Green hair is not just a condition caused from the chlorine in your swimming pool; it can also be caused by the chlorine in your water. Anyone who swims in lakes or bathes in hard water is susceptible to this problem, whether they have blond, brown, black, or red hair.
What does chlorine do to the hair?
Active chlorine creates a gummy feel to the hair.
Active chlorine causes your hair to become like straw.
Active chlorine causes your hair to feel dry.
Active chlorine causes your hair to become brittle and lack luster.
Chlorine damages the cuticle and allows other elements to seep in, further destroying your hair.
Chlorine oxidizes and can cause the sun and air to worsen the conditions above.
Hair tends to become resistant to perming, coloring, or relaxing.
Dandruff or dry flakey scalp.
An additional reason of green hair is copper in the water. In what instances can you find copper in water?
Well water.
Acidic water and copper plumbing, ph balance.
Copper sulfates used in swimming pools and ponds.
What are the effects of copper on the hair?
Copper discolors hair ? blond hair becomes green and all other colors darken.
Copper can weigh hair down and cause dryness.
Copper can hinder the proper processing of perms, coloring, and relaxers.
Protection
A barber color gloss or clear coat will help fill and seal the cuticle (the outermost layer of the hair) and stop the chlorine from seaping into the hair strand. Additionally, a color gloss or clear coat acts as a conditioner and regularly conditions while it is on the hair.
Even fine, white-blond hair can be protected. If you are a swimmer and you swim a lot, before you get into the pool, thoroughly wet your hair with tap water until it is soaking wet. Liberally apply a hair conditioner and put on your swimming cap. Be sure to keep your swimming cap on.
Treatment Alternatives
Several treatment options are offered for fixing green hair, some found right in your own cupboards.
1. Take a small can of tomato paste, tomato sauce or use ketchup (they can work together or separate, whatever you have); get in the shower, work it onto your hair, let it sit for 5-10 minutes, then shampoo your hair as you would normally, condition and rinse; voila, no more green. (This is a troublesome and untidy method).
2. Baking soda, Alka Seltzer, Coca-cola, and Vinegar. All of these items will function as well. Interchange shampooing with a cleansing and a pigmented shampoo.
3. Aspirin Wash: Buy the most inexpensive type of un-coated aspirin. Fill a cup from 1 quarter to 1 third full of aspirin add water to full, make sure aspirin is totally liquefied prior to rinsing hair with it. Work it into the hair and scalp; let it sit for about two minutes before shampooing as normal.
4. Buy shampooing products for green or swimmer hair.
Green hair is a problem to be sure; but it is not a problem that cannot be fixed. Your green hair when addressed properly can turn back to beautiful and shining hair in a matter of minutes using the right products.
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