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How or why does swimming pool water turn blonde hair green? email this discussion to a friend?

myLot reputation of 93/100. rahul_2689 (302)   ranked 4,743 out of 19,456 in questions & answers1 year ago

This may sound like a funny question but I couldn't help asking. I have a friend who avoids swimming. One fine day when I asked her to give me a reason for doing so, she kept mum. After nearly an hour of coaxing her into opening her mouth, she finally let it out. She said that her hair turned green whenever she entered a swimming pool. She couldn't figure out all these years as to why it was heppening or maybe she didn't want to let me know. She also proved it by soaking her hair into pool water for while and indeed I could see a greenish shade. She hinted it could it be due to the chlorine but I need a better ans satisfactory answer.
Can anyone reason it out.

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 56/100. savitha_r86 (655)   ranked 1,721 out of 19,456 in questions & answers   1 year ago

I guess the reason is due to the metal composites present in water happy


myLot reputation of 93/100. rahul_2689 (302)   ranked 4,743 out of 19,456 in questions & answers  1 year ago

I guess that can be the reason. But can you explain how they affect the hair colour so quickly and why only green. You know, even hormones in human body cannot turn hair grey so quickly.
Also, why does it happen only temporarily?
Is there a prevention technique?

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2. myLot reputation of 75/100. bigott (333)   ranked 2,015 out of 19,456 in questions & answers   1 year ago

may her hair are allergic to the dirty water of that pool.

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3. myLot reputation of 70/100. Davidarich (766)   ranked 5,430 out of 19,456 in questions & answers   1 year ago

If a pool is not properly tended, it can (and does) absorb copper salts. Pool hedaters are the common source.

If the Ph is then allowed to get above 8.3, the copper salts will be taken up by hair. Since blobde hair has little pigment (colour) to mask the copper when it starts to precipitate out of the hair as the Ph changes (which is made worse by shampooing, by the way), blondes turn green.

It happens to darker hair colours, too, but it just isn't so visible. Add bleach or blonding and the effect is even more dramatic. So...it isn't chlorine, it is copper in a poorly maintained pool.


myLot reputation of 70/100. Davidarich (766)   ranked 5,430 out of 19,456 in questions & answers  1 year ago

Oops...that should read 'pool heaters'.

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4. myLot reputation of 48/100. arko006 (979)   ranked 5,193 out of 19,456 in questions & answers   1 year ago

Well my friend it isn't the chlorine that turns blonde hair green. Oxidized metals in the water bind to the protein in the hair shaft and deposit their color. The metal that produces the green tint is copper, which is most commonly found in algicides, though it naturally occurs in some water. The bleach that is added to a pool may be responsible for oxidizing the metal, but it's not the cause of the color.

If your hair turns green, you can remove the discoloration by using a shampoo that chelates the metal. To some extent, you can prevent copper from binding to the hair by sealing the hair cuticle with a conditioner before swimming. Rinsing your hair immediately after leaving the pool will help protect it, too. happy

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5. myLot reputation of 87/100. craftcatcher (2277)   ranked 5,818 out of 19,456 in questions & answers   1 year ago

Chlorine isn't what turns the hair green. A lot of pool chemicals (algae killers, ph adjusters, ionizers, etc.) tend to have a lot of copper in them. A lot of the pipes which carry the water are also made of copper. Copper will turn blonde hair green because it coats the hair.

If a person had bleached blonde hair it will add to the problem because the cuticle of the hair shaft is open and does not lay flat. This gives the copper even more spots to collect on the hair shaft making the green color even more pronounced.

If the water is chelated (additives to remove metals) then hair won't change color.

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6. myLot reputation of 93/100. salonga (4656)   ranked 27 out of 19,456 in questions & answers   1 year ago

Well I also can't answer the question so I researched and this is what I find out from: http://chemistry.about.co... isn't the chlorine that turns blonde hair green. Oxidized metals in the water bind to the protein in the hair shaft and deposit their color. The metal that produces the green tint is copper, which is most commonly found in algicides, though it naturally occurs in some water. The bleach that is added to a pool may be responsible for oxidizing the metal, but it's not the cause of the color.
If your hair turns green, you can remove the discoloration by using a shampoo that chelates the metal. To some extent, you can prevent copper from binding to the hair by sealing the hair cuticle with a conditioner before swimming. Rinsing your hair immediately after leaving the pool will help protect it, too."

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7. serenalhj (1)   1 year ago

i have another question, our teacher (chemistry) showed us a "water machine"(what's she called) today, she put 1/2 gallon of water in that machine and 2gallons water came out. can the water came out is GREEN! can anyone pleeeeeeeaz explain to me that happened to the original water???


serenalhj (1)  1 year ago

i'm waiting online...can anyone pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease answer my question?:)

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