by Harold Almon
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In the United States of America, at a minimum, a male is take a shower or a bath at least once each day, in the morning, at midday, or at night. The day a shower is missed entirely, you will meet the most important people in your life. This will make a favorable impression, less than one percent of the time. Outside the USA, take a shower at least once each week, in between sponge yourself, and use a moisturizer.
In a private home, lay a large towel on the floor next to the shower and atop a carpet or bathmat. Lay a hand towel close by the shower. Place a face cloth or an exfoliating wash cloth in the tub, or take one with you into the shower.
At a public shower, you can hang your bath towel on a towel holder. You may omit from using a hand towel, and the use of a face cloth is optional. Rinse or dunk yourself under water until you are totally wet. Turn the water off. Apply soap onto a wet face cloth, or onto your body, and rub it over each part. Take extra care to clean behind your ears, in the outer ear, around your neck, behind any foreskin present, and between your toes. Then rinse and stop. You could repeat the process with a scented or better grade of soap.
Dry yourself as much as possible with the wrung face cloth, or dry yourself with just one corner of a towel. Pat your body with the rest of the towel.
Dry each foot, and between each toe, one at a time. Place one foot near the edge of the shower. Dry it. Place it on the dry floor. Repeat the process. Ensure each area mentioned is thoroughly dried. To fully dry yourself, you can use a paper towel.
Take a shower or bath every day except when you have a temperature of one hundred and four degrees. At a temperature of one hundred and two degrees, contact your doctor, get approval, and risk it. Get more than "Air" wet, and get more than your body dry. You need to do this. Learn to take a bath (even when you are not hurt.) A bath is used to scrub your spirits. Romans used to take up to eight baths a day.
Light candles, where it is allowed. You may even let them float. Run a mixture of hot and cold water together. Add bath granules, oils, cologne, Epsom salt, or bath salt to the water. Step in. Sit down. Allow five to eight minutes of soaking before even beginning to suds up. Use a liquid soap to suds up with, or use a soap of preference. You can wet and suds up an exfoliating wash cloth and use it to take off dead skin. Suds up. Lie down; relax.
When finished with your bath, let the water drain. You may now take a shower to rinse off, and to, "Man back up."While still in the tub, use a wrung cloth to dry off. You may dry off with one corner of your bath towel. Pat yourself dry with the rest of it.
Dry each foot; place one foot on the tub rim. Dry it. Place it on the floor. Take the other foot and repeat the process.
Clean the tub. Use your rinsed face cloth or a paper towel, cold water, and the soap you bathed with, to remove any tub ring or basin leavings. The key is using cold water and soap. You can use a bathroom cleaning sponge for this that at least weekly gets washed with laundry. This process can be used to wipe down a shower. You may use a daily spray cleaner. In a public shower, this could be done by someone else, but it is to be done. When you are in a rush you can wipe the tub dry with a little toilet tissue. Once you see the dirt, you may want to add some cold water and soap and do it again.
Take your bath towel out the bathing area. You can wrap it around your waist, and continue your personal care process.
Note: additionally, you can wash your face and neck before you go to bed each night. To combat black heads, I have been told you may wash your skin with Witch Hazel.®
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