I just don’t want to mix them because I feel like it would make me less clean.
Relatedly, what’s the best way I can follow the Patrick Bateman skincare routine as a simplified version that’s actually practical to follow and contains the most important steps?
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No. It’s not normal at all. But you do you. No one is normal.
But I would be more worried about having OCD if you are worried that (not) using separate towels for your hands and face makes you less clean.
I don’t understand the logic behind the idea that it makes you “less clean” to wipe yourself off of excess water literally seconds after cleaning yourself in the shower. Think about it: to legitimately spread germs around with the towel, you’d need either the towel, or the area you’re wiping off, to be unclean in the first place.
My wife likes a separate towel for her hair, but it’s because she has very long and thick hair that’s hard to dry out. Not doing so would mean leaving a trail of water dripping on the ground.
For me that’s just wasteful behavior - if you’re that concerned about cleanliness, those towels need to be washed regularly, therefore 4x the water usage…
I’ve heard the separate towels for hands and face, but only in a shared situation. Some people may use a hand towel to wipe messy hands or sloppily rinse their hands instead of wash. You don’t want their germs and mess getting in your eye
Seems a better solution would be a single, large bath/body towel to dry off the whole body after a shower, that itself gets washed after every use (personally, I wash my towels after two uses). Maybe have a towel just for hair, if your hair is long enough to need it.
Then have separate towels for use throughout the day. A hand towel for drying hands after washing them. A face towel for when you wash your face/brush teeth/shave. And wash those towels and they become soiled.
Using different towels as you just come out of the shower does seem a little redundant and wasteful.
The error is thinking that your own sebum is bad and should be avoided. It’s like hating that you have tears. If you like, dedicate zones of the towel to functions.
That is not normal. You’re just too keen on getting dry very fast
I just start at the top and work my way down when I’m drying off. That being said if any part of you isn’t clean enough to rub a towel on and then rub that towel on your face you aren’t washing properly.
Balls and arse crack last - the towel forgets by the next day.
If your balls and crack still smell after taking a shower: wash them too.
Lol. I was making a (poor) joke about it. Balls and arse crack get the most attention, don’t they?
This sounds like it might be an OCD thing, especially given your reasoning. Do you you have other OCD like habits? OCD is relentless once it gets ahold of you, and can have seriously negative effects for both yourself and your loved ones. The earlier you address it, the easier it is to keep it from ruling your life.
This is my worry, also. These are not normal thoughts.
I have figured that if I’m not clean enough to use the same towel all over, I haven’t showered well enough. But I don’t see any problem in having multiple towels
I think there’s a missing detail.
Do you want to use different towels for the different parts of you even right after showering? Or only so that a different one for after shovering, another for your hands for when you just washed hands, and another for the face when you just washed your face?
I don’t think the former is normal, but the latter is. A different one for showring and just washing your hands is good to have I think, and if you have got oily skin then a third one for your face is also completely understandable.Run away from any OCD-like compulsions early, if that could be the case. please
It depends on what you’re wiping off. If it’s for drying yourself after a shower, then I’d just use my big bath towel to dry every part of my body since they should all be clean by that point. I sometimes use an extra towel for my hair since I have long hair and it needs some extra fabric to help dry out.
All you really need is a bath towel and hand towel. There’s no need to go nuts with it unless you love doing laundry. If you feel “less clean” then you might want to see a therapist or something. It might be too mild to be OCD but it might not.
Does it matter if it’s normal? You using 4 towels isn’t hurting anyone anymore than me using one towel does.
As for the skincare routine, I can’t help there.
You using 4 towels isn’t hurting anyone anymore than me using one towel does.
I can only guess where the idea of wastefulness is such an alien concept that it’s completely overlooked here.
Do you not wash and reuse towels…?
To be devil’s advocate, it’s still 3 times embodied carbon of a small towel, that doesn’t need to hurt the planet. And you’ll probably replace towels every year or so.
I know it’s nitpicking and annoying to point out such a small thing when people are buying 3year cruise tickets. But it’s still true.
I’m supposed to be replacing towels every year?! I bought top of the line Target towels about 8 years ago and they’re fine… am I missing something?
Honestly if your towel lasts 8 years, kudos man you’re doing better than me.
Yes, apparently four times less than some though. The chemicals used to wash them, not to mention the water waste, are really impactful if you start multiplying them among millions of people.
Why though. I have one that I use even when i haven’t had a bath. This is one large body towel that I also use to dry my hands (and face) when it just hangs there. Not sure what people are afraid of really?it’s your own body!
Not only is it your body, you just washed it. If you’re concerned about contaminating your face or hair with the rest of your body, you should consider how well you washed.
If I’m home, I use just one towel and keep using it for like a week or two. If I’m in a hotel, they usually have so many towels so I’ll use the whole variety and fresh ones each day. It’s nice, but too lazy to constantly be washing towels when I’m home lol.
