# Do 'cold showers' work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 6, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908 "2002-12-06T14:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/1 "2002-12-06T14:03:19Z")
You know what I’m talking about 🙂 does it work or is it a myth? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/2 "2002-12-06T14:15:34Z")
One can certainly get fairly clean with a cold shower, if not as clean as with a hot one. Make sure you are using a lot of soap, and a good washcloth or scrub brush, and your resultant hygiene should be good enough to help you love women. QtM, MD ---
**Author:** ![TheLadyLion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@TheLadyLion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLadyLion)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/3 "2002-12-06T15:22:49Z")
Depends on what you’re asking. Does it work to sober up a drunk person? Nope, never has, never will. Does it work to make you “un-horny?” Possibly… cold water has a habit of making certain things go limp, shrivel and crawl up into warmer places in the body. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/4 "2002-12-06T15:28:11Z")
The Ladylion hit the nail on the head. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/5 "2002-12-06T17:35:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*The Ladylion hit the nail on the head. \*\* Which one - drunk or horny? ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/6 "2002-12-06T17:52:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ol’Gaffer \* > \*\*Which one - drunk or horny? \*\* Given that **Ryan\_Liam** is at college up in Manchester, I would guess the latter. Come on… what kind of student ever wants to sober up? 😃 Ryan, matey - join a ball-room dancing society, there’s bound to be one in Manchester Uni. Get along to their beginners’ classes and you’re almost guarenteed to pull 😉 Worked for me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/7 "2002-12-06T18:22:27Z")
:rolleyes: Dude. Get horned up. Then take one and get back to us, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/8 "2002-12-06T18:48:49Z")
In my experience, taking a cold shower as a remedy for horniness only leaves you cold, wet, and horny. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/9 "2002-12-06T18:51:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joey G \* > \*\*In my experience, taking a cold shower as a remedy for horniness only leaves you cold, wet, and horny. > > YMMV. \*\* Guess it depends who else is in the cold shower with you… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/10 "2002-12-06T18:51:36Z")
I did take one I didn’t work ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/11 "2002-12-06T18:53:45Z")
What does ymmv mean? ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/12 "2002-12-06T18:59:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*What does ymmv mean? \*\* I usually take it to me “your mileage may vary”, but YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/13 "2002-12-06T19:01:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*I did take one I didn’t work \*\* So you already answered your own question. (And still needed to ask? :rolleyes: ) Thanks for coming out. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/14 "2002-12-06T19:03:35Z")
Let me ask, has a dumb hairy balding north american ape ever taken a cold shower? ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/15 "2002-12-06T19:05:50Z")
Taking cold showers never worked for me, but I was in high school when I tried it. I don’t think _anything_ would have worked on me in high school. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/16 "2002-12-06T19:08:10Z")
Well when does yuor libido start to wind down to normal functions? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/17 "2002-12-06T19:11:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*Well when does yuor libido start to wind down to normal functions? \*\* Usually after sex. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/18 "2002-12-06T19:15:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*Let me ask, has a dumb hairy balding north american ape ever taken a cold shower? \*\* Never needed to… ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/19 "2002-12-06T19:16:00Z")
Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cold-showers-work/140908/20 "2002-12-06T19:17:32Z")
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