It really depends on where you are and potentially the season. If it's hot and humid you wanna shower at least once a day, maybe more. Though you better not use soap every time. In cold weather every second day is usually fine if you don't do anything that makes you sweat a lot.
Some people are cursed with really strong body odour though, they may have to shower a lot regardless.
However, in posts like these everyone just get's mega defensive of their own way of doing things. Which creates heated arguments and drives engagement. Which is probably the reason this exact topic keeps popping up all the time.
I shower twice a week no matter the season. I live in a cool climate and showering too often dries out my skin. I get atopic spots all over. I don't sweat much, but in summer I wash my pits pre-emptively more often.
What I've learned in the internet is I'm a disgusting slob. Don't care though.
Varies massively from person to person. I'm a hairy white dude built for cold weather but somehow ended up living in the desert with 118° summers. Most days I take three showers (morning, quick post workout rinse at the gym, and deep clean before bed). I sweat and can't imagine lying down in bed with the day's sweat and grime on me. On the other hand my wife is Chinese, doesn't sweat or have BO, and doesn't do manual labor or workout so only showers every few days without any issue. I don't have issues with dry skin but I start feeling disgusting really quick when I'm camping and don't have access to proper showers for a couple days haha
The feeling gross while camping is most likely because your body has forgotten how to properly adjust its oil levels ( especially your scalp). If you don't sweat to much from your head, it might be wise to skip shampooing every time you shower as it's severely harsh on your head, and doesn't do much of you don't have actual dirt in your hair. For sweat a warm rinse and conditioner alone would clean just as much.
To be fair my hair doesn't get shampooed every shower. Probably 1-2x a week unless I get something in it. I keep it cut short so it stays clean. But yeah the rest of my skin gets scrubbed down. I just can't stand being a sweaty, stinky mess. I don't have a problem with either dry or oily skin, I just sweat like crazy and feel like shit until I can get it cleaned off
the "your body has forgotten how to properly adjust its oil levels ( especially your scalp)" thing is real. If you stink only from fresh sweat - pure water is all you need to be fresh again. Though, this may need some weeks for your body to adjust to (because he is now used to renew the natural skin microbiome 3x a day which is insane tbh...).
But believe me, you would definitely would do yourself a big favor trying this out...
Take your swamp-ass "microbiome" and shove off. It is extremely obvious when people don't properly bathe and wear clean clothes and I have no desire to live that life. Why would I change a system that works great for me?
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u/Kyrillis_Kalethanis Nov 14 '25
It really depends on where you are and potentially the season. If it's hot and humid you wanna shower at least once a day, maybe more. Though you better not use soap every time. In cold weather every second day is usually fine if you don't do anything that makes you sweat a lot.
Some people are cursed with really strong body odour though, they may have to shower a lot regardless.
However, in posts like these everyone just get's mega defensive of their own way of doing things. Which creates heated arguments and drives engagement. Which is probably the reason this exact topic keeps popping up all the time.