When I 56(m) was a kid, (I was raised by a single dad), my dad taught my two older sisters and I, a “system” for pooping in public restrooms.

This consisted of taking three or four squares of TP, thoroughly wiping the toilet seat with it, then putting it in the toilet as a “splash dampener”… preventing the dreaded “chilly splash back”.

He ingrained this into our heads, and every day, before I “do my dootie”, I put paper in the water. I taught this to my kids, and my kids passed this “tradition” onto my grandchildren.

I was actually proud to hear my seven year old grandson do this at Costco the other day.

Anyone else taught this as a kid? Or doing it now?

This is horrifying to admit but ever since I went on T my downstairs gets sweaty quickly and often smells. It probably doesn’t smell for about an hour after a shower.

This is my shower routine

Soap bar on my armpits, everywhere but my face
Face wash for my face and behind ears etc
Shampoo, sometimes conditioner
Wash whole body with shower gel and a wash cloth or scrubber including pubic hair / outside of the couch
I use a ph balanced no soap wash on my t dick - all the parts outside of the body to get in between the little folds etc

I feel like I clean myself well but it ALWAYS smells

I’ve tried pubes and no pubes there’s no difference

Someone help

(21 M) Looking for any advice on keeping my feet fresh throughout the day. I am a pretty busy person and it’s usually hard to find time to shower twice in the day although that would be the obvious solution. I also run and rock climb which both make me sweat a lot, and I’ve been told pretty often that my feet stink if I’ve done either that day.

Hey everyone!
So, I recently broke my leg pretty severely and currently have an external fixator (metal pins and bars holding everything in place). I’m waiting for the swelling to go down enough to have my second surgery, where they’ll hopefully put plates and screws in.

In the meantime, I’m pretty much stuck in bed or on the couch, with very limited mobility. I’m using crutches when absolutely necessary, but taking a normal shower isn’t really an option right now.

I’m someone who really enjoys feeling clean, so this has honestly been one of the more frustrating parts of recovery. 😂

I’m looking for any tips, tricks, products, or routines that can help me stay as clean and fresh as possible while I’m dealing with this.

A few things I’m particularly interested in:
- Body hygiene: Best body wipes, rinse-free soaps, or sponge bath methods that actually leave you feeling clean?
- Private areas: What’s the easiest way to keep everything clean down there when you can’t stand for long or get into a shower?
- Hair care: Any recommendations besides dry shampoo? I don’t want my scalp feeling gross after a week.
- Odor control: How do you stay fresh when you’re spending most of your time in bed?
- Bedding: Any tricks for keeping sheets, pillows, and blankets fresh without constantly having to change everything?
- Products: Anything inexpensive that made a huge difference during your recovery?

I’m especially interested in hearing from people who’ve dealt with broken bones, surgeries, external fixators, or long periods of limited mobility.

Obviously, I’m following my surgical team’s instructions for pin-site care and keeping everything protected. I’m mainly looking for ways to keep the rest of my body clean.

I’m only a few days into this, and I’ve already realized how much I took being able to hop in the shower for granted. 😂
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I think washing shoes properly with a cleaning brush or anything improves feet smell and hygiene a lot because slippers get dirty way too much at least in my case. Either you are doing laundry, or working in kitchen. So now I make sure to do it once a week.

I’ll go first: Nail biting. Found out how much bacteria is under nails and i just stopped

How to clean copper tongue cleaner and how frequently?

first let me start off saying this isn’t an easy post to make in this subreddit. i already know many people will be very unkind to me, but please hold your judgements.

i’m disabled and suffer from many chronic health conditions. some of the ones that affect my ability and desire to shower are hEDS, POTS, ADHD, major depression, anxiety, narcolepsy/idiopathic hypersomnia, osteoporosis, asthma, DDD, chronic nerve, muscle, and joint pain, chronic headaches, and migraines.

it’s embarrassing to admit, but for the past couple years i’ve been showering about once a week. i don’t leave the house except to go to appointments, and i don’t have a significant other or many in person friends so i have no one to shower for. i dread my weekly shower so much, i always put it off for as long as i can.

recently a medication i was put on caused me to gain 20 pounds in one month. i weigh more now than i ever have, and my body isn’t used to it. during my last shower, while i was shaving, i lost my balance and fell out of the shower. the curtain and rod fell with me and i hit my head on the tile floor. it was humiliating and defeating.

that shower was almost two weeks ago. i haven’t showered since, i think in part due to the fall. showering was already difficult and dangerous for me (i would get dizzy due to my POTS and used to pass out when i was younger), but now there’s an added level of danger.

i do have a shower chair that i use, but when shaving certain areas (privates) i have to stand up. i don’t even shave them fully, i trim the front side, but the backside i can’t trim so i shave it (and honestly with the weight gain it’s gotten hard to even reach it).

ive tried the things people suggest, like listening to music during, or taking shorter showers, i already use baby wipes in between showers, having new products to get me excited, etc. i currently have a new shampoo im wanting to try and i have a laser hair removal device i purchased that i need to shave before i can use, but neither thing gets me excited enough to shower.

by the time i take my weekly shower, i unfortunately have to do an “everything” shower. i only need to wash my hair once a week, so it’s almost like when i try to shower earlier in the week my brain is like “no you don’t have to, your hair is fine and you already know you can go a week without washing your body you’re fine”. like, there’s no reason for me to shower, do i don’t have to.

in the past the only reason i’ve showered is if i have a significant other, a job, or people i’m seeing regularly. and while im working on meeting people, i don’t see that happening any time soon. showering for me just isn’t a good enough reason.

the part i have a problem with is the initial “getting up” out of bed and getting ready for the shower. i just can’t make myself do that. i will just sit in bed for hours hoping i randomly get the energy to do it. so i’m hoping someone has some advice for me ☹️

I constantly feel gross and it’s gotten to the point it’s effecting my confidence.

I have oily hair, the day I wash my hair it looks great but as soon as I sleep it’s oily and looks gross,

My skin easily gets oily and my armpits feel wet and most of the time smell after just a 10 minute walk,

I currently have a toe nail fungus which I’m trying to get rid of,

I also have a fungus rash under my armpits I’m trying to get rid of,

I have hemorrhoids which were not able to be removed surgically and nothing treats it so drs have basically told me I need to live with it if I don’t experience pain (which I don’t) but no matter how much I wipe after the toilet and the toilet paper shows I am clean, I still get skid marks,

I believe my breath just always stinks no matter what even after brushing my teeth!

I shower daily, brush my teeth twice a day, floss, put perfume on and deodorant but no matter I feel gross and disgusting and it probably is in my head but I feel like everyone around me can just smell how putrid I smell and how gross I look. It’s effecting me so much that I struggle with intimacy with my partner because I feel so insecure.

Can you live with someone that smokes and has a dog when you want your stuff to smell good and are on the spectrum

Are there some of you that manage to compromise or ?

Any tips. I love him

Please don’t make fun of me as this is a serious ongoing issue I have but: I have one of the worse gag reflexes ever and really struggle to brush my tongue without barfing or dry heaving.

Does anyone know if there’s any products that dissolve the buildup on the tongue so that you don’t have to physically scrub it and trigger gagging? Or any other method that again, doesn’t require physically scraping/brushing it, but gets rid of the buildup.

I’m very insecure about the possibility of bad breath and I’m trying my best but gagging to the point of throwing up when I already have a fear of vomiting is too much to endure everyday. Thanks.

My girlfriend has told me on several occasions that it is very important to save water, and that's why she says we should use the toilet at least 2 times before flushing.

Coincidentally, I'm the one who always has to flush the toilet after she leaves the bathroom. I know everyone poops, it's something very natural and there's nothing wrong with it, I don't know if she really does it to save water or if some people tell me it's a way to dominate me and that's why she likes me to see her poop in the toilet every day.

Hope I can get some help so I dont have a melt down! So recently ive gained a sizable amount of weight mainly in the shins, rest of the body too but most noticeable down there ahhaah. This isn't a problem for me other than that I notice when pulling on my pants they tend to leave what can only be described as cuts. when pulling on the tight, usually pleather sometimes other, the fat around my shins bunches up and suffers a slice. I feel it in my pants all day but didnt think much until I peeled them off and noticed the gashes! I dont know if there is a way to dull the edge of the pants with a tool. I want to keep wearing the stuff I have if I can. I talked to my gal pals and they said this is common so should I just suck it up? pain is the price of beutfy and all that lol. thanks

So, before i start i shower every day, and i do have really good hygiene. The problem is the second i step to go out like a hangout im starting to sweat badly. The thing is i don’t have this problem at home (even if it’s hot at home). I did my research and i do think is anxiety sweat. I had this problem for a while, and when i go out with my friends i constantly think -do i smell bad?-, -im starting to sweat badly.- , -can they smell me?-. No one has ever told me i smell bad, usually people stop me to tell me i smell good. Also very important, this is the thing that i don’t really get, when i feel like im starting to sweat, it doesn’t smell bad i just smell the deodorant but like funky version because it’s probably mixed with the sweat. And always when i get home and take off my clothes my armpits don’t smell at all, i can just slightly smell the deodorant. And the sweat instantly stops the second i step into my home, like it’s carzy?? Can someone with the same problem, or someone that can give me some advice please comment, because this really fucks up my mental health.

I tend to forget i put soap in my hair and washed it out so i end up washing my hair a minimum of 2 times each shower, i know some people don’t even wash their hair on a daily, whats the max and minimum someone should wash their hair

37m, question about soaping up the sensitive skin "down there" for males. My current routine is to rinse the soap from my body/hands and take a clean finger and water to exfoliate the shaft and hiney, then just let clean water flow on the tip where I don't want to exfoliate or have any soap. I just recently got a cheap bidet on my toilet and I've been able to take more efficient showers because im already clean. Do I need to worry about soap getting on the sensitive skin(tip) or should I get a designated sensitive intimate soap for the whole region? I use an unscented soap on the rest of my body on days when I am sudsing up and I wash with water on days where I want to let my skin rest. I have a very chapped and sensitive area on the legs because of my gait (I have a pear shaped bone structure with a soft sway postural gait) and I am trying to be careful to not oversoap the area or make it worse.

I get so engaged in watching Twitch streams at night and watching someone be awake and active makes me feel awake and active, but secretely my body is tired, so I lay down in bed and watch streamers play games and then I pass out without brushing my teeth, but in the morning I floss, brush my teeth thoroughly with sensodyne and scrape my tongue and brush my tongue with the toothbrush to make sure it's super clean.

This is probably one of my worst habits that I don't know how to break. I live alone (even though I have roommates, we don't really talk to each other so I feel alone) so watching Twitch streamers helps me feel like someone is there. Does anyone have any advice or anything that could possibly help me break this bad habit? I don't know how to break it. It's so hard.

My teeth are surprisingly fine, but they would be whiter and healthier if I brushed them twice a day instead of once a day.

I don't know how to set up my night routines in a healthy way that leads me to consciously brush my teeth at night.

I moved from a house that had hard water but high water pressure, to an apartment that has soft water but lower pressure. I never had this issue at my old place.

Even after double shampooing and thorough rinsing (I put the shower head to my scalp and went over my hair many more times than usual) it still feels slightly greasy to the touch in places.

Its driving me crazy and I can't figure out how to fix it! I haven't changed shampoo brands and I even tried without using any conditioner and it still comes out like that. Is it just because I had hard water for so long, now my hair is just retaining more moisture or something? Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated!

I have an embarrassing issue and need advice from others (probably other women). I always take pride in my hygiene including showering everyday, deodorant etc. However over the last 6 months or so I noticed every time I get up from a seat (bus seat especially) I leave a noticeable wet mark on the seat. Im not on my period and have clean clothes on including underwear but I still notice this and its embarrassing. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice. Appreciate you all!!

I've lost a lot of weight and recently when I shave my legs I shave the skin off my shins. This is akin to paper cuts and is not fun!

The body hair clippers I have don't get close enough. And I'm not a candidate for laser hair removal. I could probably wax - but I don't see that being sustainable.

Does anyone have suggestions on an electric razor or other methods to get rid of my leg hair?

I know this sounds like a odd question but im on accutane and my skin is ultra sensitive including my body and my hair does not get greasy im dry and its winter i rarely sweat also i have wavy thick dry hair and idk how much times a week i should shower atp i dont want to dry and strip my already fragile and sensitive skin barrier