Swimming Can Cause Baldness
February 10, 2008 by laura
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
According to the Department of Research Writing at Quick Hair Loss Treatment Centre in Atlanta, studies are showing that swimming in chlorinated pools can result in hair discoloration and hair loss. OK this doesn’t seem like entirely big news to me. When I was a kid we all knew someone who once had blonde hair that turned green – because they swam everyday. I hadn’t heard about it in awhile, but I guess that has really never gone away. There are hair care products that can prevent your hair color from turning – and if it does, there is always a quick fix.
Now the hair loss part is tricky. I know that chlorinated water can damage your hair. I have spent enough time in pools to know that after a while, my own hair feels like straw -and I wished that I was brave enough to shave it off, and start again. But I didn’t know that you could actually lose it. I guess it makes sense. Chemicals cause damage. If you spend a lot of time in a pool, you might want to consider wearing a swim cap, or make sure you are using hair products specifically designed for hair that spends a lot of time in chemically treated water.
To know more about this development, go here.
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I have lost 90 per cent of my hair swimming in
chlorinated pools for the last year and one-half.
I can’t get a swim cap to stay on, but do use a
product by Kerastase called Aqua Proof before I
go in the water. I swim for about 35 minutes, 4
times per week for my rheumatoid arthritis and I am a few years post-menopausal and am 56 years-old. I always thoroughly wash and condi-tion my hair with Kerastase Soleil hair products for sun and chlorine. I only swim indoors. My rheumatologist thought my hair loss was due to some of the arthritis drugs and the dermatol-ogist thinks it is pattern baldness. I now wear wigs when I go out socially or on business.
Quite frankly, I think it’s a combination of being
post-menopausal, having an auto-immune system disease like rheumatoid arthritis and
swimming in a chlorinated pool. I just hope that
I don’t lose all of my hair and am using rogaine.
Anyone else having this problem?
I’m 29 years old and lost ~20% of my hair by swimming in pool water at Bally Total Fitness. My solution? Stop swimming! I’ve permanently given up swimming because it is not worth it. Think about it, I’m young, unmarried and don’t want to be bald! I might swim again when I’m 70 and no longer care. Thanks for this article….