#CHARCOAL FILTERING SKIN#

Water Geek, says shower-filter users find that they have “softer hair and skin, hair color that lasts longer and is better able to maintain its gloss and shine.”

#CHARCOAL FILTERING SKIN#

Water softeners and filters can remove these elements to relieve issues like dry skin or dandruff. Hard water contains minerals like calcium and magnesium that can dry out the hair and skin.

There are also aesthetic reasons for filtering your shower water: “Many people notice that their hair is drier when they shampoo with hard water, that it frizzes more easily, and that not as much lather is created,” says Anabel Kingsley, a trichologist (hair and scalp specialist) at the Philip Kingsley Clinic. These chemicals don’t have to be ingested to cause health problems, she says, as studies have shown that lifeguards and frequent swimmers at indoor pools with high levels of chlorine have experienced problems such as exacerbated asthma symptoms. According to Olga Naidenko, Ph.D., a senior science adviser at the Environmental Working Group (EWG), chlorine, a by-product of water disinfection, is commonly found in municipal water supplies, as are hazardous volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including the carcinogenic trichloroethylene. If you filter your drinking water to avoid potentially harmful chemicals, it’s not a huge leap to consider a shower water filter.

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