Tips to protect your skin and hair in pool water

well if you plan on fighting the heat by jumping in the pool listen up experts are sending a message about protecting your hair and skin from chlorine and while chlorine is great to disinfect pool water it is very drying as you know doctors say that dryness can cause contact dermatitis which is a rash it can also strip your hair of natural oils making it more brittle they suggest you get your hair and skin wet before getting into the chlorine water so that your hair and skin won't absorb as much of the chlorine and there are important steps to take as soon as you get out of the pool while that chlorine on you you don't want it to sit and continue to cause irritation so you want to get in take a shower use a gentle cleanser to you know get that pool water off of you and then moisturizing is really important so you all that oil that you've just stripped off your skin you want to put back on Experts also say you can of course use a swimming cap and remind you to put on Plenty of sunscreen when you're in the pool especially this week with the heat