How often do you shower?

[Kevin Peña]

Plus, me taking more than one shower a day will not take water away from people on the other side of the planet that don't have any water. The only people it will take away from are those who are farther down the line from me going away from where the water is stored for my local area.

I don't think she meant that you were. It just seems like a waste, is all.

[Just Ole Me]

You know, it's kind of funny, this is another thing that HRT has completely changed for me. I used to get such a "grimy" feeling after each day that I had to shower every single day otherwise I just felt gross. And if I didn't wash my hair every single day, I looked like a freaking greaser because it would get so oily and clumpy and gross.

Well, a little T-blocker and estrogen has changed everything. I've now gone up to 3 days between showers and hair-washings, and still felt almost completely clean. So now, although I usually do still shower every morning just because I really enjoy it, I have indeed skipped a few days recently, and not really felt any different than on the days that I did shower. So yeah, just one more thing about HRT that I love. I feel clean and pleasant again, instead of smelly and gross.

Love that!!!  Now I am even more excited to get my RX. I have never missed a day without a shower or bath for the same reason.  HATED being greasy after only 12-24 hours.  Hope I experience the same results as you. Thanks for sharing.

Kay

[Simon]

In the cooler months usually every 2 to 3 days. In the warmer months every day or every other day. Really, it depends on when I feel like I need one. I never smell unless I've been doing yard work or something. Electricity that heats the water isn't cheap.

I am a very clean person though. Hate getting my clothes dirty. Also, a shower is a MUST for me and my gf right before getting busy. I've been that way with every partner I've ever had.

Edit: After I started T it was daily because my hair was so greasy all of the time. Then I started breaking out on my face. I wasn't haven't that so I buzzed my head and so far it has solved the oil issue.

[Kevin Peña]

Also, a shower is a MUST for me and my gf right before getting busy. I've been that way with every partner I've ever had.

Why not just multi-task? 

[Nero]

From age 11 on, it was probably once a week if that (or as long as I could manage). Even tried showering in the dark, but it freaked my mother out. I would get literally nauseous being naked or looking or feeling myself naked. The whole ordeal: from peeling off the clothes and the layers of spandex I used to bind with to getting in the shower, cleaning something out of a horror movie, to getting out and putting all those layers on again - was like climbing Mt. Everest. I held out as long as I could.

When I was a junkie, it was almost literally never. Months at a time in between. Except when I felt like going out and getting laid. I kind of enjoyed the rank crustiness, but a partner might not of. 

After T and top surgery, you can't keep me from the shower. I shower or rinse off multiple times a day (don't use soap every time though). I never knew how good water felt until now. I can't stand feeling dirty or sweaty. Never bothered me before. No matter how bad it got. Weird.

[Simon]

Why not just multi-task? 

That's where it begins. 

[Marion]

I bathe probably every other day. I don't like taking showers. Lately, though, I've had to use a bathtub that's really too small for me and it's tripping up my dysphoria. I should probably start showering; maybe that will help.

In the summer here it gets very hot, so I'll bathe at least once a day and sometimes twice, if I have to walk around in the heat for too long.

[VegasLakers]

I shower once every couple of days or so. I used to be in the punk scene and I would sometimes shower twice a week or even once a week or so. My hair grows quickly so I have to shower regularly to shave. I love to shower, but forget about it.

[Nicolette]

I don't think she meant that you were. It just seems like a waste, is all.

And a little devil's advocacy.  Some comments were bugging me.

I hate grime, sweat, smells and feeling dirty which is why I bath and shower as much as three or four times a week. If I exercise then a shower is immediately called for. I can't wash my hair more than every other day without making it utterly lifeless. I don't wear any anti-deodorant or perfume, but if get any hint of a whiff prematurely I'll sponge myself down. HRT really does kill all that sweat and grease in its tracks. Underwear has to be changed every day though. I'm pre-op, but post-op would make that multiple times a day. And I presume in the first months post-op there would be no limit to showering and bathing.

[Darkflame]

I bathe probably every other day. I don't like taking showers. Lately, though, I've had to use a bathtub that's really too small for me and it's tripping up my dysphoria. I should probably start showering; maybe that will help.

In the summer here it gets very hot, so I'll bathe at least once a day and sometimes twice, if I have to walk around in the heat for too long.

I've noticed that I have an easier time with baths than showers too. Like, I can kind of zone out and just chill there and I don't really have to look down at my body

[Brooke777]

I've noticed that I have an easier time with baths than showers too. Like, I can kind of zone out and just chill there and I don't really have to look down at my body

I personally hate baths because I just lay there seeing my body. Once I have SRS, I think I will enjoy baths. Until then I just avoid them as much as possible.

[crazy at the coast]

I just finished a nice long 30 minute hot shower, I'm squeaky clean and smell like cherry blossoms and baby powder.

[DriftingCrow]

I used to shower every other day or every third day sometimes, and when I was really depressed I would leave it to every week or so.  Since I've been on T I've found that I get rank pretty fast, so it's every day.

I don't like feeling freshly showered.  It's softening, which for me is dysphoria-causing.  Luckily my protective layer of grime is a particularly resilient one; two minutes in the barn and I'm dirty again, ah much better.

I don't mind being a little grimy either. I always hated bath time as a kid. I take a shower almost every day now (6 days a week) because I work out, but I hate how my hair feels so nice and fluffy after I shower.

I don't avoid showing when I am not working out because of my body,I just sometimes feel too busy to shower, and I kind of think ours over kill to shower daily if you don't have a job that gets you dirty our if you're not very sweaty.

[suzifrommd]

I used to itch like crazy every time I took a bath. My parents thought it was a ploy or maybe all in my mind. A couple years ago I read an article in the paper about Aquagenic Pruritus and found out it is a real condition.

Showers are better as long as I don't stay in too long. I try to shower everyday unless I'm lounging around the house and not going anywhere.

For the curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquagenic_pruritus

[DriftingCrow]

I used to itch like crazy every time I took a bath. My parents thought it was a ploy or maybe all in my mind. A couple years ago I read an article in the paper about Aquagenic Pruritus and found out it is a real condition.

Showers are better as long as I don't stay in too long. I try to shower everyday unless I'm lounging around the house and not going anywhere.

For the curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquagenic_pruritus

Ah wow, that's interesting. I see a girl with a very severe form of that (or something like that) on Oprah many years back.

[sneakersjay]

Daily, before bed.  Love having hair I can roll out of bed and out the door with!  I used to shower in the mornings because i had to fix my hair.  Glad those days are gone!!

[Kevin Peña]

Baths are gross! You sit in your own grime! 

[Brooke777]

Baths are gross! You sit in your own grime! 

And for those of you concerned about preserving water, a family of three will generally use less water by taking showers than would be used if they filled the bath tub up just once. It's actually kind of fun to test.

[Kevin Peña]

How would you test that?

[Nicolette]

And for those of you concerned about preserving water, a family of three will generally use less water by taking showers than would be used if they filled the bath tub up just once. It's actually kind of fun to test.

I used to share the bath water with my siblings when I was a kid. Bath once a week + swimming lessons. We were so poor. Almost Charlie and the Chocolate Factory poor.