Callum on Nostr: I'm not a cold showers zealot but I did do a year of exclusively cold showers as an ...
I'm not a cold showers zealot but I did do a year of exclusively cold showers as an experiment. Two things I noticed :
1. I have generally (very) good skin but did have, like a lot of people, drier skin on my elbows. These patches of drier skin went away and turned pink and smooth again.
2. Natural highlights came back into my hair, to a startling degree. I had very blond hair as a child, ageing into a more ash blond. The cold water brought back shining colour into my hair. That convinced me to go 'no poo' (no shampoo), after seeing how good sebum retention is for your hair.
Even just going cooler is better than hot hot showers (I haven't kept to strict cold showers). And hot baths are fine too. It's the hot water continually running over your skin & through yr hair in a shower which is what's damaging.
1. I have generally (very) good skin but did have, like a lot of people, drier skin on my elbows. These patches of drier skin went away and turned pink and smooth again.
2. Natural highlights came back into my hair, to a startling degree. I had very blond hair as a child, ageing into a more ash blond. The cold water brought back shining colour into my hair. That convinced me to go 'no poo' (no shampoo), after seeing how good sebum retention is for your hair.
Even just going cooler is better than hot hot showers (I haven't kept to strict cold showers). And hot baths are fine too. It's the hot water continually running over your skin & through yr hair in a shower which is what's damaging.