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Inspired by this question How to use toilet paper I want to ask "How to use toilet without toilet paper".

During my travels through Asian countries, it was common to see the toilet without toilet paper but with hand shower. For me it's still unbelievable, that somebody may use only hand shower afterwards.

I'm not asking about how to use those hand showers. I'm asking about what to do next. Dress on the wet body or what? Is it healthy? Can you get cold to wear wet underwear?

p.s. I know I can take a toilet paper with myself. I'm asking how to do it in common basis. Especially I want to understand how asian and muslim women cope with it. May be they have some secret private towel or using three stones or have some other secret technics.

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I wish to hear answer from a female person as well – MikkaRin

Here's the female from India.
I haven't yet seen a toilet paper so there is no question of me knowing how to use it.

I don't carry nor I know of anyone carrying a secret towel.

Here's how I do it:
1. I don't directly place the shower's head towards my bottom since the water may splash towards my clothes and my feet, making them wet unnecessarily.
2. I turn the shower's head away from my body and collect little water in my palm.
3. Bring only that water (collected in my palm) near my bottom and apply it only where it is needed, carefully.
4. When I get up, I shake my bottom just to let water drops fall off.
5. Then I simply put on my underwear and pants and move out.

No, the water does not get shown through my clothes (or anyone else's) for the reason being that we mostly wear those cotton underwears which cover all our hip parts. The cotton full cover underwear soaks up the little water remaining on the buts which soon gets forgotten as we move out.

India being a conservative and not so rich country, the things like thongs (which don't cover the butts) are worn on special occasions and that too by upper middle class. If you are used to wearing thongs, then may be you'll have to carry the secret towel etc.

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I am an Asian we are used hand showers in toilet.
There are no health problems for using hand showers, the same action when you are used papers,
about the cold its related to place you are traveling. Most Asian countries are average temperature so it's not a problem.

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