Because it's very unhealthy and damages your skin. However, there's nothing wrong with washing your armpits daily with water. Yes, this post is again meant to be thumbed down.

guess i am damaging my skin by showering twice a day, hmm i should stop for a while to cope up with the damage i have caused.

If you have extremely sensitive/dry skin then you might not shower every day. It sucks when you get out of the shower and your skin is burning.

Not only if you have a sensitive/dry skin. When I had a severe form of eczema beneath my eyes, my dermatologist immediately asked how many baths I take a week. Showering/bathing daily can cause a sensitive/dry skin, herp derp.

As DJeePee said, not showering for a couple of days does not mean not washing important places individually. Also, diet plays a huge factor in the way you smell. The foods you eat not only affect whether your natural smell is better or worse, but can even make it smell like them. Healthier people generally smell better overall, although certain good foods, like garlic, can come through if too much is consumed.

I have dry skin too, but I can shower everyday. I just have to put moisturizing cream from head to toes afterwards.

In the winter my skin gets so dry i can sit down because my skin is so sensitive and irritated, the cold air dries it out so much that if i did take a shower everyday, thered be none of me left!! And this is where you need europian set up bathrooms:) they have bedays sooooooo your parts stay clean!!!:)

I think you mean bidet. It's an old invention, and you can hardly find them anymore in Europe, except for Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

You can still find them in the US at "romantic getaway" hotels. ;) Couldn't imagine why, though.

Come on, I'm sure you can imagine something. May the shrooms be with you.

I ate like 2 packs (4) chocolate debbies(?) cupcakes before and the next day after, my arm pits smelled like cup cakes.. X.x;... It was odd...

I tried to thumb up your comment, but the thumbs up went off the screen on my phone -___-

+5. I enjoy reading of others' appreciation and understanding of evolution.

Don't forget pheromones :)

personally. i think comments like this, that inform, are the best. i wish i could thumb you up multible times.

I wasn't aware of a shower gene. I thought the lack of showering stems from laziness. Last I checked pheromones, personality, and appearance have a lot to do with attraction between people; not how much his paycheck is. I may be wrong...

31, then you certainly must be annoyed that 18 doesn't know that much about evolution. Otherwise he would have mentioned that someone's personal body odour is an important factor in attracting potential partners and that OP therefore is winning in human evolutionary biology. There's a difference between not bathing for two days and not being a clean, sexy looking, good smelling (perhaps her pheromones smells nice, OP does enjoy smelling them), healthy woman who is uncapable to take care of herself and future children. Nice try, though.

Phowned.

In a way 17 is right. we have become acustom to showering. i could be pulling strings out of the sky. but isnt what 17 saying darwinism?

64- yes. Stems from the survival of the fittest theory. We instinctively want our children to be as genetically superior as possible to carry on our genetics to future generations, rather than be inferior and potentially die off.

58, Oh I wish I could thumb you down multiple times.

No, #58, #17 IS correct. The pheromone process wouldn't occur in this instance because her outstanding body odor would negate it. Your natural pheromones can be sensed even if you shower daily, though that's assuming you don't have perfume on. From a personal perspective [as a girl], it's not attractive to have an overwhelming BO. It's sending the signal that since one isn't bothering to have good hygiene, one is not bothering to look for a mate.

Ah, but who says she has an outstanding body odor? I interpretate 17's post as: 'you don't deserve to procreate if your armpits doesn't smell like fresh flowers!', a little bit exaggerated, but still...

woohoo to you! originally i was going to write "gross" to this OP's fml, but i've been reading so much comments here and learning new things all of a sudden. lol should i thank the OP for their weird FML? haha

Did it for you

Wow. Nice.

Actually when you start studying for a masters in Women's Studies you realize that most theories of evolutionary attraction are quite wrong. They really have little proof proving them right and alot of proof proving them wrong. We are attracted to women with nice smells and caring attitudes and men with money and strength because of a social aspect, not a genetic one.

Human beings went for a VERY long time without showers and they survived, AND they did not suffer as many allergies or autoimmune diseases or cancers as they do now. Also, a gene that compels one to shower? This might be the most ridiculous thing I've read on this site this far.

You know that people still perfumed themselves even if they didn't bathe, right? Anthropology and modern written accounts point that out. Or that Women's studies is an entirely different view point than from evolutionary biology, hence why everything is "wrong". All that this discussion proves is that the only things that matter are one's personal opinion or what field one specializes in.

Last time I checked, human beings were not plants. :D

Sorry! The comment I was replying to got deleted.