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When you shower

Discussion in 'Physical & Sexual Health' started by wreckless, Jan 22, 2015.

  1. wreckless

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    Simple curiosity: when you shower, do you use your hands, a washcloth or something like a loofah to wash your body?

    Personally I prefer a washcloth, I find it scrubs the skin better than using bare hands and thus, is more hygienic.

    how 'bout you?
     
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    Bare hands for me, I wonder to what extent washcloths are hygienic (unless you use a fresh one every time).
     
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    Hands. Sometimes a washcloth if I have paint on me or oil and grease. If it gets on me when working on stuff...
     
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    Ideally, it'd be somebody else's hands...

    ... but since I'm alone and single, I go back and forth between my own hands, and maybe a wash cloth. Just sort of depends, really.
     
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    I use a loofah whenever I use body wash.
     
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    I'm a loofah guy :slight_smile:
     
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    Same here :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: I can't get the soap to lather right when I use my hands.
     
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    That's exactly the same reason I use a loofah :icon_cool
     
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    Yay loofah buddies :sunglasses:
     
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    That is why I use a three in one- I lather up the hair then distribute it!
     
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    *high five*
     
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    Water hardness (the concentration of magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca) in the water) will affect how effectively the water washes off the soap. In areas with very soft (low Mg and Ca) water it takes much longer for the soap to come off, in those situations, using a loofah or washcloth is almost essential.

    Montreal water is quite hard (laugh track here) so removing the suds by hand (one's own, or better, someone else's) is easy!
     
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    I used to use a wash cloth, but lately I just use my hands.
     
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    Hands.
    Washcloths for cleaning my posterior.
     
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    Loofah for my body, hands for hair, face and down south.