serious question for ladies and showering

[Anonymous]

I just use the soap and apply to my body and scrub. If that is enough to get hands clean why wouldn’t it work elsewhere? I also like Castile soap if you need to feel super clean. It’s a little drying so I don’t use it every day.

[Anonymous]

Use my husband’s Irish spring not only does. It smells so good and fresh but I swear it works better than any other soap

[Anonymous]

I just use water and soap only on my armpits. I’m clean, have no BO, and my skin is not dry. People often tell me I smell good, but that’s my shampoo.

[Anonymous]

Interesting that people think they need a washcloth to get clean. How do you get your hands clean after using a public restroom?

[Anonymous]

I use a washcloth. I like that it gently exfoliates and is easily sanitized after each use.

[Anonymous]

Loofah and liquid soap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hands and soap. I'm Asian, and a biologist. Your hands won't get "dirty", they're full of soap. Soap breaks apart the outer membrane of bacteria and explodes them.

There is no need for any accessory, unless you're not flexible enough to wash your own back, in which case you get a brush with a handle or something. If you *want* a cute accessory, just for fun, sure, go ahead. But they tend to get moldy and full of bacteria...

Yuck. Your hands will not adequately cleanse the gunk on your armpits, groin and ass areas, nor your feet.

I’m #TeamWashcloth. But anything is better than just hands and soap. That is the most basic thing I’ve heard in a while.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how do you wash? just soap? with one of those sponges or loofah? i never feel fresh and think i am doing something wrong!

Unscented Dove bar soap for literally my entire life. With my hands, no washcloth or loofah. I'm 44.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hands and soap. I'm Asian, and a biologist. Your hands won't get "dirty", they're full of soap. Soap breaks apart the outer membrane of bacteria and explodes them.

There is no need for any accessory, unless you're not flexible enough to wash your own back, in which case you get a brush with a handle or something. If you *want* a cute accessory, just for fun, sure, go ahead. But they tend to get moldy and full of bacteria...

Yuck. Your hands will not adequately cleanse the gunk on your armpits, groin and ass areas, nor your feet.

I’m #TeamWashcloth. But anything is better than just hands and soap. That is the most basic thing I’ve heard in a while.

Not sure what "gunk" you have there, but it works just fine for the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Use soap and a washcloth, make sure you get in the folds not internal of course but in the folds...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting that people think they need a washcloth to get clean. How do you get your hands clean after using a public restroom?

By rubbing them together to create friction. In nursing school we were literally trained on how to wash our hands most effectively.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hands and soap. I'm Asian, and a biologist. Your hands won't get "dirty", they're full of soap. Soap breaks apart the outer membrane of bacteria and explodes them.

There is no need for any accessory, unless you're not flexible enough to wash your own back, in which case you get a brush with a handle or something. If you *want* a cute accessory, just for fun, sure, go ahead. But they tend to get moldy and full of bacteria...

Yuck. Your hands will not adequately cleanse the gunk on your armpits, groin and ass areas, nor your feet.

I’m #TeamWashcloth. But anything is better than just hands and soap. That is the most basic thing I’ve heard in a while.

Not sure what "gunk" you have there, but it works just fine for the rest of us.

No ma’am, it does not work for you. You are not getting thoroughly clean. It’s fine to say you’re okay with the half-ass results from using your hands, but that doesn’t really “work”.

The gunk that builds on your skin includes deodorant, lotion, groin sweat and secretions, feces, dead skin on feet and elsewhere. Plus plain old dirt from the environment, especially you go hiking or do outdoor sports and activities. That nastiness needs to be scrubbed off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hands and soap. I'm Asian, and a biologist. Your hands won't get "dirty", they're full of soap. Soap breaks apart the outer membrane of bacteria and explodes them.

There is no need for any accessory, unless you're not flexible enough to wash your own back, in which case you get a brush with a handle or something. If you *want* a cute accessory, just for fun, sure, go ahead. But they tend to get moldy and full of bacteria...

+1. I use bar soap and hands. I can tell if something is totally clean because I can actually touch and feel it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:how do you wash? just soap? with one of those sponges or loofah? i never feel fresh and think i am doing something wrong!

What do you currently use, are you #TeamHands right now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hands and soap. I'm Asian, and a biologist. Your hands won't get "dirty", they're full of soap. Soap breaks apart the outer membrane of bacteria and explodes them.

There is no need for any accessory, unless you're not flexible enough to wash your own back, in which case you get a brush with a handle or something. If you *want* a cute accessory, just for fun, sure, go ahead. But they tend to get moldy and full of bacteria...

Yuck. Your hands will not adequately cleanse the gunk on your armpits, groin and ass areas, nor your feet.

I’m #TeamWashcloth. But anything is better than just hands and soap. That is the most basic thing I’ve heard in a while.

Not sure what "gunk" you have there, but it works just fine for the rest of us.

No ma’am, it does not work for you. You are not getting thoroughly clean. It’s fine to say you’re okay with the half-ass results from using your hands, but that doesn’t really “work”.

The gunk that builds on your skin includes deodorant, lotion, groin sweat and secretions, feces, dead skin on feet and elsewhere. Plus plain old dirt from the environment, especially you go hiking or do outdoor sports and activities. That nastiness needs to be scrubbed off.

Most dermatologists disagree with you. You aren’t supposed to use physical exfoliants in the shower or even run hard with a towel after. You have a mental hangup about this that is not based in fact. You were clearly taught that you are “dirty.”