Tommy Lee showers 'once a week,' wife Brittany Furlan admits. How often should you shower?

Rock legend Tommy Lee is very neat and tidy, his wife Brittany Furlan revealed, but he's not exactly a clean freak.

The wife of the Mötley Crüe rocker revealed on the "Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe" podcast Thursday that Lee, 62, "showers, like, once a week.”

"My husband’s very neat, which people wouldn’t expect from someone who’s a musician," she said. They would expect him to be a … nightmare, like, dirty. He doesn’t shower a lot, but he’s very neat.” She added later in the discussion: “He said growing up that that’s a thing in Europe. You don’t need to shower every day. They would just do the white washcloth if they felt like they were getting a little funky."

Lee isn't the first celeb's whose bathing habits have come into question. In 2021, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis revealed on Dax Shepard's "Armchair Expert" podcast they don't shower every day with soap, causing a massive stir.

So, should you shower every day? Or should you live the rockstar lifestyle and shower once-a-week like Tommy Lee? We have the answer.

Should you shower every day?

The consensus is yes.

We asked Michelle Henry, MD and Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, Breanna Brown, an esthetician at Ella Esthetics, and Corey L. Hartman, MD, FAAD and founder of Skin Wellness Dermatology in Birmingham, Alabama. They all previously told USA TODAY that adults should be showering daily.

"If you're waiting too long, then you can get a buildup of dirt, oil, debris and bacteria and those things will cause inflammation," Henry said. "If we allow too much buildup of bad bacteria that we're not washing away, that can flare eczema, and that oil, dirt and debris can clog the pores and cause acne and folliculitis."

When you hit puberty, your body starts to produce a type of sweat that bacteria feeds on, which is what creates body odor and is one reason Henry said adults should bathe daily.

"If you're not sweating a lot or you're staying at home, you tend to not feel very oily. And if you feel like your particular body odor isn't that offensive, then it's a personal decision to not shower every day," Henry said.

If you're going out, Brown said a daily shower, preferably at night, is definitely necessary.

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Will daily showers dry out your skin?

If you're showering and moisturizing properly, daily showers shouldn't cause you to have dry skin.

"While it is true that over washing can cause skin to become dry, irritated and itchy, the application of an emollient cream can help to replenish hydration and moisture," Hartman said.

The skin's pH shouldn't be thrown off balance if you're using lukewarm water and gentle cleansers, Henry said.

Henry suggested "cleansing for a short period of time so we don't dry out the skin, using the appropriate cleanser and then moisturizing so we give that skin back those ceramides and oils and lipids that it needs to maintain, not only its comfort but its function."

Contributing: Rasha Ali

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tommy Lee's shower habits shock. How often should you shower?