Yes. As a shorty, I love detachable shower heads because it makes rinsing my hair so much faster, but our new house didn't have one until recently and you know what? I didn't need to cup my hands and "aimlessly splash water at my sweatiest parts," because I could still fully wash every part of me.  I do also have a little round scrub brush on a stick, that I use as it's intended--for my back. Because as a normal person, that's the only part of me that it's hard to properly reach.