I mean, yeah?? I just put the soap wherever it needs to go??
The soap isn’t dirty folks. Half of the time all I’m showering off is sweat and dead skin cells anyways. And if any bugger dares reply to this with some clever comment about taint smears, I’ll inform you beforehand I do not speak with bidet-less miscreants.
I mean… doesn’t the soap get washed as you use it to wash yourself?
Exactly
Same here, I use a washcloth. When I was single, I always used just soap but then I got marries and the wifey forced me to use a washcloth. I’m divorced now and continue with the washcloth ritual.
I answered the wrong thread, maybe I’m getting drunk?
I answered the wrong thread, maybe I’m getting drunk?>
That explains your username.
It’s soap. It’s self cleansing.
Yes, but think about the last thing I wash and the first thing you wash.
I just set the shower to massage setting and then point the end at my asshole.
At least you understand the need for a bidet even if you’re suffering from bidet inaccessibility
We need to invent a slur for bidet-non-havers
Shit smearers
Paperbacks
You bidetless purveyor of fecal particulate!
who shower barehanded
There is another way…?
What? What kind of heathen doesn’t have a pair of heavy duty work gloves for showering? Am I the only civilized one among us?!
Personally I never get in the shower without my circular saw
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Wtf did I just watch… and why did I watch the whole damn thing!?
Same reason I did. If you figure it out please let me know.
This is wonderful
I know toasters are for bathing, but hadn’t heard circular saws were better for showers. TIL.
Personally I never shower.
Arc welding is my favorite shower activity. You need ppe
What if you only have PP? Where to get the E?
Vanuatan pharmacies are a popular choice
My local supermarket sells these “exfoliating gloves” that you wear in the shower and basically just use like a wearable washcloth. They’re awesome.
I love these, it’s the best of both worlds. You get the scrubbing and exfoliating of a wash cloth with all the ease and precise control of hands.
They’re like $4 I highly recommend them to everyone.
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I imagine they mean without a cloth, poof, or loofa. As a kid I would put body wash in my hand, lather, and rub it over my body. But it tended to use up soap quickly so either I had to add more soap part way through or the things I washed last didn’t get washed well. Which is why I switched to a poof.
A “washandje” of course!
a washandje
That sounds like something you ask for at an unlicensed massage parlour
I use the korean version of that
Ahh yes the manhwash
you dont wear shower mittens?
the people on this federation, i fucking swear.
Wash cloths?
I have some stupid questions from someone who rolls barehanded…
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How do you get the soap to lather well when using a wash cloth? I tried it once but it didn’t work all that well.
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Are you supposed to use a new washcloth every time you shower? If yes, how many washcloths do you go through a week and how much does this add to your laundry bulk. If no, aren’t you kind of grossed out by a used, wet, bacteria filled rag being rubbed all over you?
I once saw a post from someone not understanding how bare handers could possibly get clean from only using their hands. But…it’s not like you use a washcloth when you wash your hands and no one is grossed out by that. Why are people then randomly grossed out when you apply that to showering? The action of soap with mechanical disruption, be it with your bare hands or a washcloth, does well to remove grime and bacteria.
To the OP, I lather in my hands with a bar of soap and then wash my body with my sudsy hands…going back to the bar of soap and even “washing my hands” often enough when necessary.
I use an exfoliating washcloth like this. It lathers really well. Scrubs off the dead skin and it’s long so you can scratch your back. It air dries fast.
How do you get the soap to lather well when using a wash cloth? I tried it once but it didn’t work all that well.
It lathers better than soap/hands for me.
Are you supposed to use a new washcloth every time you shower? If yes, how many washcloths do you go through a week and how much does this add to your laundry bulk.
Not I. I change mine weekly. Even if I did daily, they’re tiny, so 7 would be about the same mass as a shirt.
If no, aren’t you kind of grossed out by a used, wet, bacteria filled rag being rubbed all over you?
Not anymore than rubbing a used, wet, bacteria filled bar of soap being rubbed all over you. Or used, wet, bacteria filled hands.
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First time I heard of that. What is the advantage they have compared to just using your hands, besides the lathering abilities mentioned in one of the replies to this comment which is something I never had a problem with?
I wash myself with a rag on a stick.
I use soap bar bags… I can’t figure out if that qualifies as barehanded or not
I lather up a washcloth and scrub that way.
That’s the way all our great-grandparents did it. But with a bowl of warm water.
Uses just a fraction of energy & water. With the abundance of cheap energy, affordable piping and heating became affordable for the masses.
I mean, I also use an actual shower for the rinsing and hair, I just use a washcloth instead of my bare hands or a bar for soaping everything up.
…I’m supposed to wear gloves in the shower?
Wait, are we not all wearing gloves?
I used to wear mittens in the shower but I changed to fingerless gloves around 2014 when it became the new trend. You gotta know how to stay cool despite standing in a hot shower. Go with the flow.
what gloves
Fancy lady gloves with lacy cuffs.
How are you supposed to thoroughly clean your butthole?
My butthole is self cleaning.
If you ever do check that theory for its veracity, you moght be surprised.
Shampoo
With a potato, in my anus…
With a potato, in my anus…
I just rub the shower gel bottle over myself. It’s lasting me ages
Watch out for Big Soap! They don’t want the people to know your one weird trick!
I shove the bar of soap strait up my ass and just express the foam into my hand from there until I’m done.
Dat special scent from Yankee Candle
A yes, the Gere technique
I do this too, but I use the moves I learned during my breakdancing days to spin on my head and evenly distribute a layer of suds all over my body. It’s super efficient!
I don’t shower barehanded. I wear gloves at all times as to not scuff my jorts.
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This Arrested Development/Always Sunny cross over is exactly what I needed today, thank you both.
There are dozens of us!
Dozens!
I lather everything on my belly and then spread it across my body.
Not everyone has the advantage of a protruding belly to lather that soap on, you know.
If you have enough hair, I guess it’d be a rather good lather repository.
Hair makes good lather. I just lather my head with Neutrogena Healthy Scalp Moisturizing Shampoo, then rub the lather everywhere else, and rinse. Scalp and skin are different words for the same thing. (And no, it doesn’t sting on mucous membranes either. )
Worked hard for it!
Anywhere skin-on-skin contact occurs (butt, balls, armpits), I use a small amount of benzoyl peroxide facewash. It kills the bacteria responsible for BO and for 24-48 hours body odor is impossible.
You apply it, wait 5 minutes and rinse well. If you don’t rinse well you can bleach your towel or clothes.
As far as body soap goes, I use a a fragrance free body wash with salicylic acid. Heavy mechanical exfoliation is not necessary when using a chemical exfoliant. Also, loofas are just a bunch of plastic waste.
After the shower, I use a lightweight gel moisturizer with cerimides. I use a thicker moisturizer on my hands and weenis.
That’s just the body. I–of course–have a completely seperate routine for my face.
This guy showers
You can use an actual luffa if you don’t like the plastic. Originally they were just a dried out squash like plant.
Yeah, but the truth is it’s not great for your skin.
However, they’re great for scrubbing really dirty hands, feet, etc.
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What’s your routine for face?
Now tell us about your business card.
How do you learn all this? Could you also explain your face routine? I’m taking down notes here.
Watching skincare youtube channels and going to a dermatologist.
My face care is a lot. I’d encourage you to find your own products and routine, but I’ll list mine as an example:
Daily Mornings:
- Wash face using a gentle face cleanser (usually in shower, after washing /conditioning hair)
- Niacinamide ointment to minimize pores
- face specific moisturizer
- eye creme around eyes
- Mineral sunscreen (re-apply again in middle of day)
Daily before bedtime:
- Wash face with gentle face cleanser
- Exfoliate face with lactic acid ointment (once per week: sub stronger AHA/BHA peeling solution)
- Every other day, always skipping peel days: Adapalene (retinol) gel for wrinkle reduction
- Niacinamide ointment to minimize pores
- face specific moisturizer
Everything kinda has a purpose, so if you have questions please ask.
3% peroxide shouldn’t be applied directly to the skin and its time to kill is 3 minutes.
benzoyl peroxide isn’t hydrogen peroxide the same way ethynol alcohol isn’t isopropyl alcohol.
Have you ever heard of shower gel?
Barehanded as opposed to what? I just rub the bar of soap all over and Robert’s your mother’s brother.
Came here to ask the same question. Like, do you wear gloves in the shower? Or maybe they take a sword with them?
I assume they’re talking about using a washcloth or loofah, but I’m not sure as I’m also a committed bare-hander.
There are actually washcloths that are gloves ._.
“Robert’s your mother’s brother” – I’m stealing this, thank you
That soap does what it’s told or it gets the hose again.
I just put shampoo on my head and t-pose
Soap on hands; hands on body.
I remember watching a black comedian many years ago and his bit started “Why don’t white people use washcloths?”, and it got me thinking. I started using washcloths and noticed I came away cleaner, soap on a hand doesn’t cut the skin oils and dirt like soap and gentle abrasion can. I also noticed, because I’m hairy, that I get lots of ingrown hairs, especially on my legs. Switched to one of those “poofs” and now I vigorously scrub my hairy bits and no ingrown hairs. Exfoliating helps.
Use a washcloth and don’t forget to brush your tongue, you filthy animal.
How can you tell that you “come out cleaner”? I don’t exactly have motor oil all over my body or anything when I shower.
I don’t exactly have motor oil all over my body or anything when I shower.
Then you’re not doing it right! I know the vegan motor oil is supposedly the best for your skin but I prefer the synthetic stuff. The process is Exon, Exoff.
How do you clean your ears, bellybutton, toes? And hopefully in that order. Some stuff needs extra attention, and some people have different skin types than you. Go scrub out your toes.
toes?
That’s what the pressure washer is for. Takes the human skin right off!
They don’t properly clean those areas, they’re just gross
Soap bar bags are the superior option, they save you money too
Huh… I’m a huge proponent of brushing your tongue (it doesn’t take much, just a brush with a scraper on the back makes a big difference). I’ve never really tried washcloths, but now I’m going to give them a shot
On the flip side, my skin is weird. I get hives for literally no reason, I tried one of those plastic poofs and it makes me itch like crazy.
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just a brush with a scraper on the back makes a big difference
Huh?
Some toothbrushes have a tongue-scraping thing on the opposite side of the bristles.
I guess I didn’t know that was necessary. What’s the reasoning?
A lot of mouth bacteria lives on your tongue. Any dentist will tell you that cleaning your tongue is an important part of oral hygiene, even though it’s often overlooked. Doing it really helps with keeping bad breath under control and generally healthier teeth.
Yes, but whose body?
Liquid soap, problem solved.
doesn’t everyone use shampoo?? who tf uses a bar of soap for anything else than washing hands??
There is shampoo as soap bars in Europe.
I use it since it brings better cleaning results. There are also environmental reasons not to pack everything like shampoo into plastic. A soap bar comes with just a bit of paper around.
Bar soap feels much cleaner at the end. Also it doesn’t create plastic garbage.
Me too. I kinda do it in parts. Like arms, torso, legs and fave. Then lastly is use a nail cleaning brush to scrub my butt. I like to think I have the cleanest butt in town.
use a nail cleaning brush to scrub my butt
I always wondered what it would be like to soak everything in Palmolive…
Two words: pube loofah. The mons pubis is a great place to lather up. Then I just scoop up soap with my bare hands and bring it where it needs to be.
