#effects of hard water

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What is The Connection Between Hair Loss and Water Quality?

Water plays a vital role in maintaining healthy hair, but did you know the quality of water you use can directly affect your hair’s health? Dr. Pratibha Pradhan, a dermatologist and hair transplant surgeon at Hairfree And Hairgrow in Kolkata, explains how water quality, particularly hard water, impacts hair and contributes to hair problems like dryness, breakage, and frizziness.

What Is Hard Water?

Hard water contains high levels of minerals like calcium and magnesium. You may have noticed white deposits around faucets or taps at home — these are caused by the mineral content in hard water. While soft water, commonly found in hilly areas, leaves hair feeling soft and smooth, hard water can make hair feel rough and dry. The reason lies in its interaction with shampoo: hard water reduces shampoo’s cleansing properties, making it difficult to wash away dirt and oil effectively. This leads to mineral buildup on the scalp and hair, leaving it brittle, frizzy, and prone to breakage.

Does Hard Water Cause Hair Loss?

While hard water doesn’t directly cause excessive hair loss, it can weaken hair by increasing brittleness. Brittle hair is more likely to break while combing or styling, giving the appearance of thinning. Additionally, the mineral buildup from hard water can block hair follicles, potentially slowing down hair growth over time.

Other Water-Related Factors Impacting Hair Health

Acid Rain: In urban areas with high pollution levels, rainwater can become acidic, containing sulfuric and nitric acids. Washing hair with acid rain can cause severe damage, leaving hair dry, brittle, and prone to breakage.

Chlorinated Water: Swimming pools are often treated with chlorine for disinfection, but this chemical can strip natural oils from the hair and scalp, making hair dry and fragile.

How to Protect Your Hair from Water-Related Damage

Use Chelating Shampoos: Shampoos with chelating agents like EDTA can break down excess minerals from hard water and reduce buildup on the scalp.

Switch to Filtered or Soft Water: Use a water softener for taps or rinse hair with filtered water after washing.

Avoid Hot Water: Wash hair with cold or lukewarm water, as hot water strips natural oils and makes hair more prone to damage.

Protect Hair in Pools: Always wear a swimming cap to minimize exposure to chlorinated water.

Limit Rain Exposure: Avoid getting your hair wet during the initial days of rain, especially in cities, as acid rain can be particularly harmful.

Other Factors to Consider

If you experience excessive hair loss after moving to a new area, it could also be due to lifestyle changes, stress, or nutritional deficiencies. Adjusting to a new environment can cause temporary hair shedding, but these issues can often be resolved with a balanced diet, proper hydration, and stress management.

When to Consult a Specialist

If you’re dealing with persistent hair fall or sudden bald patches, it’s essential to consult a dermatologist or hair expert. They can assess your scalp condition, recommend appropriate treatments, and guide you on how to manage hair health effectively.

Take Control of Your Hair Health Today

Understanding the relationship between water quality and hair health is the first step to protecting your hair. With the right care and expert guidance, you can minimize the impact of hard water, acid rain, and other water-related issues. For personalized consultations and advanced hair care solutions, visit Hairfree And Hairgrow.

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[nattikay]

[starry-bi-sky]

how do you clone a fey? that's trick question; and fey love those!

@the-navistar-carol (<333) brought up a good point while I was talking about my changeling danny au with her -- Dani! How would she exist in this au? Danny's a changeling - a fae. How would Dani, a clone of him, be created? How do you make a fey? Not through any means that Vlad is doing; you can't make a fey through unnatural means, considering the Fair Folk are nature. And Vlad's not a fey himself -- he's a halfa, even if he could make a fey, it's not in his best interest too. He's a powerful ghost, but even the weakest fae can overpower the strongest ghost. He won't want a clone of Daniel to be more powerful than him.

(In a three tier hierarchy it goes Ancients -> Fae/Mythos -> Ghosts. They all live in the Infinite Realms, but on different Planes. The fae live above the Ghost Zone in the Fey Wild, while the Mythos live beside the Wilds or down in the ghost zone depending on where they are. Places like the Frozone, the Athens Acropolis, and other such large islands climb throughout all three Planes.)

(While Ghosts can travel into the Fey Wild, its generally advised against as the ectoplasm tends to manifest differently there due to close contact magic. It can make it rather disorientating for a ghost, and as human spirits, the Fae living there would jump them faster than they could blink. So unless you're willing to play mind games with 'steal thy name eat thy face' fae, most ghosts keep out of the way of the Wilds. Fey can travel down into the Ghost Zone, they just don't bother.)

That's of course, not taking into account if Vlad even knows Danny's a fae himself. Vlad doesn't ring me as someone who really cares much about ghost culture or the going ons of the GZ. He might be aware that fae exist, but the moment he realizes he can't use them for personal gain he just doesn't bother with them. The risk is greater than the reward, and he'd rather not get eaten. But lets assume he's aware by now that Danny is fey, and has to take that into account while cloning him.

So, how does Dani exist? Good question! Honestly; i'm not sure. She might not exist at all, or if she does, she's more halfa than fey. Vlad would need a lot of human dna and ectoplasm to balance out all that fae magic. He manages to steal DNA from Jack and Maddie to do it, and since Jack's fey ancestry is very dormant its much easier to use alongside Danny's DNA.

In turn, it results in a little girl whose more human-ghost hybrid than clone. With that little extra boost in fey magic making her not a fey, but still relatively powerful. Dani is less of a clone and more of a lab-grown little sister. It's a rather tedious, complex process that has Vlad tearing his hair out trying to figure out. But he does eventually figure it out.

[sluckythewizard]

FIIIINALLY almost nailed my designs for lizzie and caspian can i get a HEEEELLL YEAAH???? i think these two make a vvery cute duo and i cannt wait to see them again. i also hope they both get hurt reaaaallly really badly. togeter

[swordmaid]

silence of love.

[minnows-wc-blog]

MOONMOON 4 LIFE

[ID: A small cartoonishly drawn Moonpaw is gazing happily at the moonpool, a bright swirl of colors and stars in the vague shape of a heart, while blushing. Moonpaw is a heavily mottled black and beige cat with corrosponding yellow and blue eyes. Above Moonpaw and the Moonpool is the text: “You’re the brightest star I see tonight!” The text is multi colored with a white glowing affect behind it. The background of the entire piece is a dark purple-blue with faded pink sparkles. “Camp” might be a dull work to describe the image.]

[jeanxedjujube]

god's favourite princess ✨

[jalboyhenthusiast]

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[ardentpoop]

I’ll never understand ppl finding demon!dean hot LOL

like don’t get me wrong he’s hot as a concept. when I write him he’s hot. however jensen’s portrayal of him makes me grit my teeth and hold onto my hair so it doesn’t blow clean off my head from the cringe (I am so sorry king but we needed a few more takes. kisses you gently so you don’t cry while I ruthlessly mock your life’s work.)

unless you guys find him hot Because he’s unbearably cringe that I can get down with every day of the week. normal dean is often like that for me <3

[mecha--maniac]

Giving the scrungles chao saga

Mephiles's? Sweet babyangel service chao; if they did races Meph would definitely be dancemom manipulative of the other chao handlers just to make them fight, with the chao being none the wiser.

Metal's starts off as a feral little shit that loves to bite; but biting is not very effective on Metal, so oops bro, looks like you have been government assigned a chao (Who eventually warms up to him with the correct combination of ignoring their shenanigans and manhandling them into being socialized. No, we are having a nice day at the beach, you may not go and bite small children)

The third one is for an unpictured different Metal. This one was a rescue and is very shy, but their mommy is very scary with a resting murder face which gives them some more confidence as they grow up. Anyone who messes with this chao would wind up mysteriously missing.

If these were in the game...

Meph's chao would operate like a chaos chao, except it needs higher stats in power and flight.

Metal chao 1 would be neutral/speed/flight with a disproportionate amount of kangaroos and/or bug animals givin to it.

Metal chao 2 would be dark/power/flying, raised primarily on drives and dragons.

[sucktacular]

Been so annoyed lately that my hair has been getting greasy so fast, like, after 24 hours I felt like I needed to wash it again?? And that's super not normal for me. So I was like fuck I hope it's not a Health related thing.. did some digging and it's probably the fact we have hard water! I knew we had hard water but I wasn't sure how bad it was or that it would even do that to your hair??? Bought some jugs of distilled water and while I've only done one wash with it so far, my hair lasted like 3 days!!!! And it wasn't even that yucky today, I just needed a shower in general lol. But wow!!! I wish I knew this sooner wtf. Anyway just wanted to share that cuz wow crazy I didn't realize hard water did all that man wtf??

[aoimeakane]

Hahaha haha guess who just drew 1 1/2 piece of art bc they don't wanna study for her exams this week? This guy ;D

Afformented art btw

WAAUH THAT SO GOOD!! Little black cat staring into the soul is now my spirit animal:]

Wait that grass effect takes waay too long to improve you're amazing dor that:0

always remembering procrastination is the key to 100x better improvement on things you chose to spend your procrastination with

[rolandkaros]

in addition to all of britain's various other crimes their shower water is also making my hair fall out.

[belleyellsaboutturtles]

The Wrong Side of the Portal Raph from cabin 10 was wondering if you have enough water before you do anything fun!

"Raph wanted to swim with his family and maybe some new friends if you want to, but it's important to have enough water first. I have some extra water bottles if you need them!"

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

"Oh, cool!" Smokey gratefully accepted the water. It must have been refrigerated or had ice in it, because it felt cool in his hands. He smiled up at Wrong Side of the Portal Raph happily. "Thank you!"

Now for the...other part. Smokey nervously rolled the water bottle between his hands, but kept smiling. "And thank you for the offer, but I can't swim and don't really care for the ocean." And that was before he had a fire spirit take up residence in him. And before his cabin magically flooded. In the past, water had been okay, even when he couldn't swim, because he'd had his brothers with him. It'd been enough to quell his nerves. Plus, he had a big inner tube to hang out on!

Ever since Sparky had moved in, he'd gotten a lot less comfortable with it, even with his bros around. It'd taken his nerves and turned them into an outright aversion. Smokey did not like deep water or being submerged. He could handle shallows, but they were, well...shallow. No one could truly swim in them. He still had his inner tube, but floating around his with his bros had become a lot less relaxing and a lot more anxiety inducing.

The solution his family had found was letting him ride with one of them - normally Raph. It still made the box turtle nervous and Sparky hissed in his head like a cat being threatened with a bath, but being with someone he trusted wholeheartedly helped. It helped a lot too that if he was on Raph, he wasn't touching the water and had - in his mind, anyway - less of a chance of falling off. (He still clung to his brother like an octopus though.)

"Thanks though!"