Showers in the house is a very modern facility, and it's only in the last 40 years. Many houses before that didn't have a bathroom but a tin bath which was dragged out on a Friday.
Most dermatologists will tell you that shower gel is not good for dermatitis or excema. Washing with water is important but it doesn't have to be a shower or bath.
This. Expectations have changed over the years. We had a proper bath, but had to fill it with big pans of hot water from the tub, so bathing was once a week as a kid. We washed daily in the sink, but it was a race to get it done during the TV adverts (they were only two minutes in those days). Oh, and a shirt usually lasted all week.
Washing clothes is as important, if not more so. You usually find if someone smells, it is their clothes that smell, rather than their body.
This. Expectations have changed over the years. We had a proper bath, but had to fill it with big pans of hot water from the tub, so bathing was once a week as a kid. We washed daily in the sink, but it was a race to get it done during the TV adverts (they were only two minutes in those days). Oh, and a shirt usually lasted all week.
I would feel grim if I didn't shower at least once a day and it's more important for women to shower every day. Some of those women are foul.
Both doctors said that over-bathing can dry out and irritate skin, washing away the good bacteria and even heightening risk of infection by causing small cracks in the skin.
Dr Zeichner also urged parents to stop bathing babies and toddlers daily, saying that early exposure to dirt and bacteria may help make skin less sensitive, even preventing conditions like eczema in the long run.
It's not more important for women to shower everyday
I did a school exchange in France when I was 14 and the family I stayed with found it weird that I wanted to have a bath/shower every day. Certainly helped to reinforce the stereotype for me.
Maybe that's why they're not washing.Once per day minimum is mandatory to get into my panties, ladies.
Maybe that's why they're not washing.