My blond-headed sons spend most of the summer in the swimming pool and end up with green hair. Am I adding too much chlorine to my pool water?
Actually, it’s not the chlorine itself that turns swimmers’ hair green. It is the corrosion of metals that can happen in a swimming pool that stains hair as well as other things in the swimming pool. To try to prevent corrosion of metals in your pool, check regularly with a test kit to make sure that the water is balanced. When the pH level is too low, corrosion happens. In the meantime, there are shampoos on the market made especially for “swimmers’ hair”. Any shampoo containing the chelating agent ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) should remove the dissolved metals from the hair shaft. To protect the hair from turning green, some frequent swimmers have adopted the practice of massaging a conditioner into their hair and protecting it with a swim cap. Hair not only keeps from becoming green, but it will be soft too.
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