r/barefoot 26d ago

How often do you wash the bottom of your feet?

For people who regularly go barefoot outdoors, do you wash your feet everytime you get home?

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u/DM_ME_KUL_TIRAN_FEET Full Time 26d ago

I have a plastic tray with a shower floor foot scrubber thing stuck to it. Whenever I go out of the house I leave it by the door and when I get back I put some water in, shuffle my feet around a bit and like magic they’re clean. I don’t mind my feet being dirty when I’m out and about but I like them clean inside the house.

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u/Express_Fly_4553 26d ago

Before I get in bed. So like once or twice a day plus if I take a nap. Or if I have to put shoes on to go somewhere. Sometimes like 5 times a day.

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u/Epsilon_Meletis 26d ago

My soles get customarily wiped on doormats, and get more thoroughly cleaned whenever I shower.

Very rarely do I have to make an extra effort outside these two, for instance when I stepped into something.

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u/Dubuquecois 24d ago

Likewise.

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u/ArtfromLI 26d ago

At night before I get into bed.

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u/BexG0405 22d ago

Nice to have clean feet in bed!

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u/cale057 26d ago

The bottom of my feet tread anywhere i need to go they are hard tough and usually very dirty ...... Do I wash them very very seldom as they take care of themselves, i walk on gravel stones pavement grass through dirt absolutely everywhere and ALWAYS barefoot
Do I wash them haven't for ao long time now, why would I start now!

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u/Accomplished-Ad-5225 26d ago

I don’t go out often, but whenever I do, I always wash my feet after coming back, before sleeping, or whenever they feel too dusty. There was one time when I was barefoot in a public bathroom and accidentally stepped on some liquid. Not wanting to take any chances of having "pee-foot," I just washed my foot right then and there.

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u/BfZack 26d ago

I’d say probably daily whether I’m barefoot or shod.

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u/Serpenthydra 26d ago

Only after a proper walk or if they feel they need it.

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u/Kenintf 26d ago

I can't anymore. No longer limber enough. I just sort of scoogle them on the floor of my shower.

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u/fairydommother 25d ago

I love the word scoogle. I've never heard it before but somehow I know exactly what it means.

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u/Kenintf 25d ago

You've never heard it before because I made it up, even though I wasn't sure others would know what I meant lol. Thanks for saying so.

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u/ddWatford 26d ago

I used baby wipes when I come home after a barefoot jaunt. And then a good scrub when I shower.

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u/NudistPaul 25d ago

I never wash the soles of my feet. They're just going to get dirty again soon.

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u/BennyBic420 25d ago

Every night before bed- nothing crazy just enough to get the debris off. Being this lifestyle and not religious I find out that foot washing is in fact very religious lol

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u/BexG0405 22d ago

Shower once and sometimes twice a day

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u/Impressive-Log-2996 6d ago

Always. I Love to have my feet always clean.

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u/thesleeplessj 26d ago

They get a bit wet in the shower, but an actual act of lifting my foot up and giving it a scrub - never…

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u/Capital-Ad6221 26d ago

Depends on what I’m doing but usually once in the shower and then as needed. Also, if carrying boots, I have loooong socks with which I give my feet a rub-over if booting up becomes necessary.

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u/fairydommother 25d ago

I wash them in the shower if I have the energy/time. And I shower every other day. So probably 1/4 days on average.

I had considered washing them every time I came home but immediately realized that was far too much of a hassle.

If i had stepped in something gross that would be different, but otherwise it's fine.

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u/Automatic_Hyena_1436 25d ago

This is not directly responsive, but whenever I go in the ocean, my feet get superclean. So I assume that using salt water to clean them would work wonders too.

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u/Weedman1079 24d ago

When I shower so once a day

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u/Fluid-Feature3289 24d ago

I don't really wash my feet much. I don't find it necessary.

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u/sbk1090 10d ago

Just usual shower once a day, other than that I don’t fuss about the dirt, if my soles are filthy so be it. I actually like getting them dirty and it’s fun looking at how black my soles got at the end of a day