View Cart
Why Should I Filter My Shower Water?
Everyone knows that pure drinking water is needed to maintain your health.
More people are starting to experience the beauty and health benefits of filtered shower water.
Follow along to discover the benefits of soft, clean shower water and to see how many apply in your life.
Relief from Dry & Itchy Skin
Shower filtration can provide relief from dry, itchy skin by removing chlorine from your shower water.
Chlorine is added to kill disease causing micro-organisms, however it also attacks your skin.
Chlorine chemically binds to the proteins in your hair and skin.
Your skin cells are killed, just like the micro-organisms chlorine is intended to fight.
If you have a skin condition such as Excema, shower filtration is very likely to reduce the irritation that can cause flare-ups.
Make Your Hair Silky and Easy to Manage
Chlorine also damages your hair, so shower filtration eliminates that problem.
Shower filters also have a softening effect on your shower water, so you hair rinses clean.
This reduces hard water deposits (white residue left behind when water evaporates), and soap scum (a combination of minerals and soap).
That soap scum that forms on your shower curtain or door also gets into your hair. This can make your hair stiff and hard to manage.
As your hair flexes, the soap scum and minerals flake off, damaging your hair in the process.
As you can imagine, this can also be a source of skin irriation.
I know, it's disgusting to realize that soap scum forms in your beautiful hair. At least now you know and can do something about it.
Stop Fading of Hair Color or Highlights
If you color your hair or have highlights, chlorine can cause the color to fade or change.
Chlorine is the active ingredient in household bleach, and we all know what bleach does to hair and clothes.
The chlorine in your shower water is much less concentrated than in bleach, but all that does is lessen or slow the effect.
Another thing to consider is that hair that is chemically treated in any way (perm, etc.) is much more suceptible to chlorine damage.
Reduce Your Exposure to Chemicals
You're exposed to chemicals on a daily basis. Your body has to work harder to eliminate these chemicals.
As your exposure to chemicals goes up, the burden on your detox mechansims increases and toxins start to build up in your body.
Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and it's fully exposed to whatever chemicals are in your shower water.
Warm shower water opens the pores in your skin, which increases absorption.
Since chlorine evaporates at room temperature, you get additional exposure by breathing chlorine in the shower steam.
Reducing chemicals in your shower water is most likely the fastest and easiest way to reduce the overall toxic burden on your body.
Shower filters are specifically designed to handle chlorine, which is the most concentrated chemical in municipal water systems.
Improve the Air Quality in Your Home
Chlorine evaporates quickly at shower temperatures and enters the air of your home.
Modern homes are built to be energy efficient so the indoor air is recirculated, but not replaced with fresh air.
This traps the chlorine in your home, where it combines with other substances in the air.
Evaporation of chlorine is one of the most common ongoing contributors to in home air pollution in America.
Filtering your shower eliminates the major source of chlorine evaporation in your home.
One Less Trigger for Asthma Attacks
Any asthma sufferer knows that an asthma attack can be triggered by any number of lung irritants.
Health professionals tell us that asthma attacks are triggered when your body reaches a threshold of exposure to irritants.
Eliminating just one irritant like chlorine can put you below the threshold of an asthma attack.
A shower filter eliminates the main source of chlorine in your home's air so you can breath easier.
Are Your Eyes Red After a Shower?
I was reminded of this when I spent a few days in a hotel recently. Nice hotel, but after every shower, my eyes were red and very irritated.
Chlorine is an irritant and it does get in your eyes during a shower. So there you are, with red, irritated eyes.
If you wear contacts, eye irritation in the shower can start a painful cycle that lasts all day.
Getting rid of chlorine in your shower eliminates at least one source of eye irritation.
Protect Children & the Elderly
Children and the elderly are most vulnerable to the health effects of unfiltered shower water.
Children's immune and detoxification systems are not fully developed, so they are susceptible to toxins.
With older people, detoxification systems are no longer as efficient and are unable to keep up with moderate levels of toxins.
Even though most children take baths instead of showers, they breath the residual chlorine from your shower, so your shower filter protects them too.
OK, So What's the Solution to All This?
First, you may not believe all the those benefits are real.
No problem, I didn't believe it until I tried a shower filter myself.
Let me take the risk for you.
You can try any of these products in your home for 45 days (yes, it says 30 days every where else, but you read it here, so you get 45 days).
If you're not 100% satisfied, just return it for a complete, hassle-free refund.
The first option is a shower filter. You probably noticed all the shower filters down the right hand side of this page.
Shower filters are a great, low cost option for healthy showers that protect your beauty.
There are three ways for you to explore the shower filter option from here:
- See how to choose a shower filter and avoid common mistakes
- See all the shower filters we offer in one place
- Have a question? Just Ask Mr. Water Filter
Another option is a bath filter. We've put together a bath and shower filter bundle (at a special price) to protect you in both the shower and the bath.
Because children tend to take baths, a bath filter is a great option to protect their sensitive skin and lungs from chlorine.
If you occasionally enjoy a relaxing bath, you'll get the benefit of softer, chlorine-free bath water.
You won't believe how great it makes your skin feel.
You can even tell everyone the bath filter is for the kids. I won't tell on you, thats a promise! :)
The ultimate option is a whole house water filter. These aren't for everyone, for the following reasons:
- Cannot be installed in apartments
- Require professional installation
- More expensive than a shower filter
- Not easily moved to a new home
If the list above does not concern you, whole house water filters have some other advantages, so take a look at that option.
Questions? Just Ask Mr. Water Filter
If you have a question about how shower and bath water affects your beauty and health, simply use our Ask Mr. Water Filter feature to get a fast and courteous answer.
