Why Long Hair?

One of the challenges I have to deal with is hard water. I live in the San Diego area, and our water is very hard.

Hard water has a lot of stuff in it, and it’s certainly not gentle to your hair. Chlorine may be in your water, and you probably know from swimming how hard that can be on your hair.

One option is to add a filter to your shower head, so that some of the chemicals are removed before they get to your hair. This can add up pricewise, of course. You have to buy the initial equipment and regularly replace the filters.

Hard water can limit the effectiveness of your shampoo. If you take steps to filter out the chemicals, you may find that you need less shampoo to wash your hair.

Another option is to use better water only as a final rinse. You may even have the equipment you need right in your kitchen already. And, as you may already know, cool water is better for your long hair than hot, so finishing off with unheated water is a benefit in that way too.

If you have any sort of water filtration in your kitchen, pick a container and fill it with filtered water before you wash your hair. When you are down to the final rinse of your hair, pour the filtered water over it. This will help to rinse out the hard water, limiting the damage it does to your hair.