Whether I need one or not.

whether I need it or not, but your schedule makes more sense. I hate to waste water!

Hey, I want to look and smell good for all of you.

and I thank you for that...

Is it Maison Margiela? Or Marlies Moller, Marie Marie?

(Just going for a little alliteration there.)

Usually twice a day. If I hit the gym extra hard or swim, then three times a day.

Therefore, I shower every day.

I really don't like putting it off until my skin feels as if it's coated with Elmer's Glue-All.

more often if I need to. Hands and face every day.

I may rethink my schedule. Why is deodorant so expensive!!!!

that gross Lume woman made it a thing.

Just me???

Working out--especially outdoors each day?

Geebus, in summer I could probably do so multiple times/day if I'm active, wearing mosquito repellent when I go out, and if the A/C is minimally active. But, I do try not to wash my hair as much as I once did--at most every other day. And I don't disagree with the article recommendations... Most people just need to pay attention to the "sweaty" parts of their bodies, rather than a full shower, at least SOME of the time.

And in winter? Less.

That said, clean clothing is everything... Nothing worse than "stale, sweaty clothing"...

Oh, and for my least favorite TV $$$ grifter/"OB/GYN" Dr. Shannon Klingman (creator of "Lume"/"Mando" ), will you kindly just take a damned shower at least occasionally? No one needs your crap products and all the damned plastic packaging you are shoving down their direction 24/7. (And to my colleagues who all but ran her out of her last professional conference for pushing that grifting bullshit, THANK YOU!)

I can't stand her!

Not only does she list every stinky body part she mimics putting the lume on! I always mute her, she makes me want to barf!

So I barely know what this is about.

I used to write and produce television commercials. That’s why I always mute them. I know how they work.

On those infrequent occasions where there's an evening event, I'll take a second shower in the afternoon.

I loathe feeling sticky.

and I always behave myself in there because this is my shower curtain:

Unless I do something that gets me sweaty.

Regarding the constant “stink” propaganda that Lume woman beats us over the head with, she said
“If you get close enough to me to smell my ass, that’s your problem.

Healthy humans do not emit such a repellant aroma as to require scrubbing thrir skin with soap every morning, nor especially to spray or smear certain areas of it with chemicals.

The term "B.O." was invented in the 1920s or '30s by an ad agency working for Lever Btothers, makers of Lifebuoy, "The 24-hour deodorant soap." The ad campaign was wildly successful. Almost overnight, Americans were convinced they stank to high heaven if they didn't wash daily with Lifebuoy. (Even Bugs Bunny cartoons often parodied the "Beeee-ohhhh" from radio ads pfor the soap, and Jon Lord of Deep Purple elicited that sound from his Hammond B-3 organ during "Space Truckin'," captured live on the band's album "Made In Japan" some 35 years later.)

To be sure, some people are malodorous: those who work in moderate-to-heavy physical labor under unclean conditions (normal human sweat does not smell bad; indeed, it's part of the natural attraction during sexual arousal), those with glandular maladies and those who simply cannot or do not bathe for long periods of time, such as the unhoused. And, many others just like to "feel clean" and/or believe they'd "o-fend," to quote another old radio ad for a deodorant product, if they didn't wash away and prevent "the funk" every morning.

If it makes you feel better, shower as often as you want. But, under normal circumstances, daily use of deodorant products simply isn't biologically necessary.

and now I'm seeing ads where women are literally shaving any "fuzz" off their face

really?

I have an old deep claw foot tub. Twenty five yrs ago, I chose not to put a shower head on my tub so I would soak everyday. Soaking is great for your health especially in Epson salts. I have a huge window alongside my tub that I open and have a great view of the Manzano Mts. If I’m not in a rush, I’ll soak for an hour.

when I could get myself out of the tub without calling the rescue squad.

Enjoy it while you can.

On other days, I have a whore's bath (face, crotch, feet) while sitting on a bench in the bathtub. I don't get dirty--when I do I shower--and I don't go out in the heat, so I don't sweat (I use an antiperspirant after a shower).

Old people like me have to be careful about dry skin. Too much washing is bad for us.

I find showers invigorating. If I use anything I use dry skin body washes as they make me feel good. And I aim the hand held shower right at my back because it relaxes my arthritic pain. I wash my hair once a week. I hate having to style it and am thinking of getting a shorter cut. I keep it slightly longer in a page boy cut to please my husband but I might just have to simplify my hair styling routine as it's too much trouble.