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Mineral damage

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Topic: Mineral damage
Posted By: Cheryl
Subject: Mineral damage
Date Posted: January 12 2000 at 1:28am
I used to have very long hair until we built a new home with well water. It didn't take long until after moving into our new home and repeated washing of my hair til I saw breakage and drying out. It got so bad that I had to haul water in milk jugs from my mom's house where she had city water. In the end the minerals in our water had broken off the entire front and sides to my shoulders. I had to get the back cut off as well. We invested in a water conditioner..but I still see some breakage. We were told we had maganese in our water. A hair stylist told me to buy distilled water in the grocery store and use it as a final rinse to help keep the minerals off of my hair. She told me a water conditioner will not entirely remove all minerals out of well water. I would love to grow my hair back down again.. Has anyone else dealt with this kind of problem before? Cheryl



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