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Dear ALL, Like many of you, I used to suffer from dry skin -- skin so dry, that I also suffered from eczema. I recall Michael Rae's solution, of increasing the fat content in one's diet -- but that is not consistent with my diet. For the past several months, I have been taking a really cold shower after exercising -- I exercise six days a week in my local gym, on the most recent model Precor elliptical cross-trainer with hand motion, at the maximum resistance and a high speed (approximately 5miles per hour). Immediately after the workout, I take my once-daily shower in the gym's shower room -- and it's a VERY cold shower. I wait about 20 seconds for the water to get appropriately cold, and then smile, and, in a semi-meditative state, allow the very cold water to bathe my back, starting my shower. It's much easier than it sounds. I take my complete shower, using a good quality soap (a clone of Olay extra mositurising with shay butter beads), and then dry. I use no moisturising cream. I've recently seen my dermatologist, for my annual skin scan. He found my skin in excellent health, and, for the first time, no problem of dry skin. I explained that I'm taking cold showers -- and my reasoning: a warm or hot shower washes away your natural skin oils. He told me that, whatever I'm doing, I should continue it. -- Saul
