Inb4 I don’t

I’m not asking if you do it, I’m asking people how you do it

Edit: sorry I forgot I posted this and came back to a bunch of answers. I have a torn something in my shoulder that no MRI has been able to find for 20 years so I can’t just reach it. I myself use a long cloth, but I don’t really like it so I was curious what other people did.

Also, I don’t wash my back every shower, but I do get pretty sweaty sometimes and feel like I just have to

  • DUMBASS
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    171 month ago

    I got one of these things

    Works pretty good and you can put some force down and really get that back nice and clean.

      • DUMBASS
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        21 month ago

        It’s made of silicone so it’s quite easy to clean.

  • southsamurai
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    61 month ago

    Big ol’ brush.

    I also have long scrubby things. Don’t know what they’re made of, but I think nylon. Basically really long washcloths with a rough texture and strings to hold onto while scrubbing. But the brush does a better job, so I usually only use the cloth ones when I’m away from home because they pack easier.

    That’s assuming I can’t con my wife into getting soaked just to stand there scrubbing me down for a half hour while I continually say “yah, right there, a little harder. Now to the left, oh yeah, that’s great, a little more. Now up some, fucking perfect, you’re awesome. Now down a little again” and so on until she throws the scrubber at me.

  • Sickos [they/them, it/its]
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    21 month ago

    For a good long while I just contorted, but I have some mobility/flexibility issues after a shoulder injury and got a long handled brush, and they’re so much easier.

  • megane-kun
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    1 month ago

    I try to reach from different directions:

    • upper left (using my left hand)
    • upper right (using my right hand)
    • lower left (using my left hand)
    • and lower right (using my right hand).

    For the regions I missed, I have a soapy mesh/loofah thing held by some kind of rope on both ends and with both hands, I use it to reach the unreachable areas:

    • left hand upper and right hand lower, loofah going diagonally (like this: \)
    • right hand upper and left hand lower, loofah going diagonally (like this: /)
    • both hands lower, loofah going horizontal (like this: )

    I suppose that should be enough, but I only do that once a week. For the rest of the week, I just reach as far as I can and let the soapy water do what it can.

  • HubertManne
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    21 month ago

    With a shower just get what I can and hope the spray and soap gets whats left good enough. Sometimes will use a wash rag and I can just barely grasp the corners and get it a bit but not sure its much more vigorous than the spray. With a bath I place the luffa between my back and the back of the tub and move around. That actually should get it pretty good.

  • Maeve
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    21 month ago

    Soap the washcloth, hold opposite corners diagonally for what I can’t reach, occasionally use a brush for extra measure.

  • deadcatbounce
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    1 month ago

    The only effective way is to find a spouse or partner who actually cares about you.

    (now single) Old fart here.

    Otherwise this is my current one (they’re all about 4/10 IMHO): Exfoliating Back Scrubber for… https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C1YZDFFM or something similar

  • @[email protected]
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    101 month ago

    Bend the arm the ouchholyfuckalmostreach way. Scrub. Then bend the arm the owfuckalmostjesuschrist way. Scrub again. Easy!

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      Maybe come over the shoulder from the top right th- ohpffftfortheloveofgodsoapinthemouth pfft pffffft… PFFFFFFFFT. Done