Chlorine remains on your skin if you don't - and causes constant irritation. Also if you care about hair, you should wash it out with shampoo - water alone won't remove the chlorine entirely
Never swam in a freshwater lake. But I think I probably still would.
This is one of those little statements that just reminds you how big the world is. I've pretty much only gone to beaches on freshwater lakes, apart from a few vacations to far away places. The idea that it would be inverted for someone else is really jarring to my brain.
Meanwhile, as someone who grew up by a coast, I was shocked when I first heard somebody refer to a lake as a "beach". If you live somewhere that has both, lake beaches are not called beaches. They're just lakes or lakeshores.
Yes, no chlorine or saltwater but still residue there. However, if I was camping, I'd use sea or lakes to wash. If its a pleasure swim with facilities available, I'd always shower, or at least rinse off.
With chlorine I'll tend to wash my hair twice as its quite damaging and when home I'll use a cleansing shampoo (they help remove chlorine).
Freshwater lakes are quite nice to swim in and get out without showering. Skin can feel a little more coarse than when you get out of a bot bath, but still not uncomfortable enough by itself to warrant a shower. But if you have medium to long hair, you'd definitely want hot water and maybe soap/shampoo to untangle and unbunch it to feel comfortable.
Yes. Once in a while is probably fine - growing up I'd occasionally "shower" in the swimming pool if we didn't have power after a storm (on well water, no power means no water) - but one summer I was in the swimming pool so much that the chlorine turned my hair green.
I love swimming, and going to the local swimming pool is one of my fave things to do. The chlorine makes my skin itchy and overall isn't too good for you, so I always make sure to shower after I'm finished! There's also just an extra layer of cleanliness that is felt after using the showers
I've never been in a pool as I have easy access to beaches (I still don't go anyways). I suspect many people here take showers after going to beach, to rid themselves of the sand that gets everywhere.