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I really like swimming. But the chlorine compound (or whatever) in swimming-pool water affects my skin. So I can't swim regularly.
by parenthesis 18y ago
I really like swimming. But the chlorine compound (or whatever) in swimming-pool water affects my skin. So I can't swim regularly.
- 13ren 18y agoI've found a sauna helps by sweating the compound out of my skin.
- Shooter 18y agoChlorine is by far the most common pool cleaner, but not the only option. Some pools use other methods like ozonation and UV sterilization. Neither of these would bother your skin. Pools like this are admittedly much harder to find, but if you really want to swim it might be worth the effort to track one down. I have a friend that bought an 'endless pool' that uses ozonation technology because of a chlorine allergy. If you use soap and shampoo that are specially formulated to remove chlorine after you swim, it will also help you immensely. Most of the bad effects of chlorine for your skin are from longer-term exposure. Of course, you still have the carcinogen issue...but you can minimize that somewhat by swimming in a cooler temp pool with cool ambient air.
- parenthesis 18y agoThanks for that. Your comment prompted me to find this international list of non- and low-chlorine pools: http://piscinasana.blogspot.com/ http://piscinasana.blogspot.com/ .
- akd 18y agoWhere do you live? You can swim safely in almost any random pond.