Aydan Jane is 27 years old and has a hygiene routine that left half the internet in shock: she showers once every ten days.
She talks about it openly on TikTok, where she presents herself as “the girl who doesn’t shower and shows her period”. Her routine doesn’t change even during her period. According to her, the only difference between the freshly showered Aydan and the “dirty” one is her hair, which would be even curlier. She says she doesn’t have any persistent underarm odors and that bathing less is better for the environment because water is a precious resource. “I’m living proof that you don’t have to shower often to look and feel good”, she said in a video that nearly reached 3 million views.
The comments soon followed. One suggested that her lifestyle was the reason she was single. She replied that it was probably gross to go ten days without showering and that she wouldn’t get a boyfriend if she did, so she filmed the start of a shower. Although she may have been joking, she thanked her followers for keeping her from dying alone.
She also shares clips of her menstrual blood to break the stigma, and points out that one in four young people who menstruate, aged 13 to 19 in the United States, don’t have access to menstrual hygiene products when they need them. As for the criticism, she was direct: “Menstruation isn’t something dirty”.