I've picked up showering twice a day for whatever reason. When I get up and before I go to sleep.
Do you have any weird hygiene quirks?
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You should definitely be careful with that. You may end up with receding gums, and wear holes in your enamel. Having teeth that aren't up to your excessive cleanliness standards is far better than what you're likely doing to them.Leon Declis said:
Clean is one thing. Destructive is another.
I always use the exact same amount of sheets of toilet paper, according to my roommate that's strange. I also don't actively wash my back in the shower, just hope the soap/shampoo coming from my shoulders/head will do the trick (then again, how dirty does ones back get?)
Got some problems with acne + greasy skin, runs in the family and has still not subsided even when I'm well into my twenties. So I wash my face with soap about 2-3 times per day. Once when I wake up, once when I get back home from work, and once before I go to bed. I'm also really careful about not touching my face too much.
I shower and wash my hair once a week. If I'm working/going outside.
No balsam or conditioner or..anything..only shampoo ..odd word, now that I wrote it out, nvm..
In fact, only soap for hands/body and shampoo for hair. No other "beauty" products touch me.
(ok, underarm rollers/anti-perspirant too)
No hair-wax/gel, no skin lotion, no rouge or mascara, nada.
Most of you are probably going to think I'm an extremely disgusting slob...
I just don't want any skin conditions nor do I want my future kids to get allergies.
I'm also extremely healthy. I get sick maybe once every 3 years.
Plus, I don't give money to companies perpetuating a dependent and unhealthy money-sinking lifestyle.
No balsam or conditioner or..anything..only shampoo ..odd word, now that I wrote it out, nvm..
In fact, only soap for hands/body and shampoo for hair. No other "beauty" products touch me.
(ok, underarm rollers/anti-perspirant too)
No hair-wax/gel, no skin lotion, no rouge or mascara, nada.
Most of you are probably going to think I'm an extremely disgusting slob...
I just don't want any skin conditions nor do I want my future kids to get allergies.
I'm also extremely healthy. I get sick maybe once every 3 years.
Plus, I don't give money to companies perpetuating a dependent and unhealthy money-sinking lifestyle.
BathorysGraveland2 said:
I think most people just don't like that greasy or grainy feeling you get when you don't wash your hands. Working in retail I touch a lot things and after a while it's like my hands have a coating of random particles be it from dust or what have you. During this time my hands smell like a cross between printer paper and some metallic substance, it is unpleasant at most to drink a beverage with the smell of paper being so close by, so I wash my hands every so often.
As for quirk... I always brush my teeth before and after every meal except lunch, I'll use a spot of listerine w/ floss since brushing at work would be weird. I will not eat till I brush my teeth or leave the house without doing so. I also won't sleep until I brush my teeth. could be 3:00am I'll brush, wash my face and then go to bed just to do it again in the morning.
Can't agree with that more.Stabinbac said:
I used to be quite paranoid about my teeth (and also smelling bad) after unfortunate experiences in high school. Apparently there was nothing actually wrong with me but I used to brush my teeth several times a day and a bit firmer than I was supposed to anyway. Also had a fling with perfume.
At the moment my big thing is: my cups are my own, no one elses. Use my cups and you suffer.
Don't think I have any =(
The only thing I can think off is that when I wash my hands I still do it the way I did when I worked with young children:
The only thing I can think off is that when I wash my hands I still do it the way I did when I worked with young children:
I abuse handgel whenever I can, and I also fist bump people instead of shaking their hands. Only when i'm like, playing Magic or something. I'll shake hands than wash mine afterwords. I'm crazy.
I wouldn't if it wasn't me job, though. I've got a fairly good immune system, myself, but I'm trying to get the habit in. Frail old ladies want prawn sandviches, too, after all.BathorysGraveland2 said:
If food drops on the ground I'll pick it up and see if its dirty, if its not I'll eat it. If it has dirt on it I'll brush it off then eat it, or wash it off then eat it as long as it won't get nasty from washing it. I don't care, I've eaten dirt with food before its not that nasty.
Other things I often don't do is wash my hands before eating, unless they are disgustingly dirty, or I've just been working, as I work on a dairy farm and manure tastes nasty.
Other things I often don't do is wash my hands before eating, unless they are disgustingly dirty, or I've just been working, as I work on a dairy farm and manure tastes nasty.
if toilet paper wasnt designed to be folded it wouldnt come in perferrated squares. People who just grab a big wad are basically animalsEleuthera said:
has anyone ever told a complete stranger in a toilet to wash their hands? Because I have on a few occasions. If you go to a buffet and I catch you not washing your hands ill will tell you. It may seem out of order to impose your sanitary standards on others but I dont want your pee pee fingers touching food I could potentially be eating
Chalk up another point for the hand-washers. Over the last couple years I've started washing my hands more and more often, to the point where I probably average 20-25 hand-washings per day. I've considered trying to ease up on it, but I figure it's not so bad as far as compulsions go.
I don't want to get too heavily involved here as it may end up delving a little took deep... I but I saw the headline and thought it would be disingenuous to not pitch in: I'm a hypochondriac, and as such know all about weird hygiene quirks :/ I should probably specify, I have not been diagnosed by a psychiatric professional as a hypo, but it's not really the kind of thing that goes unnoticed in most cases.
