely cannot live without.
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Everyone’s body is different, not everyone wakes up dirty and smelling terrible, so not everyone needs to shower every day. I have both dry skin and hair because my skin doesn’t produce a lot of oils and I don’t sweat a lot, so it’s not necessary for me to shower every day. I probably shower 4-5 times a week. Otherwise my skin starts to flake and my hair gets very brittle. The only time I shower every day is when it’s that time of the month, and it does take a toll on my skin/hair. Trust me, I have some very honest best friends and if I smelled at all they would have told me by now.
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I have long showers and short showers, going back and forth throughout the week. During the long showers, I wash my hair (shampoo and condition) and shave and whatnot, for short showers, it’s a short rinse and a shave.
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shampoo every other day. unless i’m doing vigorous exercise then shower after.
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I shower every day. I miss only about one or two days a month. My hair is naturally oily so it feels gross if i skip a day.
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I shower everyday, BUT! I wash my hair every other day. So my hair isn’t dry most of the time.
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i shower and wash my hair everyday but i use conditioner everyday too. i can’t imagine skipping either one.
rose / 785 posts
i do not. fuck it. and i smell delightful.
“when did society decide that we had to change and wash a t-shirt after every individual use? if it’s not dirty, i’m gonna wear it.”
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i shower and wash my hair everyday, i cant stand not taking a shower at least once a day.
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shower every day, shampoo every other day
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haha your right! i shower ALMOST everyday but not everyday:P i dont shower on the days that i wake up late and almost late for school since i only shower in the morning…
sunflower / 264 posts
@live_for_love@xanga - agreed. But I was surprised that girls don’t wash their hair every day :/ doesn’t it smell? I guess girls smell of everything nice though >_>;;
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@SHOWING_LOVE@xanga - hahaha me too!! XP **** ARGH GET OUT THE DOOR 5 MINS TILL THE BUS COMES = no shower.
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I shower most days… maybe I’ll skip a day once or twice a week, but if I’m working out everyday, or sweating a lot, I’ll shower everyday. I wash my hair every other day…. sometimes I’ll go two days. My hair gets oily easily, usually the day after I wash, but I know shampooing everyday isn’t good for your hair, so I use dry shampoo if it gets oily, and it works wonderfully
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I shower everyday after I workout except Sunday on my rest day. ^_^
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shower and shampoo 6 days a week. I nearly always have one day of the week when I stay in pjyamas in my house the whole day so I don’t need to look or smell particularly fantastic
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That’s stupid. Water won’t hurt your hair, just don’t shampoo it everyday.
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everyday. i hate the feeling of not showering.
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i shower every day. i shampoo and condition once a week though, cuz i have crinkly hair and it’s a bitch to manage.
orchid / 194 posts
I take a bath everyday and shower/wash hair every third day.
I like baths mkay thanks
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@FallenReign@xanga - What she said. I pretty much shampoo my hair too every time,
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I shower and wash my hair everyday. It’s suppose to worse for my hair but if I don’t wash my hair everyday it looks and feels horrible.
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Usually I shower and shampoo everyday, unless I am not going out, or I have deemed the day “Scumbag (fill in day of week)”, meaning no shower and usually sweatpants, a t-shirt, a ponytail….
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I do shower everyday >.< but for my hair, it depends… 2-3 days, maybe?!
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I shower every second day, it helps me skin/hair stay healthier.. and I’m pretty sure I heard somewhere that it also keeps your immune system up.
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Shower and wash hair everyday! Don’t like the idea of not having showered and my hair gets greasy quickly.
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Heck yes! I don’t shampoo everyday though.
I think it should be done like weekly or every 5 days.
Even though hair gets dirty after 3.
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I shower and shampoo EVERY DAY.
or I just feel icky, and my hair gets oily fast.I’ve tried washing my hair at night, and then shower in the morning but by about mid day I just feel gross, and that wasn’t even a day..lolI’m just paranoid about that kind of thing.
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I shower everyday with an occasional stay in my pjs all day here and there. I wash my hair every single time I shower..I heard it was bad to do so everyday so I tried not washing it and it felt very icky and was hard to comb through, so I then tried not getting it wet but then it just felt really super oily so I went straight back to washing it everyday.
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@Stephanie@mancouch - I have eczema, too. My dermatologist gave me some prescription dandruff shampoo and it really didn’t help, so I usually use Head and Shoulders. I hate how dry hot showers leave my skin. Using Curel right after my showers really helps it stay moisturized.
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I shower every day, shampoo every other day. But condition every day (:
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I try to shower everyday, and I wash my hair everytime! Minimum 5 times a week, but if I’m gross, I’ll even shower in cold water if I have to. I can’t sleep feeling dirty.
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haha yupp every day or it might get too oily ugh
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I can’t stand not shower and wash my hair a day..
especially in such a humid weather like Hong Kong
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i shower everyday and wash my hair everyday
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I wash my hair everyday (bending over the tub) but don’t wash every day. Come on! I’m 16 and lazy.
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I usually shower every day and sometimes twice a day in the summer/ when
I work out and such.
However, since I’m usually a nighttime showerer rather than the morning,
I can get lazy and skip a shower one night BUT I will catch up with it in the morning.
My hair on the other hand, I wash it every day when it’s swim team season (I hate having it smell like chlorine!). But I only wash it 3-5 times a week which is more or less every other day.
Skipping 1 day of not showering is no big deal AND it saves water.
-Bee
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I shower every other day. I don’t sweat like crazy, I don’t start smelling in one day and you aren’t supposed to wash your hair everyday anyway, in fact to KEEP your skin moisturized you shouldn’t even wash your body with water everyday. To both your hair and skin it strips natural oils. And if you say it’s because your hair is so oily, it’s like that because you take a shower everyday and strip the natural oil and your body is trying to make up for it and it’s pretty much going on overload. I’ve found my hair is much healthier and normal if I don’t do it everyday :shrugs: It doesn’t make you dirty and Id rather listen to facts that make sense rather then society, once again, assuming that if you are not a clean freak then you must be a dirty hippie.
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people who don’t take showers every day are NOT gross, i shower every other day & i’m still clean all the time, plus my hair couldn’t take washing it everyday anyway, & another thing, if you can save some water, why not do it?
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Very funny…yup i do…
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I shower pretty much everyday, but I wash my hair twice a week.
I cover my hair, so the weather doesn’t do much damage to it/it doesn’t get dirty by the environment, and I don’t really sweat much, nor is my hair oily, so it usually isn’t a problem.
A lot of it depends on a person’s body (how much they normally sweat, how hygenic they are, etc.), what work one does and where one lives, I don’t think you (especially if you’re a girl) need to shower everyday to keep away the stink.
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every morning
if not i feel all dirty and weird.
i always imagine i smell and cant go through out the day in peace haha
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During the summer, I usually co-wash my hair 5 days a week and shampoo it once a week. During the winter, I wash my hair once a week or every 10 days.
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People here would by laughed at by people in other countries, where they don’t have the luxury of showering everyday. And back in the day, hundreds of years ago, people thought the Queen of England was a clean freak because she showered ONCE A MONTH. Now don’t get me wrong, I shower for the most part everyday and wash my hair every other day, but it isn’t totally revolting if someone skips one day… some of you are acting totally disgusted if someone doesn’t shower EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN DAY! Hell, even the good mothers out there don’t wash their babies every single day cuz it can sometimes make them sick!
You all need to get a grip on reality, and although it is very nice and luxurious to shower everyday, you need to stop putting down other people who do what IS natural… which is NOT showering everyday. Stop acting like Paris Hilton, sheesh…
@melllisa@xanga - @Caitlin - @quotesandgraphicsx3@xanga - @JUDYL1N@xanga - @Shinbi_Belldandy@xanga - Thanks for actually saying that…
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@LoveYouToDeath16@xanga - Wait, why am I mentioned? I said “I don’t see how it’s disgusting to go without showering everyday. What if you were home all day? Or you didn’t do anything that would make yourself sweat?”
I DON’T see how it’s disgusting to go without showering daily. I DON’T shower daily. I prefer to conserve water. Water and soap strips your natural oil.
Other than that, I agreed with what you said.
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@JUDYL1N@xanga - That’s why I tagged YOU, because you agreed with what I said… I only tagged two people who agreed with me, but everyone else… the real message is for them. Just wanted to let ya know that I agree with you =)
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@LoveYouToDeath16@xanga - Oh, I see. Good for us for not taking water for granted *high five*.
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I typically shower every day (unless it’s a lazy-rainy/snowy-stay-at-home-Sunday). I wash my hair every other day and sometimes I’ll go 3 days. It’s better for your hair. The day I wash it I’ll wear it down, the next day I’ll wear it half up or in a headband, and 3rd day I’ll wear it up.
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everyone should shower everyday. people sweat in their sleep! why would people not shower? ek!
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sure!