Published on March 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Do you really need to shower every day to be clean? Despite popular beliefs, some celebrities like Benny Blanco are reopening this eternal debate. But what do the experts really think?
In the world of celebrity gossip, Benny Blanco is famous for two things: his wife, Selena Gomez, and his hygiene. While the producer can boast of having some huge hit songs under his belt (“I Kissed A Girl” by Katy Perry, “Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber), it’s his relationship with showers that garners a lot of attention. Last February, he confessed to Interview magazine: “I may not take a shower every day, but when I do, I feel like I deserve it.” This sentiment is not isolated in Hollywood. From Taylor Swift to Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, many celebrities claim a more minimalist hygiene routine, between light touches and spaced-out showers.
And since the lives of others often force us to look in the mirror, these statements inevitably spark debates. There are those who shower twice a day, morning and evening, convinced that they are on the side of the “good students”, and others who make excuses, timidly explaining that they “don’t sweat too much at night” or that they “don’t really have an odor”. As if missing a shower automatically meant being dirty.
Why is not showering daily so unsettling?
If the idea of not showering every day still causes some discomfort, it’s because it goes against a deeply rooted norm. In the West, daily showers have become both a cultural and hygienic reflex, widely encouraged by decades of health campaigns and marketing around cleansing products. Cleanliness, pleasant smell, and health have ended up being conflated, to the point where deviating from this routine has become a quasi-taboo.
But what do the professionals say? When asked about this issue by “Health Magazine”, dermatologist Hanane Chahoub explains: “Generally speaking, a full-body shower three times a week is enough, and it’s even often preferable to preserve the skin’s microbiota and hydrolipidic film (and thus avoid drying out the skin).”
Is Benny Blanco onto something? Not quite. While washing the entire body every day is not necessarily recommended, certain areas require daily cleaning. Among them, the armpits, intimate parts, and feet.
However, certain situations call for a more rigorous hygiene routine: in case of regular physical activity, excessive sweating, exposure to pollution or dust, as well as for oily skin or conditions like acne or seborrheic dermatitis. Periods of high heat, treatments related to an infectious disease, or close and frequent contact with others can also justify a daily shower.
