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Iron Problems

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Topic: Iron Problems
Posted By: foxfan318
Subject: Iron Problems
Date Posted: January 08 2001 at 10:43pm
Here in the Flathead Valley we are known for our hard water. The city`s water comes from an aquifer so even the town water is hard. A friend of mine has her own well and her trouble is dealing with iron. Clarifying shampoos don`t seem to work. The only way she can get rid of it is to get a perm. As soon as the solution is applied, it starts to run red. Now, currently she uses EP because she loves it. (I caused her addiction with sample size bottles) ;p

any tips? she asked me to find out for her. She has very fine thin hair and its kinda mousy brown with ash/grey peppered thru out. if you know what you are looking for, you can see the minerals on her hair. Right where the shower nozzle hits her on the back of her head. I am puzzled.

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Hair type: fine but thick; natural blonde with 15% grey


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Posted By: Karen Shelton
Date Posted: January 10 2001 at 5:34am
Reply to message: viewthread.asp?forum=AMB%5FAP804060353&id=1062&page=1#21.1062.1 - 21.1062.1
Hi,

Cher, who used to be a regular here, had a similar problem. What she did was to get a special water purifier for her shower head to filter out the minerals. It made a huge difference for her. Before she got to the point of doing that I know that she used inexpensive distilled water to wash and rinse her hair. That also helped a lot. I know for me that when I travel on business I find that sometimes I have to rinse my hair with bottled water since my hair reacts badly to some cities. I would suspect that the reason the perm helps her hair is because it alters the cuticle and probably blocks the absorption of the minerals into her hair. I would also suspect that the solution turns red as a result of the iron mineral buildup on her hair.

If it were me, I would personally only wash my hair in distilled or bottled water and see if this made a difference. I am so happy to hear that she likes the EP. The classic shampoo is very good at removing gunk and minerals. Did she try that as a clarifier?

Hope that helps. There is also an article written by Cher here at HairBoutique.com about her battle with well water. I will see if I can find it in theindex and post it.

Best wishes,
Karen

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That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-)

Posted By: Karen Shelton
Date Posted: January 10 2001 at 5:35am
Reply to message: viewthread.asp?forum=AMB%5FAP804060353&id=1062&page=1#21.1080.1 - 21.1080.1
Cher`s articles is located at:
http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip036.htm - http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip036.htm

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That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-)

Posted By: foxfan318
Date Posted: January 10 2001 at 9:27pm
i had read cher`s article before :) thank you

as far as the EP line, I had an ep rep send me samples of all of them and she had one of each of everything he has.

I can`t remember which ones she ended up buying full size bottles of, but I knew there were 5 of them because she ordered them thru me from you. No credit card. :/

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Hair type: fine but thick; natural blonde with 15% grey


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