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showering: before or after work

this might be a weird topic but I am curious. when do you all shower when you're working? and if you shower before work, do you shower again when you get off, then again before you go to work?

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    I hardly ever sweat. It sounds great, but actually makes tolerating heat very uncomfortable for me. I guess I have always been that way. I can use Mitchum deodorant and it's good for at least 2 days.

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    I took a shower yesterday after a late afternoon bike ride in the heat.

    Got up this morning and did the 60 second twirl in the shower before I head out to work. Soaped up everything that matters. :)

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    I took a shower yesterday after a late afternoon bike ride in the heat.

    Got up this morning and did the 60 second twirl in the shower before I head out to work. Soaped up everything that matters. :)

    It takes me more that 60 seconds of hot water on my face to wake up enough to get ready for work. Which I'll do shortly. After my 2nd cup of coffee!

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    "Daily washing is not necessary for most people," dermatologist Dr. Tsippora Shainhouse says. "It washes off natural oils, and leaves skin dry and at risk for irritation."

    She recommends showering every other day. "This will help to rinse off dead skin cells and grease, as well as superficial bacteria and yeasts, which can lead to body odor, acne-type flares, and rashes in some people," she adds.

    You only need to shower more frequently if you work a physically strenuous job, or exercise for an hour every day.

    America's Hygiene Obsession Is Expensive & Dangerous - Thrillist

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    Both!

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    I'd love to be able to change at work but we don't have a proper locker room or anywhere in the bathroom to put stuff. Not putting my bag on the C Diff/MRSA floor and taking it home if I won't wear my shoes in the house.

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    Yeah, you guys really don't want us daily exercisers to take the every other day shower option! I'm really just doing you all a favor. :D

    I have no problems with dry skin at all. Though I could see how daily shampoos might dry out one's hair. I don't wash my hair on the days I work if I have washed it the prior day, only on my off days when it gets soaking wet under my bike helmet.

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    I shower all the time. Before, after my work outs, after a crazy shift. Oh, and I put lotion during the winter months. :)

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    Peds float pool RN. Always shower before work. Its 5:45 AM and dark - I need it to wake up - and tame the crazy curly-hair bed head. Days I work in the NICU (unless it is a rare isolation babe) - no shower after work. Days I'm in general peds and especially PICU I always shower after work. I'm pregnant now and much more compulsive about it than I was - pre-preggo if I didn't have isolation kids I wouldn't always shower but now I'm cray-cray.

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    After a long night at work, cleaning up incontinent pt's, suctioning & doing trach care, caring for pt's in isolation rooms, or dealing with pt's coughing up all over you. I feel as if I have all those hospital germs all over me, so after the shift is over I have to shower as soon as I get home.

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    For sure I shower after, I have a separate hamper for my scrubs that I keep outside as well as my shoes. I also spray my shoes down.

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    Oh, how I would like a whirlpool tub in my future dream master bath that yucky teens don't have access to.

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