Do Real Men Loofah?

Firstly, let me say that the word "loofah" is in itself too feminine to even utter in the presence of other men. You might as well mix in words like tampon, kotex, bikini wax, exfoliate and pumice stone if you do... and you had better be reading a grocery list your wife just gave you. That being said, I will from now instead refer to the loofah as a "scrubber" which is exactly what it should be called. I've always dealt with my wife's scrubbers as an unavoidable nuisance taking up precious space in the shower while I scrubbed with whatever hand towel happened to be left behind for me to use. I've never been picky about hand towels, shower gels or bar soap as long as I felt it did the job of removing the dirt and smell from the previous day. The problem arose when I began going to the gym on a regular basis and occasionally have to shower to return to work. Hand towels don't normally work in this situation since a gym bag is not the ideal place for a wet towel to sit for several days. Especially when you've been reminded by the emanating smell from your gym bag that you forgot to take it out. The answer? A scrubber.

We've all seen the commercials. Some guy walks by several models hanging out at the gym who ignore him like last year's oil change. He showers with some Axe shower gel and the new Axe Scrubber. Abracadabra! He's a stud and they tackle him ripping all the clothes off his body. Fortunately, I'm a little more media literate than to believe that could happen to me but I buy the Axe Scrubber anyway. With the black and red color scheme, it has the look of something you'd find in your dad's toolbox. Even Axe recognized the need to give it a masculine connotation by labeling it a "detailer". I have to admit that I felt no shame walking through the men's locker room shower with it the other day. Its somewhat smaller than I had anticipated but, on one side, it has a grip that fits perfectly in your palm for a secure grasp while using it. Flip it over and there's a red super scrubber which I'm assuming is for removing bugs, leeches or dirt clods. Draining excess water and drying it was easy as well which gave it high marks in my book. I can do without the wet towel smell in my gym bag.

Do real men loofah? No, but they do scrub.