How hot showers and contrast showers differ in their effect on the body and cellulite in particular?
The difference between a contrast shower and a hot shower is that with the hot shower arteries and veins dilate leading to more nutrients entering the tissues (which is great), more water entering the tissues (which is not that great…) but less waste products and water leaving the tissues (which is really unwelcome), thereby potentially increasing water retention and inflammation. In addition, hot showers relax the central nervous system and decrease metabolic rate. Cold showers in contrast, can have an immediate vasoconstricting effect (blood and lymph vessels contract) which boosts drainage and venous return, and therefore can be very effective in removing waste products from the peripheral tissues, but do not create the vigorous pumping effect that contrast showers create, and are therefore less efficient than the latter. In addition, contrast showers are better tolerated by most people than cold showers, which especially in the winter can be very unpleasant. Finally, cold showers
