chlorine. AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Topic: chlorine. AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted By: Bryan
Subject: chlorine. AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 5:05pm
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ok, so ive gone swimming a total of two times now and did not wash my
hair inbetween. so now, my hair feels totally fried. its all damaged
rough feeling. today i did my co routine ( suave daily clarifying
conditioner, biolage conditioning balm, pantene for color treated hair,
with the last two being left on for about 3 minutes each) and it still
felt rough. so i used some of my avon naturals conditioner for damaged
hair which i have spiked with 2 tbls of evoo as a leave in, and used
some biolage smooth and shine milk. well, as you may have guessed my
hair still feels rough to the touch, and idk what to do ne more. what
can i do to make my hair feel healthier, and to prevent this from
happening next time? ------------- learn to love what you were born with you can do anything if you set your mindto it (just dont try this with hair,that could turn out bad) |
Replies:
Posted By: Trinity05
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 5:34pm
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My guess would be, next time you go swimming maybe try and rinse your hair throughly with bottled or tap water. Just continue doing what you are doing conditioner wise and your hair should bounce back soon. Trinity |
Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 6:00pm
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All kinds of weird chlorine compounds and by-products can build up on your hair if you allow it to dry without rinsing after swimming. Try to rinse promptly and wash if possible. ------------- 
Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask? |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 7:15pm
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thanks you gals, ill try that in the future. ekatherine, just wanted to
let you know that my hair has gotten so much better since i started
following the co routine. this was really a great tip. thanks so much.
o and my the way, my hair wasnt as bad off as ithought it was today.
now that it's dried, its much softer. i think that the leave in
conditioner with oil is what really helped. ------------- learn to love what you were born with you can do anything if you set your mindto it (just dont try this with hair,that could turn out bad) |
Posted By: leia1979
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 8:32pm
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Before you go swimming, put some leave-in conditioner in your
hair. That often helps your hair from absorbing as much
chlorine. Rinse as soon as possible after swimming (shampooing
ASAP is even better). I've always used Ultra Swim shampoo (available at most drug stores) after
swimming in a pool...it's supposed to be specially formulated to break
down the chlorine. Hopefully that should help keep your hair in good shape the next time you visit the pool! =) |