I have had this problems numerous times, especially after getting my hair highlighted. The way to get the green out of your hair is lemon juice (DO NOT GET IT IN YOUR EYES IT BURNS BAD)! You simply pour lemon juice all over your hair, leave it in for a few minutes, and then shampoo. Then lemon juice will strip your hair of all the oils so you need to follow up with a good conditioner. Avoid using the same pool - the chemicals may be out of balance - pH and Total Alkalinity need adjusting. It is not that the chlorine is too high. The green is from a high consentration of metals ( copper ) in the water. The cause of that is most likely a pH that is too low.
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On using baking soda with regular shampoo - I am a brunette, and I've had problems with chlorine for years but I no longer want to keep my hair short. I tried using 1 tbsp of baking soda with regular shampoo (nothing special, just a regular drug store buy) and a good conditioner (again, nothing fancy). It works like a charm, really. My hair hasn't been in this condition for ages. I swim about 5 times a week in a chlorinated pool. As long as you leave it in at least 30 seconds (mix baking soda into shampoo just before you use it). Then after a thorough rinse, condition and leave conditioner in for about 1 minute and voila! A beautiful head of healthy chlorine-free hair!
It would be better to avoid green hair. Do not use a copper based algaecide in the pool water, and keep chlorine level below 5 ppm.
As a Cosmetology student, I would advise going to your local beauty supply store, and asking a sales rep. where the shampoos are for chlorine damaged hair (such as your hair turning green). There are shampoos that correct the color imbalance. It's a quick and easy fix. And I would suggest also asking about a "gloss" to put on your hair. You apply it like any other hair coloring product. That should help your hair to NOT turn green when swimming again.
Best answer is to stay out of that pool. Or make certain that the water chemical balance is within specs in the pool(s) that you use. Make sure that the pH and total alkalinity are within tollerance of (ph 7.4 to 7.6) & ( alk = 80 to 120).
As someone who has been a licensed cosmetologist and barber for about 35 years (and was also both a cosmetology and barber instructor) and who as also worked in the pool/spa industry I would say the best way is to get some citric acid (commonly sold in the spice section of the grocery store as Sour Salt and is used in Jewish cooking) and dissolve about 2 teaspoons in a cup of hot water. If you can also get some photographer's hypo (sodium thiosulfate) add two tables spoons to the mixture. Let it cool to lukewarm. Pour through the hair and watch the green disappear. Rinse very well for at least 5 minutes then shampoo and condition. The green is from copper, not chlorine.
I used to use this in the salon (it was a method developed by the late Jheri Redding of Redkin, Jherimack and Nexxus fame.)
The citric acid acts as a reducing agent and converted the green copper complex in the hair to a soluble, colorless form that rinses out of the hair and the sodium thiosulfate destroys any traces of chlorine in the hair which can reoxidize the copper back to the green form before it can be completely rinsed out. If you do not have any sodium thiosulfate then you might need to repeat the citric acid rinse more than once since the first application of citric acid will be used up neutralizing any chlorine residue. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) can be substituted for the citric acid. You would need pure vitamin C in powedered form and use two teaspoons to a cup of hot water. This chemicals are not going to be harmful to the hair and scalp, btw.
This is identica to how copper and other metal stains are removed from the surface of a pool. First the chlorine level is reduced (usually by using sodium thiosulfate or another sulfate compound) and then either citric or ascorbic acid is added to the pool water to remove the stains.
You can buy a chlorine removing shampoo.
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Hair bleaches in the pool not because of the chlorine, but because of the metals and copper in the water. If the pool has a high concentration of metals and copper, then yes, it will appear or turn a faint green.
No; green hair is caused by copper pipes. Just rinse your hair in water that has not gone through the pool plumbing after swimming.
the chlorine make blond hair turn green. if you use chlorine shampoo it should get it out.
No.cause the chlorine well mess up ur hair
It is not the salt water pool or the salt water that is turning your hair green. It is a poorly maintained pool with a chemical imbalance - pH and total alkalinity out of required parameters.
If you suffer from 'green hair' after swimming, there are special shampoos you can buy to prevent this ROM happening. Always wash hair and shower after using a swimming pool, as they are full of chemicals.
If it is a green tint from a swimming pool then yes it does help - DO NOT EAT IT! Let about 6-8 tablets dissolve in water then wash your hair with it.
Yes and the swimming pool will make it fade much faster.
Yes, the chlorine in pools dries out your hair. Try swimming in a saline pool or out in the ocean.
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The color of the pool is no problem at all. If the water is green, who in his right mind would jump in?
Yes, if you are swimming in a pool that has chlorine in it. Some other chemicals added to swimming pools to clean the water react with your hair. It can turn blond hair green and it can change the color if you have dyed or rinsed your hair color.