We all crave beautiful, healthy hair—and if you’re like us, you invest in the best hair products and tools to make it happen. But what if the culprit behind your hair woes strikes before you even pick up your styling tools? Folks, we’re talking about step zero—the part before you even lather up your favorite shampoo. Using a quality shower head filter to improve your water quality can ensure your styling routine starts clean, protecting your hair’s natural hydration for softness and shine. In other words: great hair begins in the shower.
Raise your hand if you drink tap water straight from the faucet. Yeah, we thought not. Most of us don’t trust municipal or well water for our taste or internal health—so why be laissez-faire about our hair and skin? Can tap water really work wonders for our sensitive strands? Probably not.
Even if water quality has crossed your mind as a factor in skin and hair health, the cost of a whole-house hard water filtration system or water softener can be steep. Enter: the shower filter. Whether a standalone filter or a shower head with built-in filtration, these devices attach to your existing shower pipe, helping keep hair soft and hydrated (say goodbye to frizz!) while ensuring a deeper clean.
Time for a little experiment. Touch your hair. Is it dry or brittle? Dull-looking, even after you’ve tried every latest hair treatment (and dropped serious cash on them), with good hair days feeling rare? The culprit might be your shower water. Whether you have hard water or soft water, municipal or well, the water from your shower could be sabotaging your hair health—either by stripping it with harsh chemicals or leaving it less than thoroughly clean. It’s fair to consider your shower water as the root of the problem.
Like Wonderland, things aren’t always what they seem. Your seemingly clean water might look crystal-clear and refreshing, but tiny hitchhikers could be flowing from your faucet, leaving your hair feeling less than fully clean and hydrated. These include:
• Chlorine
• Iron oxide
• Dirt and sediment contaminants
• Hydrogen sulfide
• Unwanted odors
Yes, it’s the same chemical that keeps community pools swimmable on hot summer days without nasty bacterial infections. Chlorine is also added to public drinking water to keep it germ-free. And while chlorinated water is great for fighting bugs, it can be a bit too strong for our hair (and us).
Chlorine is powerful enough to strip the natural oils from hair and skin that keep them smooth and healthy, leading to dry, damage-prone strands. What’s more, it’s been found to trigger chemical reactions in hair that can alter its color (talk about pouring money down the drain).
Filtering your shower water gives your hair a fresh start, helping protect its natural moisture. Removing chlorine preserves the scalp and hair’s natural oils, providing each strand with the hydration it needs. These oils shield hair from dryness, brittleness, and breakage while also preventing a dry scalp and excessive sebum production (a win-win). Maintaining your hair’s natural moisture gives it a healthy shine, leaving it soft and lustrous.
A shower head filter eliminates exposure to chlorine and other unwanted additives in your water, nixing the bummer of dry, damaged hair. Bonus hair health tip: Filters also remove dirt, sediment, pollutants, and unpleasant odors (no thanks!), leaving hair looking and feeling cleaner.
A filtered shower head helps your hair by trapping chlorine and invisible impurities before they can wreak havoc on your strands or aggravate existing scalp issues. Filtered shower water helps hair retain natural oils and moisture, boosting shine, softness, and overall clean feeling. So if you’re ready to turn the tide on hair woes, start at step zero—and let your shower do the heavy lifting for healthier, happier hair.
