I was just wondering what others do for their chlorine damaged hair. My daughter has beautiful hair that is just getting damaged to the point that it is unmanageable. She goes swimming while I work out, three times a week and won't wear her cap. It looks great when I brush it but by the time we get to school it looks wild. I have joke with the teachers at the school about how crazy her hair can get.
Wear a cap. When I did wear a cap, my hair would get white from the chlorine. Plus, she needs to wash it after she swims. I swim all the time now and I don't have to highlight look to my hair that you get with the chlorine.
The best thing to do..? No the only thing really she can do if she wants to swim capless is to wet her hair in the shower first, swim ,then shower rinse shampoo and condition. The first wetting in the shower fills the hair with non chlorinated water, makes it harder for the chlorine to get in there.
Caps are the best protection but if she does not want to wear one shes not alone. Conditioners?? what ever one she likes .
She does take a shower before she goes into the water and I do shampoo and condition her hair right after swimming. She is six and doesn't really care or understand what the water can do to her hair. I was just wondering if there is some product out there that can help damaged hair.
wear a cap
cut it off
my son did an experiment for science fair on how to keep hair from turning green
ultra swim worked well
but what really got the chlorine and copper out of hair was "Fruit Fresh" not a hair product, it has citric acid
maybe for the wild hair a conditioner and a hair gel
personally I like to keep my hair so short I don't have to comb it
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Originally posted by SWinkleblech
I was just wondering what others do for their chlorine damaged hair. My daughter has beautiful hair that is just getting damaged to the point that it is unmanageable. She goes swimming while I work out, three times a week and won't wear her cap. It looks great when I brush it but by the time we get to school it looks wild. I have joke with the teachers at the school about how crazy her hair can get.
I like "Chlorifree" spray after I swim. You can find it at www.worldwideaquatics.com. Of course always shampoo and condition right away.Ultra Swim and Swimmer's Solution shampoos are good. I also deep condition once a week with Aussie 3 minute miracle reconstructor.
Happy Swimming!
Swimmy :)
Having gone through this with my daughter, it is somewhat a losing battle. My daughter now wheres a cap most of the time, but she is almost 12. At 6, no way. There is a product called ION crystal gel treatment that you can buy at Sally's beauty supply. It comes in little purple packets and is a powder that you mix with 2 ounces of warm water. It forms a very snotty like substance which you put in her wet hair, and then put a plastic cap on it. Heat the hair for 20 minutes with a hair dryer, then wash it out, and condition it really good. Infusion is a good product and so is VO5 hot oil treatment. If you can, get her to sit still for this at least once a month. I use it for my own hair once a month, and it really makes a difference.
I just buy the kid's shampoo with conditioner in it, which seems to work great and doesn't sting the eyes. Once the hair is damaged, it is damaged, and all you can do is keep going to the styling shop for more frequent trims. All the conditioners in the world only mask the damaged, and eventually you got to trim out the damaged ends etc.
Well thats about all you can do. it may be possible that the cap she has is too tight..there are many others available and the traditional bubble style comes in sizes. You can also hot glue decorations on the cap or help her do it if she would like something she made. Ultra Swim is a shampoo but you are already wetting her hair shampooing ect. Or see whats on Ebay search swim cap
The Swim Cap Guide: Hair Care for Swimmers
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Coming from experience -- I too took a long time to wear my cap, finally gave in on October (and I'm 25!!) the best thing I found to get my hair back in shape (aside from the obligatory haircut) is coconut oil. Wet her hair before the pool and spread some coconut oil on it. Oil is much more resistant to the chlorine than conditioner, and coconut oil is great for the hair (just make sure to wash it all out after swimming!)
