What's the deal with water in the face?

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27 Sep 2012, 11:24 am

I never wash my face. It gets damp in the bath, that's enough. If need be, I'll wet my hands and rub over my face - actually, no, I don't. That's what I tell my son to do!

I can't brush my teeth with wet hands because the sensation of the water running down my arms is so horrible.

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27 Sep 2012, 7:06 pm

After all of these years, I still have so much to learn.

Honestly, I have no idea how parents did this before the internet where you have people who can explain things to you literally at your fingertips.

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27 Sep 2012, 7:30 pm

I was bothered by water on my face when I was younger, but after hanging out with friends who "waterboarded" each other to see who could last the longest before calling it quits, I am not bothered by it anymore. For me it was more a fear of drowning (I had nearly drowned in a pond when I was around 8 or 9 years of age) than a sensory problem. Perhaps some mild form of desensitizing (wet washcloth or sponge) may work (nothing like what my friends do of course)...

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27 Sep 2012, 9:41 pm

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Oh my, I had forgotten normal people actually splash their own faces every morning!

I take some water in my hands and rub my face a bit with it, then clean my eyes thoroughly.

Actually, come to think of it - I really am not a fan of getting water on my face (I am normal). Given the choice, I will only bath for various reasons (it's cold, I always drop the soap on the floor blah blah) but I really don't like the feeling of water jets on my skin...hmm, interesting.

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28 Sep 2012, 1:49 am

What puzzles me is why I don't use the hand shower.

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28 Sep 2012, 9:12 am

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My daughter's reactions to water are odd. She's a great swimmer and learned to swim underwater first. She has no problem whatsoever with getting her face wet. But, then she'll go into the shower and will hardly let the water get on her face. I have a tough time encouraging her to stand under the shower enough to get her hair rinsed. When she brushes her teeth and leaves some toothpaste around her mouth, I'll wet a couple of fingers and try to rub it off. She squirms away, as if I'm torturing her.

When I was little I had an issue with washing my face. As I was splashing water up, the water would run down my arms and drip from my elbows. I absolutely hated this sensation. As I got taller, this was no longer an issue, but I still remember how it made me feel.

Seeing this post reminds me of how I was as a kid. I didn't learn to swim until I was taught by dad when I was 9, before then I couldn't stand the pool hardly. But once I get in the pool, I have to take a moment to dunk my head, and then I'm perfectly fine after that (there's just something about water droplets sloshing onto my dry face skin that I absolutely hate). After that you couldn't get me OUT of the pool. But as a kid (think ages 2-6ish) I absolutely hated getting my face wet. In fact my mom found a cheap plastic visor and I wore it in the shower so the water wouldn't spray into my eyes. I was that bad.

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28 Sep 2012, 12:10 pm

The shower jets tickled me too much as a kid. And still today, I can't get my hair washed at a salon because for some reason it tickles all up and down my spine. Just thinking about it is making my toes and fingers curl. :evil:

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30 Sep 2012, 4:57 pm

InThisTogether wrote:

Why? What is the reason for the problem with water on your face? My daughter has a really huge issue with this and I am not certain she can explain why, so I can never figure out what exactly to do. I am concerned she will never be able to shower on her own or put her face in the water to swim.

Can you give me any insight?

I'm not sure I can explain why but I don't like getting water in my nose, eyes, ears, or spraying on my face.

I never learned to swim because of that because I had to use a noseplug to put my face in the water and the lessons I started wouldn't let me so I dropped out.

In the shower I have the shower head angled so it doesn't hit me in the face. If she is short or that doesn't work out for some reason she can take baths.

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30 Sep 2012, 5:02 pm

InThisTogether wrote:

Right now the shower works because she holds a wash cloth over her face. A bath does not work very well for her because she has long, thick, curly hair and it is extremely difficult to get the shampoo out of it.

I have long thick hair. My water pressure in the shower wouldn't be good enough to rinse it. I wash my hair by getting on my knees next to the tub and using the tub faucet.

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22 Oct 2012, 2:59 pm

My son says that he doesn't mind most water in his face. He says he doesn't like the extra-fine water that sprays from the edge of the showerhead though. The main spray is ok...

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25 Oct 2012, 3:57 pm

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Marcia, I thought I was the only human on Earth who showered with her face away from the jet of water. This may seem funny, but it makes a world of a difference to know I'm not alone in the shower anymore! :-)

I had kept this secret for 50 years! I could never understand the commercials where the person has this look of bliss while getting the jet of water fully on the face. Aaargh.

For me, showering is a punishment. I keep a towel in the shower to wipe my eyes if soap gets into them, because it makes me suffer a lot...

Oh, I almost forgot to mention: I don't swim. I took many classes as a child, but to this day I ask people if they can explain to me how they enjoy an activity that makes them submerge their faces. All I said about the shower is strong discomfort - submerging my head, however, is an impossibility. Not being able to breathe. How can people endure this and call it a hobby?!

I love swimming with my head above the surface and floating face up when I go to a resort hotel with a lovely pool, life, so this must be ingrained in the child.

Hey wait, this is the normal behaviour! the dipping of faces in water is an anomaly displayed by a few odd people!! (irony might occour)

I do the same. The sensation of drowning is just horrible.

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29 Oct 2012, 11:24 am

Marcia wrote:

THIS!! !^ I hate washing my face. And I hate having water run down my arms. Ugh, just ugh.

I didn't learn how to swim until I was 13 (and I grew up on the lake) - part of it was a fear of water (because my uncle drowned), part of it was because I was "allergic" to hot and cold water (I broke out in hives from even playing in a puddle!), and the other part was just because I HATE having water on my face.

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29 Oct 2012, 12:19 pm

I don't like it in my face either. Bothers me. But I can grin and bear it.

dd5 though. nope. It is like she is being totured. She now tolerates some accidental water in the face, like during the bath or at swim lesson. But if there is a hint that someone did it on purpose (and broke her trust) then she'll lose it. She still freaks out a bit over the accidental water, but calms down much quicker than if, say, another kid playfully splashed her with the water.

This reminds me a "conversation" I had with my MIL. This weekend. I finally told her that dd5 has autism. It was like in one ear out the other. Later she is saying I should start giving her showers instead of baths and I'm like, "uh, water in the face, we went over this already." And she says, "Just stick her in there, she'll get used to it." Seriously? REALLY? No, no she won't, not by just "sticking her in there." I have every confidence that one day dd5 will be able to take a shower with no problems and even go for a swim, but not by just chucking her in the pool. Baby steps.

Goodness.

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29 Oct 2012, 1:18 pm

My big improvements and leaps forward were when our family rented a cottage for 1 month in the summer at a seaside resort. Acquaintance with water and bicycle riding, for example.

Your MIL may have a point, though. I suggest you stick your MIL under your shower each time she visits, and see if she ever gets used to it. If she does, then you try it on your daughter.

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29 Oct 2012, 3:14 pm

Moondust wrote:

I WISH.

Thats my happy thought for the day, thanks! (in case you can't tell, I don't get along with my mil. )

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29 Oct 2012, 3:30 pm

Well, you don't like her much now, but think how cool she'll be after you shower her, especially if you do so with cold water.

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