is there something in my water turning my hair green?

Answer 1

Chlorine. You need either a whole house filter for "chemical taste and odor. You can also filter just the bathroom if you have access to the pipes. There are shampoos for colored hair. They are buffered to take care of the problem, try one of those.

Answer 2

Well, that depends on what kind of water you're getting into. I'm assuming that it's a swimming pool; either that, or you need to speak with a your local city official right away!
In order to keep a swimming pool clean, some people put in a lot of chlorine to cancel kill germs and bacteria introduced into the water. Normally it isn't a lot, but you know, some people have a tendency to go overboard. Prolonged exposure to chlorinated water in swimming pools will bleach your hair: for black hair, it slowly turns it a subtle shade of brown. However, for blond hair, the water makes it initially an almost-platinum blonde before it starts adding a tinge of green.

Answer 3

As said above, it's probably chlorine. Lots of cities use it to kill bacteria that could make people sick (but then your water smells and tastes like a pool).

Try using a clarifying shampoo. It may help remove the build-up. Also, if you can afford it, buy a couple of gallons of purified water (my local Wal-Mart has 'em for a dollar each) and use that to rinse your hair after washing it. It might help. Good luck-- and hey, you could always go to a city council meeting, point at your head, and say, "Could you maybe go easy on the chlorine?"

Answer 4

They use Chlorine to kill the germs in the water and they must have over Chlorinated your water, which is the reason your hair is turning green because Chlorine reacts to bleach and hair dyes by changing their colors.

Answer 5

The pipes that your water comes out of may be dirty causing the water to green and your hair hire somebody to check your pipes I hope this help you out

Answer 6

Chlorine will do this to dyed blond hair.

However this is usually something you encounter after swimming.

If you have that much chlorine in your drinking water either contact your water company or install whole house water filters.

Answer 7

if you dye your hair blonde and go in water with clorine or bleach in the water it will turn your hair green

Answer 8

Could be an excessive amount of Chlorine..if you don't wash your hair after getting out of the pool

Answer 9

I don´t know. Or maybe your brother put green food coloring, like in big fat liar. I am not sure it is the water.

Answer 10

Chlorine will turn your hair green if it is colored or highlighted.