Bath or shower - how often ?

I shower every other day in winter and wash my hair twice a week.

We work outside a lot in the summer so I shower when I feel I need to which might be every day.

I used to love a relaxing bath on a Sunday evening then watch TV in my PJs but I find it difficult to get out now thanks to my dodgy knees.

I'm here Ana!
I shower two or three times a week too.
Good wash on the other days though, pits and bits.

Much the same idea, probably, jingl. Hate the smell of Diprobase, but it does work well.

yes. Ultrabase

No Marelli. It's not that. I think it might be called Ultrabase. It's upstairs so I can't look.

It's all in my head, Ana. I have been showering daily for so long that my body and brain have come to expect it and I have withdrawal symptoms.
DH is completely different and bathes twice a week, hardly wetting the soap on other days. He always smells OK !

I haven't! I have a bath roughly every other day. I prefer it to showers, but then feel guilty about how much water it uses, so hence not every day. I like it for the relaxation as much as anything. In the summer I tend to have showers on the days in between, especially if I have been working in the garden.

Perhaps they've all cleaned up their act since then

Yes, I remember we had a thread on this subject a while ago and I was certainly not the only GNetter who didn't shower/bathe daily!

Like granjura I only feel properly awake and ready for the day when I've showered

For myself its a habit to shower every morning as essential as cleaning my teeth not everyone feels that need, in fact my OH showers maybe 3/4 time a week, on the other days just has an all over wash in the mornings he's perfectly happy with that. Everyone is different.

Disgusting? Sorry, but unless you do a lot of heavy work or exercise I can't understand why a daily dousing is deemed necessary.

Each to their own, of course!

Daily morning shower. I always feel disgusting if I don't. Don't really like baths.

Is it Diprobase, jingl? I have to moisturise arms a couple of times a day, as the skin, especially on the upper arms is really dry , though I use any moisturiser for this. I use Dibrobase at night on my face.
I prefer a bath to a shower and bathe in the morning on one day and in the evening on the next. I use Oilatum (on prescription) in my bath. I think if I bathed or showered more than that my skin would act up.

I get that hildajenni - on my legs. I use some cream in a big white pump thing. Which I can never remember the name of.

Quick shower every morning- never feel awake until I do. Used to do hair every day, but now I wash hair every 3 days or so.

Two or three times a week. I don't feel the need to shower/bathe any more often.

I do wash my hair every day though!

hildajennij can you not just wash your short hair in the basin?

I shower daily but it is really to wash my hair. I keep it short, and need to wash it in the mornings as I have terrible bed hair when I get up. I'd rather not shower every day though. Since the menopause, I have developed very dry skin with patches of eczema which I have never had before. I use lots of moisturiser and hydromol ointment but it never gets any better.

I'm sorry if that was too much information.

I was wondering this morning if I actually needed a bath. But then I thought, the area under my boobs felt sweaty. I'm very fast with it though.

Me too and I slap on a body moisturiser when I remember.

At least once sometimes twice a day.. I use a decent moisturising shower gel which leaves my skin soft and healthy looking..