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Hi! I've been living with my father almost the whole summer now, and he lives in a small village about 5 miles from here, the strange thing is that now when i wash my hair here in the city my hair gets so damn dry, and i've tried almost everything, if i wash my hair in my fathers village it never gets as dry as it gets here in the city. I can't understand what's the problem, it seems as if the water here in the city dries out my hair, i even tried washing only with water and it still gets too dry and frizzy.
I wonder if my hair has to get used to the water here in the city, as i've washed it at another place for such a long time.
Any help is much appreciated.
Maybe the city area is hard water (more treated)
Where I live, city water can cause brain damage (lead in the water). Even though lead service lines in my area are supposed to have been replaced, I don't drink the stuff. They still treat it with something. If you fill up a bathtub, you see a slight blueish tinge to the water. I think this is from some (supposedly harmless) chemical they added that prevents lead leaching from pipes. With proper conditioning, my hair does not seem to have been bothered by city water.
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The water in the village is probably not treated with the same or as many chemicals as the water in your city is treated with. The water in the village may not be treated at all for that matter. The chlorine and other additives in the water of the city may have some effect on the workings of the shampoo.
Or, I do not know the strata of the northern Swedish landscapes, but the water in one area could vary depending on the composition of the earth in which the well is located. If the landscaped is underlayed with limestone, for instance, the water will be harder, thus less effective combined with soap or shampoo.
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I've travelled a good bit this summer. I became very aware of the differences in water from place to place. I was in Gainesville, FL for three nights while I did some exam work at UF. My hair became almost like straw, just in three days. Later, I was in Baltimore, Rome (Italy) and the Bay of Naples. The water in large cities seemed very drying (Baltimore and Rome) but in the Bay of Napels, the area was rather rural, and less of an issue. It was so bad in Rome that I had to go out and buy extra conditioner.
And in Rome, the drinking water is very, very good, clean, cold and available everywhere, but it is very drying to my hair.
I agree with Bragi's suggestion that mineral composition of an area as well as additives like chlorine and flouride could play a big part.
I was glad to get back home where I knew what to expect from the water.
Robert