Reach as far as I can, use trickle-down soapenomics to take care of the rest.
Part of your back isn't scrubbed.
Guess I’ll die then?
Eventually, yes.
Works for me. Nobody screamed at me for smelling at this spot yet.
I use my hands to wash my back. You?
Same - I can reach all parts. If I couldn’t, I’d grab a something on a stick.
Same here. Guess OP is not that flexible.
I dunno. I used to be flexible as hell, but was also too damn broad across the shoulders to get everywhere. That was even before I started lifting seriously; lifting just made the area I couldn't reach bigger.
Somewhere around 16 I hit a spurt and suddenly couldn't reach a zone between my shoulder blades. It was maybe hand sized. In my twenties, it was about an inch or two bigger, but I could still do all the stretches fully before lifting, and that included shoulder stretches where I could end up almost flat with my arms behind me.
Nowadays, I'm just old and stiff, and can't scrub anything right on my back.
I use a scrubbing brush with a long handle.
I don’t. The mind-controlling alien parasite attached to my spine doesn’t let me when I try reaching for it…
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That's not even a loofah
Might be a regional thing. Where I'm from, that is indeed a loofah. Synthetic, yes, but still called a loofah.
I bet that the number of people that think this is biodegradable because it's a loofah is > 0
I can't explain the marketing, they call all these things loofahs. Just a normal sponge at the end of mine lol. Mostly just get something on a stick and enjoy the same smug cleanliness.
Get a fairly stiff brush, it feels really good, like scratching an itch that you couldn't reach :)
A belt-like loofa that you hold on both ends and pull from side to side.
Bend the arm the ouchholyfuckalmostreach way. Scrub. Then bend the arm the owfuckalmostjesuschrist way. Scrub again. Easy!
I just reach back there. I have these crazy things on my arm called "elbows".
I’m surprised how few answers actually include actually practical and helpful tools such as a bathing brush with a good long grip to reach just about everywhere. Is this a cultural thing? I swear I’ve seen them in British tv series at the very least, so I know for sure these are a common thing at least in the Nordics and the UK.
But I mean it’s the best. Really gets the old dead skin cells and other stuff off, and the blood flowing. The bristles are a bit rough, but that just makes it that much more pleasurable, you really feel it!
Edit:
These things, surely they are mostly everywhere?
My wife has one, I don't like to use it, it's too aggressive for me.
I can reach my back with my arms. To get the spot right between my shoulders I have to reach up and come down from the top with one arm, while using my other hand to grab my elbow and pull it to push my hand low enough to get it more effectively.
Right hand goes high, left hand goes low, then you criss cross apple sauce
My hands.
I suspect at some point I'll switch to a brush with a handle.
I got a prehensile penis.
Lather up my partners front and get them to slide up and down on my back. Then it’s my turn!
I have a small hammer I use, to lightly chip away at the wall tiles to provide both exfoliation, a back scratcher, and acupuncture all in one.
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.
I mean, I assume the water running down my body when I shower is good enough? Can't imagine my back of all places getting so dirty that I need to scrub it.
Set the showerhead to "Power Blast" and hope and pray.
Some arms flexibility would come a long way.
Like the rest of my body, I use a loofah. I have enough mobility to get to my entire back from one arm.
I get my partner to do it for me!
I try to reach from different directions:
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:
\)/)—)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.
Japanese exfoliating wash cloth
Only the Salux brand though. I've gotten knock off ones that were way too smooth.
Soap the washcloth, hold opposite corners diagonally for what I can't reach, occasionally use a brush for extra measure.
I always wash my back very happily and with a good amount of water.
With someone else's front?
My back doesn't get dirty
I rub my bar of soap on it and then wash it off. Do you not?
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.
Get a back and shoulder loofah and call it a day (not endorsing this one, just using it as an example of what I'm talking about).
My arms are pretty flexible so I just use my hands & a washcloth.
I got long arms and an exfoliating luffa. I just wash every part. There's no part of my back that I can't reach.
Do some yoga my friend!
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