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    hi i go to the swimming pool often and i m afraid the water chemical would ruin my hair... how do i prevent this? wearing a cap isnt enough cos hair gets wet anyways........ do you know any products or tips to suggest me?
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    i've heard if you wet your hair up with regular tap water it helps because "supposedly" it won't be able to absorb as much chlorine water if it's already soaked. i heard you can just rinse chlorine out you don't have to wash it out. and i heard club soda helps rinse chlorine out. but i don't know if it's true. i just dive in.

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    sloppyjoe is right, just rinse your hair with water so it won't absorb the pool water. i think you can also then put in a light conditioner to help seal the hair (at least temporarily). you should also rinse your hair immediately after swimming to get rid of the chlorine.

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    yeah i ll try that... we always have to take a shower be4 enter the pool anyways...
    but i ll try to put some wax conditioner too thanx

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    swimming in chlorinated water does nothing to dyed hair. that is an urbanlegend. what happens with your hair is that the ammonia used in the dyeing process leaves a subtle trace of itself in your hair shaft. when you enter water any hard metal like manganese, iron, or most often ,copper that is dissolved in the water clings to the ammonia left in your hair. after the copper sticks to the ammonia it starts to oxidize or force oxygen from the air to stick to it. that is what produces the green color in hair! it is the same green color that is found on the statue of liberty ( the statue is covered in copper and that copper oxidizes)
    the way to prevent your hair from turning green is to coat it in oil or conditioner before swimming and to use a shampoo designed for professional swimmers once a week. the oil keeps any dissolved metal from attaching to the hair shaft in the first place and the swimmers shampoo has a special ingredent designed to strip metal from your hair. use it only once a week though because the shampoo is strong stuff!
    good luck!


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    A good product to use on Summer-ed Out Hair (sun, water, wind beaten hair) is Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Reconstructor. About three bucks at Wal-Mart for 8 OZ. Thick, smells nice and leaves hair silky.

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    Boring and unsexy, but Ultra-Swim shampoo. Pretty easy to come by, too.

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    i use vineager on my hair sometimes after i wash and then rinse it real good. don't know if it's good for swimming. but it'll get your hair good and clean.

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    Default Re: Chlorine and hair damage

    There's a product by Redken call, Swim Cap. I think you put it on b/4 swimming. I never put my head in a chlorinated pool


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    Quote Originally Posted by nekosmeow
    swimming in chlorinated water does nothing to dyed hair. that is an urbanlegend. what happens with your hair is that the ammonia used in the dyeing process leaves a subtle trace of itself in your hair shaft. when you enter water any hard metal like manganese, iron, or most often ,copper that is dissolved in the water clings to the ammonia left in your hair. after the copper sticks to the ammonia it starts to oxidize or force oxygen from the air to stick to it. that is what produces the green color in hair! it is the same green color that is found on the statue of liberty ( the statue is covered in copper and that copper oxidizes)
    the way to prevent your hair from turning green is to coat it in oil or conditioner before swimming and to use a shampoo designed for professional swimmers once a week. the oil keeps any dissolved metal from attaching to the hair shaft in the first place and the swimmers shampoo has a special ingredent designed to strip metal from your hair. use it only once a week though because the shampoo is strong stuff!
    good luck!
    Umm.. no. I had my hair colored red.. it was a beautiful dark auburn color. Plus it was down to my butt - dumb ass me, I sat in a hot tub for about thirty minutes - all the hair that had been in the hot tub turned a lovely shade of St Patrick's day green. Urban legend my ass, unless that green hair was just a figment of my imagination. Also, I've had friends that have had blond hair - bleached and it went green after they went swimming in a pool.

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    ^^^^^ very true, chlorine pulls colour of the shaft, dyed or bleached. If you wet you're hair first you already have the shaft open so nothing (chlorine) can do much harm.

    YES YES redken has a wonderful product for this reason! Try it. Me i never go under water, and tie it in a huge bun on my head if i am in a pool. We have a pool at pro health fitness, and MANY ladies had a green tint or loss of colour after a couple weeks in that damn thing.

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    Default Re: Chlorine and hair damage

    Great advice!I was always wondering about this problem,especially when this happened to me about 12 years ago,hair turned aqua green after swimming in a pool,very freaky,kept me out of the pool for many years.

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    crow sweety, i am a chemical engineering major in my third year of study so i do know what i am talking about. my point was that chlorinated water does nothing to turn your hair green. green happens in any water that contains hard metals especially copper. this effect shows up quicker on hair that is dyed blonde or if there is an excellerant involved such as heat.

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