Although showering and washing/deep conditioning my hair daily --- the fact of life at present reality remains that the aversion is to the whole idea of having to get all wet.

This was a great, simple common wisdom truth shared with me by a dear beloved passed elder friend/father of my best friend. Decades ago. Brilliant man, jazz musician, retired major airlines pilot, designer/builder of experimental hobbyaircraft ... also diabetic, in his early age eighties when he shared that simple wisdom with me. "Thanks, Al. That's good to know for when I get old." Tee hee. And now I too am old and DearAl is long since gone and wormfood, as he also would say.
He always fed the birds.