“Am I Gross, Yes Or No?”: Woman’s Controversial Showering Habits Spark Heated Debate On TikTok

I would say not everyone has the same life, so, if you workout everyday, shower daily; if you live in a hot humid place, shower daily; if you start to smell, shower; if flies start to call you 'mommy', shower. But if not, no need to, to some people not showering can be good for their skin.

Europe here: me and my SO shower daily, he only skips sunday. I don't always wash my hair though. He works up a sweat at work, I have on office job. For me it's nearly as important as coffee to function and I hate thinking I smell.

I agree. I have a skin condition that gets worse when I shower, but even if I could shower more than 1-2 times a week, I honestly would not feel the need to. As long as you don't smell or don't feel dirty, there isn't a point.

I'm Italian and people here shower everyday if not twice a day, it's not a "European thing".

No, being from Europe also, I don't think that's the reason you see it differently..

I'm from Spain and I can't imagine not showering every day, specially in the summer. My SO, family, friends they all shower every day too. I can't understand how you go to bed with all the grime and pollution on your skin.

I shower every 2 days as well but I mean if you don’t stink I really don’t see the problem

Every two days is fine, daily if you're sweating, doing other grimy things..some people need to shower morning and night. But THAT infrequently..?? That's nasty, can't imagine the sheets and clothes Every girl I've dated since 2004 would shower daily, but not get their hair wet every day, and i did the same thing when i had long hair. I'm flabbergasted why she doesn't know you can shower without getting your hair wet? Scrub your pits, crotch, feet, hop out it's not complicated Trying to dance around it by overcomplicating the issue of variations in mentality, or difficulty isn't really relevant, of course that's the case, doesn't change the fact it's still unhygienic. It's the same as someone who only craps once a week, that's insanely unhealthy, but they'd say theres different circumstances, doesn't change it's extremely not good for you haha

Whether people work out or not, sweat or not, the bacteria on your skin multiply.

I (Canadian) bathe daily because im a very sweaty woman, and because I take public transit every day. My SO does not (he's also European) but he literally never smells and he works from home. Edited to add: my SO grew up without indoor plumbing too, so "bathing" meant going out to the banya (Russian sauna) behind the house

I'm from Europe too and for me it's weird to not shower every day, every second day minimum. It doesn't have to be your hair, just soap up and wash of, and I live in a country with 4 seasons and most of the year it's kinda cold

When I am working I shower every day. I recently quit my job a few months ago. I take a bubble bath every single night then rinse iff real quick with a quick shower at the end. I clean real well in the bath. In winter I take an actual shower, washing my hair it least 2-3 times a week. In summer, it its different. I am in the south, usa. The mugginess is real. I shower top to bottom every night. And sometimes a bath right before.every morning the very first thing I do is wash my face and neck with water. I never use soap. I am 44 and have had maybe 4 or 5 zits my entire life and have only wore makeup less than 5 times. I only put water on my face. I have zero wrinkles. I 100% advocate only water on your face. My moms is 64. She has the same face routine and has only recently gotten smile wrinkles around her eyes.

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I bet you smell gorgeous

I generally shower daily unless I'm mega tired but I also have super long hair down to the back of my knees so I get only washing it once or twice a week. It's a big chore.

In Japan in the summer I'd be soaked through just walking two flights down to the street. Mutiple daily showers and twice daily change of clothes. In a Canadian winter? Twice a week, and mostly for the warm up factor.

It's sad how they never take disabled people in consideration. I'm autistic and one of my worse sensitivity issues is... WATER. And I also have ADHD so the executive dysfunction makes it even harder (and my PDA profile that makes me dread any demand). I'm Brazilian and I can't even imagine telling someone I can't shower everyday bc ppl here are very "proud of their cleanliness" and bully anyone who doesn't follow these "rules". Actually some ppl here think it's wrong showering "only" once a day. Well, I can do it but it'd consume a lot of my "energy spoons". Sometimes even washing my hands is difficult, many times I opt for hand sanitizer (a very specific one bc sometimes they can be gross and sticky). Ppl love to judge or call us gross or unhygienic but ask them it they want to switch places with us... of course they won't.

Thank you at least someone said it

But this post is not about disabled people and their personal hygiene. Sure you do your best to keep yourself clean I don't doupt that. But you can not smell your own odor like other people do.

Not for everyone. In Ireland your lucky to get more than 5 minutes of warm water