Stop itching and dry skin
This is a totally natural and environmentally safe way to remove chlorine from your shower water.Highly recommended for sensitive skin and eczema, asthma and chemical sensitivity
Chlorine is a toxic chemical element occurring naturally as a poisonous, greenish-yellow gas with an irritating, pungent odour. It is universally used to disinfect public water systems.
Chlorine dries out skin significantly faster than chlorine-free water and can cause irritation to sensitive skin or make damaged skin worse. Many asthma sufferers find that inhaling the toxic steam of chlorine as it evaporates in the shower gives a tightening of the chest and aggravates the sinuses and lungs. Chlorinated water can also irritate the eyes, leaving them red, itchy and burning.Chloramine, although a more stable compound, contains chlorine and ammonia and is also used to control bacteria in tap water. Its harmful effects present the same health risks as pure chlorine.
The e.w.g cosmetic data base rates chlorine – moderate to high hazard
The new technology used in the Vitamin-C Shower Head astonishingly uses a natural vitamin to instantly remove the harmful chlorine in water we use to shower. As water passes through it, the Vitamin-C Shower Filter releases the exact amount of pharmaceutical-grade vitamin C to neutralise all chlorine and chloramine. When the water is turned off, the Vitamin-C Shower Filter stops releasing the vitamin, prolonging its life.The Vitamin-C Shower Filter works in any water temperature (hot or cold), any water pressure ( high or low) and in any quality of water (good or poor).
Ideally, we would filter out all the undesirable chemicals from our shower water. However, unless you have a whole house water filter , this is not possible. This is because filtering water at the showerhead is problematic — the water moves fast, making filtering difficult, and the water is typically hot, which is also undesirable for filtering.
So basically, if you are filtering your shower water at the showerhead, you can only really hope to remove chlorine from the water. Shower filter manufacturers who claim otherwise should probably be viewed with skepticism. But chlorine is certainly one of the first you’d want to remove from your shower water. Anyone who has swam in a swimming pool with high levels of chlorine, can tell you that it dries and irritates the skin, makes hair brittle, and causes eyes to become red and itchy. Also, inhaling the toxic steam can aggravate the sinuses and lungs. But it’s not only chlorine that’s in municipal water these days, increasingly cities are adding chloramines to the water. Chloramines are more stable compound, containing chlorine and ammonia. Unfortunately chloramines are more difficult to remove from water.
However, there are filters out there that will remove 100% of chlorine and chloramines from your shower water: vitamin C-based shower filters. These filters have a simple method of operation: the shower water passes through the block of vitamin C, and the chlorine is converted to inorganic chlorides. .
Another common type of shower filter is the KDF filter, which uses copper and zinc for filtration. KDF filters remove free chlorine by reversing the electrochemical process that originally separated the chlorine from sodium in a brine solution. KDF filters, however, have a important limitation: they do not remove chloramines. Also, KDF shower filters are affected by water pressure. When the water pressure is not high enough, water can’t pass through the KDF powders. KDF filters also tend to get clogged very quickly. I’ve seen some buyers on Amazon reporting that their KDF filters get clogged after a couple months.
Some shower filters use activated carbon. This is effective in reducing certain organic chemicals and chlorine in cold water. Chlorine is attracted to and held (absorbed) into the surface of the carbon particles. However, the efficiency of absorption is quickly nullified when the water becomes warm. The lifetime of an activated carbon shower filter is very short. An activated carbon shower filter gets clogged very quickly by the dirt it is meant to stop.
So I recommend a vitamin C shower filter, I’ve used these filters for about a year in my salon and my home, they remove 100% of the chlorine and chloramines from your shower water, and will last about 6 months before the cartidge needs replacing.
The cost of these filters is £60.00 this includes the shower head and two cartidges, replacement cartriges cost £6.00 each,they are available in the salon on by phoning 01535 636529.