Is Chlorine in Water Causing Hair Loss?

Hi,
I came to Dubai 2 months back and from the beginning I am losing my hair very fast. When my hair is wet during the shower, it falls out even when I just touch them. I never had any problems with my hairs in my life. My hairs were very strong but dry without dandruff. After a month in Dubai I was feeling a little itching and I saw I was having dandruff, although I don’t have much dandruff now, but it has started. I heard Dubai water is not good for hair because it contains chlorine. I don’t want to lose my hairs and want to grow them big. I was using Vatika shampoo before Dubai and now here I have started using Sunsilk egg and also use oil to keep my hairs soft. My hairs are just falling, how to stop them and make them dark, strong & black. Which shampoo should I use. How is Head & Shoulders? Help me.

Again and again, I tell my patients that they need a diagnosis. You are grasping for straws until you get properly evaluated with a mapping of your scalp for miniaturization. Please see a good doctor first, get examined and have a proper diagnosis in hand, then look for causes if the hair loss results from other outside factors. This, a good doctor can tell you. Chlorine should do no more harm to your hair in normal therapeutic doses than water without the chlorine.

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vivek - July 14th, 2006 at 3:17 am

hey what if chlorine levels r more then therapeutic levels . or any other ion being used in drinking or bathing water. what 2 do then where u have 2 live in that place and cant do much as has 2 drink that water. though olive oil helps but using it daily is 2 messy a affair. vikie876…@yahoo.ca

natalie - July 25th, 2006 at 12:02 pm

i am female flying for emirates airline for 1 1/2 years now and im suffering from hairloss. i usually wash my hair on outstations and if needed with bottled water in dubai. could my hair loss be because im contantly doing night flights and not getting a good sleeping pattern? if so other than quitting my job what can i do???

Ali Abbas - November 21st, 2006 at 5:40 am

I am living in dubai for last 6 months i am suffering with the same case my hair were strong before coming to dubai and now a days my head has stupid dandruff and itching with hair loss. I oil my hair and use baby shampoo but no use …

Tony - March 25th, 2007 at 8:35 pm

hi guys, i wonder is it too late to post this. recently alot of my friends working with emirates airline suffers this problem on hair loss too, mainly they think it’s the water quality in dubai, as before that they don’t suffer from the problem, and sometimes their skin will have rashes too after staying in dubai for about 6months or more.

They found some special shower head in Singapore, where it uses as a regular shower head but some how it clears up the chlorine with the vitamin C inside, and now they are very happy with it.

and i heard they are already selling these stuffs in Dubai, u want me to check it out for u guys?

regards,
Tony

Babunish - June 25th, 2007 at 12:27 am

Hi there, its a common problem in Dubai, comes from the water. Its the same with me. I am very young aged. And suddenly after 6 months in Dubai my hair just falls of. When I am taking shower my whole hand is full of hairs. Its like a shock, so now I am using only mineral water from those masafi bottles. Hair is recovering now. But takes time. At least the hair loss stopped.

The water is not good at all here. It coming from the ocean and its being desalted. Very angry about that and that I did not listen to my friends, when they told me about that, when I came to dubai.

Nicola - August 22nd, 2007 at 8:26 am

Hi all, count me in, 6 months in Dubai and huge hair loss. I’ve always has thick healthy hair. Now my hair is dry, scalp itchy….same complaints. Tony the shower head is interesting, where to buy in Dubai????

Regards
Nicola

louise - September 24th, 2007 at 5:36 pm

Hi guys,
I have been in Dubai for 2 years now, I started losing my hair very much from the beggining. There is defenetly something wrong, I think it s the water. don t have any dandruff but extreme hair loss :-((( if anyone has tried any solutions please let me know

Jez - October 31st, 2007 at 8:50 pm

hi all..
well i’ve been in dubai since my birth. in my childhood i had beautiful and thick hair. so there was no problem with the water then. but now during my teens and henceforth my hair has also become thin, less and i also experience dandruff, hair loss and itchy scalp. i dont know guess with all the climate change, the advancement of dubai, the water consistency and composition must have been affected. i have tried many shampoo’s with the consultancy of many doctor’s and other people but none of them have suited because the problem is in the water and no shampoo can solve it.

but i like that product which Tony has suggested, the shower head and would like to give a shot. so please tony let me know where in dubai can we get it.

Nikki - November 14th, 2007 at 8:35 pm

hair loss has NOTHING to do with chlorine!!!!! i would know because i swim six afternoons and three mornings in chlorine water for an hour and a half every time im in the water and i have all my hair!!!!! =) =] :]

Jenna - December 10th, 2007 at 12:17 pm

Hi everyone,

I too had very thick hair before moving to Dubai, gradually it got thinner and thinner to a stage where 5 months ago i had to do something about it. I now only wash my hair with mineral water and it has stopped falling out, though its still recovering from 12 months of using this UAE water and is still a lot thinner than it was when I moved here, I guess it will take some time to get back to how it was, I only wish I used mineral water from the very beginning!

Natalie - December 28th, 2007 at 12:07 am

i came to Dubai from the UK almost 2 years ago. I had extremely thick hair all my life. Now it has almost halved - i think that says it all!! It’s when i return to the UK that everyone notices and comments on how thin my hair has become. If the desalinated water (de-salted sea water) is having this effect on hair, imagine what it’s doing to your skin. My skin is much drier and has become thinner so that it wrinkles easier. Unless the government does something to improve water quality they will find expats leaving in droves once they discover this - especially those with children. Thanks for your comments i will try using mineral water…

Adnan - February 7th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

I have hair falling on my keyboard as I write this. Been in dubai 4 months, and have already developed balding spots. Sigh.

Going to a derm this week.

Dark Night - August 3rd, 2008 at 3:40 am

i came to know from msn article that it’s not advisable to wash our hair everyday. meaning taking a bath everyday is fine bath have alternate washing of our hair to sustain the natural oil in it.

with regards in of having hair loss expereinced in Dubai, always use cold water for the hair.

i also recommend Pantene Full & Shine shampoo; used them every other day.

Sheba - October 20th, 2008 at 12:56 am

Please let me know of any distibutors in Dubai for the shower heads that Toni mentioned.

Thank you.

Lilani - October 21st, 2008 at 7:27 am

Hi everybody, I am in Dubai ince 4 months and I am shocked by the amount of hair I loose every day. I was advised by a make-up artist that I should be the “So-Safe” waterfilter (it`s the one called “hair conditioner”). You can get it at Carrefour and it is AED98. Read the instructions how to fix it carefully.I just bought it, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will work. Good luck to all uf us…it`s horrible to loose hair!