Having noticed that the vast majority of my personal vices aren’t good for me, I ask: Is it unhealthy to take long showers?
Other than the temperature having the usual effect on weak hearts I can’t think of anything wrong with it. Unless by long you mean days in which case you may have a problem.
If you healthy, not in the strictest sense, unless you’re staying in the shower to avoid going to work or dealing with personal problems.
QtM, MD
Heat shock proteins and showers. Some people have reactions.
I have read that long hot showers can dry out your skin excessively (see this example advice). And I have personally noted that I tend to have itchy skin after a long hot shower during cold weather and this may be caused by skin dryness.
Hot showers do tend to dilate your blood vessels as the body rushes blood to circulate through the skin to deal with the high temperature. But I have no idea what such sustained dilation might do to you.
Fergus