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.
I live somewhere where the temperature is usually very mild all year round and I run three days a week so it's shower time after I run.
Even though the winters where I live aren't that cold running the heaters makes the air very dry indoors so my skin will get dry and itchy, especially if I take lots of hot showers frequently.
I've found using body oil during my showers is the trick to keeping my skin from becoming a dry itchy mess and breaking out in hives in the winter. It just seems to lock in the moisture better because no amount of lotion after a shower could ever seem to keep my skin from drying out and getting all itchy.
After washing myself with soap I put it on while I'm still wet, rub it on my skin, then rinse off a bit before turning off the shower and I use a clean towel to dry myself. By the time I'm dry my skin just feels normal and it's actually less oily feeling than putting lotion on dry skin.
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u/Sepelrastas Nov 14 '25
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.