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U.S. Janet B.

On Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:07:37 -0400, wrote:

>On Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:24:53 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>>On 12/11/2016 6:35 PM, graham wrote:
>>
>>>> It's about the same here. I change socks and underwear daily and pants
>>>> get laundered once every week or two. The problem with towels is that
>>>> they can get little funky smelling if they aren't hung to dry properly.
>>>> It's not like they are getting filthy after drying off a clean body. I
>>>> often had two showers a day, one at home and one at the gym and I get
>>>> fresh towels at the gym.
>>>>
>>
>>> Our grandparents' generation would be amazed about our obsession with
>>> cleanliness, which to them would be over the top. I'll bet they made a
>>> shirt last several days and certainly didn't put on clean underwear
>>> every day! As for daily showering........
>>> Old people in the village where I was raised wouldn't dare wash their
>>> hair in the middle of winter for fear of getting a "death of a cold".
>>
>>Many dermatologists will tell you most people bathe/shower too often.
>>They dry out the skin.
>
>That's true, past 70, every other day a shower. They also recommend
>not soaking in a bath, very hard on the skin particularly if the water
>is really hot.

"They" also say it is only necessary to wash the groin area and
underarms with soap. (shampoo hair of course) The rest rinses clean.
Different rules apply if you've been swimming, working out, etc.
Janet US