Help! I am slowly losing all my body hair; arms, underarms, eyebrows, etc. I have been swimming 4X3500 per week for several years. This seems to happen when I have big months - I did 60+ miles in December. Is there anything I can do to alleviate this, and what other effects can I expect?
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Not just hot tubs - I was in a hot sulphur spring in France and I was affected. Didn't think chlorine would have been added to this!
Sorry for your problem but we cannot, to my knowledge be allergic to chlorine. How ever many do say they are allergic. It is probably chemical inbalance that cause the problem. Every time I get really deep into this there are more than likely other problems.
If allergic to chlorine it would not be feasible to drink water that is chlorinated. Not much of that kind of water around nearly all drinking water is chlorinated.
My son swims on a USA Swimming team. During Christmas break, the team took a couple of days off for the holidays, and the pool was closed during that time. When the team got back in the water, the chemicals were so out of balance that all of the kids had bad reactions - some kids had loss of hair, itching, rashes on their faces and bleeding where their suits rubbed. If I remember correctly, it was the PH level that was so high.
