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My hands.

I suspect at some point I'll switch to a brush with a handle.

I have a small hammer I use, to lightly chip away at the wall tiles to provide both exfoliation, a back scratcher, and acupuncture all in one.

I’m surprised how few answers actually include actually practical and helpful tools such as a bathing brush with a good long grip to reach just about everywhere. Is this a cultural thing? I swear I’ve seen them in British tv series at the very least, so I know for sure these are a common thing at least in the Nordics and the UK.

But I mean it’s the best. Really gets the old dead skin cells and other stuff off, and the blood flowing. The bristles are a bit rough, but that just makes it that much more pleasurable, you really feel it!

Edit:

These things, surely they are mostly everywhere?

Long ago I planted a colony of sentient microbes there, and bade them subdue the area and keep it free of vermin. They have tamed the wilderness and established a sophisticated, well ordered civilization. Although recently I have been feeling a lot warmer.

Bend the arm the ouchholyfuckalmostreach way. Scrub. Then bend the arm the owfuckalmostjesuschrist way. Scrub again. Easy!

I got a prehensile penis.

I get my partner to do it for me!

Japanese exfoliating wash cloth

I mean, I assume the water running down my body when I shower is good enough? Can't imagine my back of all places getting so dirty that I need to scrub it.

With someone else's front?

I got long arms and an exfoliating luffa. I just wash every part. There's no part of my back that I can't reach.

I always wash my back very happily and with a good amount of water.

~~I put liquid soap in the palm of my left hand. Turn one the water and put my right hand under, then let water roll off into my left hand. Turn off the water. Wash hands without wasting water. Turn it on to rinse.~~

~~There's a guy at my office who would let the water run for the entire five minutes that he brushed his teeth after lunch. I got so sick of it that I printed a sign and taped it to the wall. It said not to waste water and to turn it off while brushing. I haven't seen him doing it since, but I also haven't seen him at all since. I hope he saw it before someone took it down.~~

Edit: misread the title.

Water

My arms are pretty flexible so I just use my hands & a washcloth.

The only way anyone should ever do it.

Get a back and shoulder loofah and call it a day (not endorsing this one, just using it as an example of what I'm talking about).

Soap the washcloth, hold opposite corners diagonally for what I can't reach, occasionally use a brush for extra measure.

I rub my bar of soap on it and then wash it off. Do you not?

Do some yoga my friend!

With my hands and a loofah. I'm double jointed in my shoulders and can easily reach every part of my back

The only effective way is to find a spouse or partner who actually cares about you.

(now single) Old fart here.

Otherwise this is my current one (they're all about 4/10 IMHO): Exfoliating Back Scrubber for... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C1YZDFFM or something similar

Reach as far as I can, use trickle-down soapenomics to take care of the rest.

I use my hands to wash my back. You?

I use a scrubbing brush with a long handle.

I don’t. The mind-controlling alien parasite attached to my spine doesn’t let me when I try reaching for it…

I got one of these things

Works pretty good and you can put some force down and really get that back nice and clean.

A belt-like loofa that you hold on both ends and pull from side to side.