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Here in Brazil it's very common to have several showers a day. I, for example, take two. The first is when I wake up, before I go to work, and the second is when I get home from work. I wake up at 6.30am and get home at 8pm.

edit: I said bath, but I meant shower.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Every other day, but sometimes more often depending on what I've been up to

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you skip days for practical reasons or is it a personal choice? I don’t understand willingly not cleaning daily tbh.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not good for your hair, you can wear a haircap, but most men wouldn't.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t that the shampoo that’s the issue? It’s possible to shower/bathe without shampoo.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Shampoo makes it worse, by far. Depending on the shampoo, you should really only use it like once or twice a week, and that's if you like shampoo. It's pretty much optional, hence the new "no poo" movement.

Any old water will remove the healthy sebum oils that you want protecting your hair. Depending on the type of hair, and personal factors, you should only be washing your hair a couple times a week. Basically once it starts to feel dirty or unclean, wash it, otherwise leave it alone.

Water is really good at cleaning. People don't realize that washing your hands with water alone will kill a lot of bacteria, and remove the vast majority of dirt and grime. Obviously please don't give up soap... especially for your hands, just trying to illustrate how effective water is at removing things, even things it's normally not known to mix very well with (oils).

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Don’t worry, I have no intention of ceasing my soap usage.

They don’t really call it “no poo”? Silliest name possibly lmao

I’m already on the “shampoo every couple/few days as needed” train, but the keeping the hair entirely dry is admittedly new to me.