Since it generally takes a lot (usually copious amounts of exercise and/or stress will do the trick) for my system to generate any body odor, I used to try and avoid bathing whenever possible when I was a kid and would sometimes go 4-5 days without doing so. Now I can’t even go one day without my body retaliating in some way if I don’t scrub down with cleansers for a minimum of 15 minutes (give or take) in scalding water. In some ways, I think my body is, indeed, allergic to its own secretions. On the first and second day without a shower, my skin has a warm glow about it, and my hair isn’t as frizzy and wild as is its wont. But any longer than that, and – as detailed in today’s strip – my skin starts breaking out and my hair becomes an oily mess. It isn’t pretty.
So how ’bout you BOTpeeps? How long can you go without taking a shower before either your body begins to notice or the people around you do?
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So I’m back from the Emerald City Comicon! Details to follow, hopefully this weekend. And can you believe we’re almost to strip #500!? I’ll definitely be commemorating that milestone here on the site, soon. Stay tuned.