How about the “logic” behind the separate hand towel?Unless you’re drying your hands and putting gloves on before drying any other part of your body, you will be cross-contaminating by touching the other towels with your hands.
folkrav@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
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.
TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world 7 months ago
folkrav@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I’d answer with a non answer: this is way too much thought put into how you use your towels. Just clean yourself properly, clean your towels regularly, and you’re good lol
TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Of course. I’m just pointing out that OP’s premise is flawed from the start. They have a lot of work to do to be truly OCD about towels.
misophist@lemmy.world 7 months ago
When I shower, my hands get dry with the rest of my body using the body towel. My hand towel is a separate smaller towel by my sink that I use after eliminating waste and subsequently washing my hands.
I don’t go as extreme as OP. I have 3 towel types: large body towel that I use to dry my entire face/hair/hands/body after bathing. Smaller hand towel by the sink for drying hands/face after using the sink. And finally a separate medium-sized hair towel to wrap my long hair for further drying after I’ve already got most of the water off with my body towel. I’ll wear that towel for 5-10 minutes after bathing. That towel isn’t necessary for short hair.
TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What you’re describing is normal adult behavior. Maybe that’s what OP meant when they said hand towel, but that’s not how I read it. Seemed like the implication was they were worried about cleaning their body with a single towel after a shower.
AA5B@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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
Mesophar@lemm.ee 7 months ago
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.