Shower just ONCE a week say dermatologists

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Daily showers could become a thing of the past, if a new beauty trend called 'cleansing reduction' takes off.
Instead of bathing every day, proponents whittle their washing habits down to once or twice a week on the grounds that too much cleansing can strip the skin and hair of essential natural oils.
While it might sound disgusting, it would seem that cleansing reduction is catching on, after a poll for tissue manufacturer, SCA, found that 41 per cent of British men and 33 per cent of women no longer shower every day.

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wuld you bathe once a week???? i wudnt. u will smell rank and your hair wud have more oil than the middle east
thoughts??? would you try this new-trend!

Turns my nose up at 'daily mail' and leaves.

Ot for the rules.. no.

Many years ago people never used to wash often for sexual reasons also, I think I read an account of Napoleon writing to his wife/lover in wartime asking her not to bath for a few weeks so that when he returned he could smell her 'scent' - it's all to do with pheromones I guess.

But no, i'll stick to my one a day/one every two days thanks. :P

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

Many years ago people never used to wash often for sexual reasons also, I think I read an account of Napoleon writing to his wife/lover in wartime asking her not to bath for a few weeks so that when he returned he could smell her 'scent' - it's all to do with pheromones I guess.

But no, i'll stick to my one a day/one every two days thanks. :P

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Yeah i know back in the middles ages or whatever i heard it was odd if people washed once a day or reguerally!! maybe we going back to those times who knows

Dunno bought you lot but as a child I'd only bath once a week sometimes, nowadays I'll go 3 usually the max but 3 is pushing it, i'll only go 3 if im sitting around, 2 if im just doing small things like going for a walk or w/e but if I'm actually doing something like going college etc I'll have a wash daily (that's if I wake up on time :P).


feel like a slob saying I only showered once a week as a child, someone defend me and say they did too!!

I don't get how you couldn't wash daily. I get too warm daily even with deodorant and have to shower daily.

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Originally Posted by Richie

Dunno bought you lot but as a child I'd only bath once a week sometimes, nowadays I'll go 3 usually the max but 3 is pushing it, i'll only go 3 if im sitting around, 2 if im just doing small things like going for a walk or w/e but if I'm actually doing something like going college etc I'll have a wash daily (that's if I wake up on time :P).


feel like a slob saying I only showered once a week as a child, someone defend me and say they did too!!

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Yeah, I definitely washed a lot less as a kid, or at least, that's how I remember things...

I have a shower every night =/ I like the feeling of being clean lol

An interesting idea. I think I remember in science or history (somewhere) that it can be good for the skin, as you're not washing away useful salts.

its been 4 days since i last had a wash but im thinking of trying this new weekly shower. sounds rewarding!

i shower at least once a day in the morning or at night. i sometimes don't wash my hair everyday though and use dry shampoo instead. i definitely couldn't leave the house without washing i would feel horrible

During the summer I take showers like 3 times a week, and 4 if I have to go somewhere. During school, I usually shower 2 times a day, day and night. It's not for hygienic purposes, it's because my parents have a really busy schedule and since my bathroom is under construction I have to shower in their room every morning, and sometimes I can't so I take showers at night instead. x)

When I can't though I use dry shampoo though because my hair gets greasier than that guy who was behind WikiLeaks.

I'm in the shower right now,as it happens. I like showers but I think that is because when my mum had me she had a water birth I have always felt a great affinity with water

no cuz after a few hours my hair gets greasy lol
and i would smell
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I get a bath/shower on sunday, tuesday and thursday ;P

Can't do it once a day because it makes my hair really dry and kinda thins it out.
But if I don't wash it for 3 days it becomes really greasy suddenly.
ew

A week though?! no gross.

i don't think those 41% of men and 33% of women did it for dermatological reasons lol i think they're just scruffy toads

I shower every other day, however the nights I don't shower I simply wash my hair over the bath as i use wax and it gets kinda greasy by the end of the day.

Sam

I don't shower everyday

waste of water seeing as I hardly go out

not like I'm dirty though cos I still shower a few times a week and when I do actually go out

I shower every day, unless like im hungover and cba. i guess to keep natural oils, you could just wash your armpits, genitals and hair when greasy then a full body wash once a week? I won't be doing this though :L

I did this whilst in Namibia lol Mainly because there wasn't any choice..

Not something I would do in the UK.

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Originally Posted by Gallo

Why I don't buy a newspaper anymore.

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What so you can spend the money on water for more showers?

I have a shower everyday unless I'm not going anywhere and I would like to keep it that way - you would stink and have really greasy hair if you showered only once a week, ew..

And yes @Richie, you weren't the only one, your not werid.. :)

I'm happy with having a shower every day.
@Richie I did the same.

I have a shower every day in the morning and then twice a week i have one in the evening too where I do my hair as well. my hair rly just doesn't get greasy at all and if i wash it too much it just goes horrible and dry.

would never cut down the full body washes though i can already smell by the time i'm back from home if i dont take deodrant with me i dread to think what i'd be like otherwise lmao. probably cause I overheat very easily so sweat a lot when out i suppose

Its a long known fact that your body doesn't need to shower every day, your hair on the other hand... They do make shampoo spray stuff so you can wash your hair without having a shower though. Its still not hygienic to not wash your hair properly for an entire week, not to mention your body.

the only media worse with facts then channel 5 is the dailymail.

on topic i shower everyday otherwise i feel awful, I couldnt miss a day mainly because of my ocd so once a week would make me cry lol.

Well this won't stop me from showering everyday that's for sure :P

The most I would leave it was a day. Don't feel fresh unless I have washed my hair in morning. eugh can you imagine not showering for a week in this hot weather. lmao

I shower twice a day :l and wash my hair every day cause it get's oily really quick so I like it dry

I would feel super uncomfortable showering any less than I already do hmm

I generally only showered once or twice a week anyway. Nothing really different until the 3rd day. But I don't go anywhere so it doesn't matter.