Soft water, dry scalp?

Is there a connection? I have no idea, but I'm suffering since I got to the US. It's annoying.

Comments

[alecm]

Is it just that with soft water your shampoo will suddenly be way more effective at stripping oils out of your skin? It'll depend on what you are used to, but with fewer calcium & magnesium ions to interfere, you'll wind up nuking your skin if you use the same amount of soap as at home.

If you're like me, you'll also find it's a pain to get the shampoo out of your hair in a soft water area. Requires extra rinsing, and I'm not convinced even that works. Maybe try baby shampoo for a while?

[Jackie Danicki]

Thanks, Alec - I dunno. I'm not using my usual shampoo, and I keep switching them on this trip to see if that helps. It's just not a nice feeling. Will get some baby shampoo today and try that.

[toe_jam_on_toast]

It depends which area you're in, I'm in northern Cali at the moment and the only problem I had was with patches of dry skin on my face, my scalp is fine! I've just been using a little more E45 cream than usual, with gentle exfoilating, and it's better now.

Although, in Vegas, my scalp was itchy but with no flakes (I've got black hair so they'd show up and badly!) So I used a shampoo designed for people with eczema, and yeay, no itchiness! Perhaps trying that might help? Ask in a pharmacy for the one they'd recommend.

[Kristindiva]

Hey there...I have a really hard time with dry scalp when I switch water zones or when I have to keep coming into and out of heated areas in the winter. I'm a big fan of L'oreal Kerastase as a brand and they make an amazing shampoo and conditioner for sensitive scalp/dandruff called Dermo-Calm Bain Riche. Most fine salons will sell Kerastase as a brand and you'll thank me later.

Happy New Year!

[Jacq]

My gym adds something to the water to make it soft (which makes your body gel turn horrible and slimey), and it definitely causes dry scalp problems with me, with shampoos that cause me no problems when used elsewhere.

[Amy Alkon]

Madame Leonor Greyl herself (Hillary sent me to her for a piece she wrote for LAT Mag -- and called her "the couturier of hair") told me to use oil of palm for a dry scalp. Massage it into your scalp -- I guess, at night, so you can wash your hair the next day and it won't be too oily from it. Don't run it through your hair -- just do your scalp.

[beautexpert]

You may try using Phyto series. There are many different products developed under this brand name for different function.

http://www.bonjourhk.com/main/Search.aspx?search=&bcode=PHY

Happy new year and many happy returns in 2007!

[pete]

Hi, ok so if you are suffering from a dry scalp in does sound as if your hairs natural oils are being stripped by that soft water, so what you should do is get hold of some hair oil to help replace what you are losing

[prags]

Hi, try to use only cold water to rinse your hair.
I'm from Canada. Its definitely not an all-year round option here with a -30 C temperature outside, but I try!

[Jennifer]

It might be the chlorine in the water that is drying your skin out, not the lack of ions. Just a thought.