Skin and hair Chlorine is a powerful combatant against many parasites and disease-causing pathogens because of its harsh

nature. Chlorine, though, is also a poison. Just as its harshness attacks pathogens and parasites, it attacks delicate body tissues when breathed or absorbed through the skin. Chlorine is present in this water, as well, and can cause the same damaging problems to skin and hair as the chlorinated water in swimming pools. When showering, the heat of the water causes pores to expand and these enlarged pores absorb chlorine instantly. Chlorine is not a mineral but an oxidizer. Chlorine is put into

drinking water and swimming pools to kill bacteria. In addition to the following effects chlorine has on hair, due to its oxidizing effects, chlorine also oxidizes minerals onto the hair causing worse effects of those minerals. The chlorin effect to hair : 1. Acti e chlorine in the hair can cause hair to feel gumm! when wet and straw"like when dr!. Chlorine can damage the cuticle and proteins of the hair. 2. As an oxidizer, chlorine can cause the air and sun to oxidize hair and worsen the conditions listed abo e. 3. Chlorine can cause hair to feel dr!. 4. Chlorine can cause hair to become brittle. 5. Chlorine can cause hair to lack shine
The chlorine in our shower water condenses much uicker than water does. When we luxuriate in that relaxing, steamy shower, we are being inundated with chlorine gas. !n the case of our skin, that steamy water is opening our pores and allowing the "apori#ed chlorine, now in a much more concentrated form, to enter our bodies through the open pores, and do its damage. $amage to the skin includes% & & & & & patchy dryness, itchiness, acne, irritation, and an imbalance of natural, healthy bacteria on the skin.

'ecause chlorine is pro"en to cause damage to body cells, more serious, long-term problems could also result. Such long term effects might include asthmatic symptoms, kidney damage, and, because chlorine is a known carcinogen, the possibility of cancer. (nother fact regarding the chlorine in our shower water is that this chemical actually causes our skin to age prematurely. Chlorine can cause wrinkles, and dry, blotchy skin that is not only unattracti"e and uncomfortable, but unhealthy, as well. Certain areas of the skin are more affected than others, with the face, genital area, back, and abdomen among the most ad"ersely affected. sumbernya%

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