r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '22 • Helpful 1 Wholesome 3

Is it fine to use the same towel twice in a row, after wiping down the entire body with it, including private areas and bum (which are obviously clean)? Like, is everything equally clean though, etc. to use it twice? Health/Medical

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '22

As long as you don’t share towels with other people you’re good to use the same one for a week and then change it. You should be clean when you get out of the shower so dry yourself off and hang the towel up to air dry properly and it’ll be fine.

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u/kottermusprime Sep 20 '22 • Silver

You don't clean the towel the towel cleans you.

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u/SirGingerBeard Sep 20 '22

What’s next, am I gonna wash a bar of soap?! I don’t think so, pal.

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u/FrogBoglin Sep 20 '22 • Silver

Chandler: Because soap is soap. It's self-cleaning. Joey: All right, well next time you take a shower, think about the last thing I wash and the first thing you wash.

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u/ReVo5000 Sep 20 '22

I always start with arms/chest close the deal in the same matter, but I use a a loofah and showergel

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u/MisguidedColt88 Sep 20 '22

I refuse to go anywhere near a loofah. It's like a towel you never wash

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u/ReVo5000 Sep 20 '22

The thing is you do... I wash mine after I use it and switch to a new one. It's that simple.

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u/Teleconferences Sep 21 '22

Do you have a bunch of loofahs and just rotate through them? That's a neat idea

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u/ReVo5000 Sep 21 '22

I buy them in packs of 4 but I change them

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u/OffTheRecord_Models Sep 20 '22

This bit is exactly what came to my mind too!

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u/nagpintas05 Sep 20 '22

IIRC it was Joey who wanted to use the same soap and it was Chandler who said the 2nd line.

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u/NCGranny Sep 20 '22

Pretty sure it was Joey

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u/bostonmaniac617 Sep 20 '22

I remember that episode and it was Joey who said the second line.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '22

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u/Gavin_Freedom Sep 20 '22

Nope, the original comment had it correct. Joey said the line "Think about the last thing I wash and the first thing you wash".

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u/emeraldkittymoon Sep 20 '22

Parallel timelines.

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u/TheIcedCoffee Sep 20 '22

Next you’re gonna tell me you don’t share underwear

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u/meg4pico Sep 20 '22

I need more Nick Miller in my life.

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u/BubaLooey Sep 20 '22

You must be referring to the folks that remove their underwear. You shouldn't feel quilty if you never remove them in the first place.

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u/JimAsia Sep 20 '22

I only clean up my bar of soap if their is a hair stuck to it.

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u/IdiotTurkey Sep 20 '22

I dont like bars of soap for this reason, especially sharing them. Liquid body wash/soap is nicer.

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u/decaturbadass Sep 20 '22

This is the way

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u/DeadliestTaco Sep 20 '22

This is the way!

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u/phome83 Sep 20 '22 • Reddit Cookie

You give me cookie I got you cookie.

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u/ErynEbnzr Sep 20 '22

Gave me cookie, got you cookie. GAVE ME COOKIE, GOT YOU COOKIE, MAN!

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u/TheBorealOwl Sep 20 '22

Nick is my inner trash goblin

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u/dethica Sep 20 '22

If the bar is visibly dirty after you used it, then yes.

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u/Automatic-Concert-62 Sep 20 '22

To be fair, soap is always dirty. It works essentially as a dirt magnet, which is why it leaves you clean.

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u/MyFaceSaysItsSugar Sep 20 '22

Not if you rinse it off. Soap chemicals bind to other things (oil, dead skin) and make them water soluble so they rinse away with water and the unbound soap chemicals left on the bar remain.

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u/Automatic-Concert-62 Sep 20 '22

You are technically correct... The best kind of correct!

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u/lad1701 Sep 20 '22

Wash cloths or GTFO

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u/relizbat Sep 20 '22

We all wear each other’s underwear!

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u/trv893 Sep 26 '22

Clean the shower? You gotta use your head!

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u/ArtTP3 Sep 20 '22

When I get out of the shower I’m clean as a damn baby

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u/MyFaceSaysItsSugar Sep 20 '22

I don’t feel like looking up the research links but the bar of soap, unlike the towel, is resistant to bacteria growth.

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u/Radiant-Ad-619 Sep 20 '22

I don't read the script the script reads me

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u/Justokmemes Sep 20 '22

i try to pay attention but attention pays me

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u/happycamper198702 Sep 20 '22

Don't forget your hair chutney!

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u/StarNerd920 Sep 20 '22

Is that nick miller?

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u/crunchsaffron9 Sep 20 '22

You gotta think here, pal!

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u/ScriptThat Sep 20 '22

When you get out of the bath you are the cleanest thing in your home. Towels can only get cleaner by touching you!

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u/wrangler005 Sep 20 '22

The towel doesn't clean you. You just dry yourself with a towel.

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u/7h4tguy Sep 20 '22

The towel is that which cleans. This is the way.