> † The author acknowledges the recent trend of "cold showers" and considers them (a) a trend, (b) undignified, (c) a waste of some life-sustaining solidary time.
I always end my showers with cool water because it works wonders for preventing dryness and itchiness on my skin. I use actually cold water to rinse my scalp.
This is all very different than a shower with no hot water mixed in whatsoever. Deepening on the climate and season, water that cold can cause physical harm. In other words, I'm betting most of these "cold showerers" are actually use cool water, not anything as dramatically cold as they might want us to infer.
Hear, hear!