Conference moira::parenting

    Guess an old-fashioned bathing cap is just too geeky, right?
    
    Nonetheless, a couple of girls (around ages 8-10) used them in the 
    YMCA swim classes my daughter attended this summer.  Caps were also
    used by some of the swim teams in Barcelona.
    
    Evelyn
    
    PS While we're on the topic of green, does anyone know how to remove
    green crayon marks from carpet?  If so, please answer my note...:)
    
    
    
    

    
    Do you have any control over the pool..? I swam on a swim team
    for 4 years and never had green hair (dry, yes) and I think
    it has to do with over chlorination and PH balance. 
    

Try asking at a local hairdresser's for a "clarifier" - it's the shampoo they 
use nowadays before permanents or coloring that removes the chemicals and 
shampoo/rinse/treatment buildup in your hair. 

They'll probably recommend something in whatever line they carry (Matrix, etc). 
It's not particularly cheap, but the stuff I got - for exactly the same problem 
:-) - does seem to work. 
		Helen

    I have no control over the pool chemicals, my kids are in a
    summer swim program and my daughter seems to have the worst
    case out of the 40+ other kids in the program.  Even the
    director said she hadn't seen such a bad case in a very long
    time.
    
    I got the Nexxus Aloe Rid on the recommendation of a local
    kids hair shop.  The treatment bottle is a clarifier. 
    
    I'm positive that a swim cap would not be tolerated, altho
    I have thought of it many times.
    
    Jodi-
    

    I don't know where you are located, but I buy most of my shampoos etc
    at a place called Facemakers.  I use the one in White City Shrewsbury. 
    I'm pretty sure they have other stores.  I have many times gone there,
    described a particular hair problem and left with a perfectly
    acceptable product and lots of good advise.  I suppose you could stop
    by or call any reputable beauty supply house for the same thing.
    
    FWIW, bathing caps are very IN.  We needed one because of AJ's ear
    tubes and found it at Herman's world of sports or whatever it's called
    these days.  Nice colors like red and blue.  Even the BOYS wear caps!
    
    Lyn

    Hi Jodi,
    
    Long time no talk to.  My niece has the same problem from swimming
    at a pool at a health club.  We bought her shampoo called Ultra Swim.
    It worked great, it is no longer green and dull.  If you can't find
    it locally let me know I'll get you some.
    
    Nancy Mullinax
    297-4813
    

    Hey Nancy!  Saw a photo of Michael recently...what a doll!
    
    UltraSwim is the first thing we tried. We used both the shampoo
    and conditioner for about a year with no luck. This is the stuff
    that the Australian Swim team suppossedly uses. They must like
    the color green :^).
    
    Jodi-

    
    Green hair is a result of the copper, I believe, they put in
    the water to combat the algae....or is it the chemical to fight 
    the copper levels...I forget....but I do know it isn't the chlorine 
    that causes green hair....I grew up with a pool and never had
    green hair...and my hair is blonde...my dad was very careful about
    his ph balance....
    
    I suggest calling a reputable hair place...not one of these
    supercuts...you may have to pay but it will be worth it.
    
    Kristen

    Lemon juice is known to take some stains out. It also leaves hair shiny
    and easy to comb. It probably will not take all color out immediately
    but may take some of it out. We have a pool where we live and use it
    quite frequently and have never seen green hair on anyone.
    
    Good luck, Ania

    A had a friend once with really blonde hair, and it too turned green. 
    They used lemon juice, and it took a look ot it out.
    
    
    

Can't offer any specific advice today, but if it is any consolation I see this
alot at this time of year.

Here in Phoenix, kids spend the whole summer in the pool and then rush to the
hair dressers the week before school to try and get rid of the green.  I have
only seen this happen to blonds.  I am not sure what product(s) they use, but
do know that it sometimes takes several treatments for the green color to
fade.

Good luck.

It's the chlorine they put in the pool.  Pools that are treated with bromine
instead don't cause this problem.

Being a redhead, I can't advise how to make green hair blond again...

Pat

    I just spoke to my hairdresser and she told me to try:
    
    2-3 tablespoons of Baking Soda in
    6-8 ounces of warm water
    
    I'll try it.
    
    I'll also try lemon juice and anything else I hear about.
    
    The local kids hair salon charges $7.00 and up to remove the
    green.  Since I'm a do-it-myselfer, I'll try things at home
    first.  I like this kind of challenge.
    
    Jodi-

    
    
    In this morning's paper in Heloise's Hints, she recommended dissolving 
    6-8 regular aspirins in 6-8 ounces of warm water, then rinse the hair 
    with it......  It might work....
    
    
                              Jill
    

    There is a product that goes by the brand name of MALIBU that is
    supposed to remove GREEN from hair - you might want to try
    that one.  I haven't used it, but I'm told that it works.
    
    

    My blonde friend on the swim team always used lemon juice.
    
    --bonnie

    
    Hi,
    
    The lemon juice is to do high lights.  In Dear Heloise someone asked
    about the green hair and she suggests,
    
    A homestyle old-fashioned hint is to dissolve 6 to 8 aspirins in a
    glass of warm water.  Saturate your hair in this solution and leave
    it on for 10 to 15 minutes then rinse well and shampoo as usual.
    
    
    

    I finally found some time to try all of your suggestions.
    
    I did the asprin and warm water. It seemed to work quite well.
    But just to be on the safe side, I also did the baking soda and
    lemon juice treatments as well.  Success!  My daughter no longer
    looks like she recently arrived from the planet made of green
    cheese :^)
    
    I will definitely be more cautious next summer, and well armed 
    with asprin, lemon juice and baking soda.  Actually baking soda
    is one of my all time favorite things to have around the house.
    We brush our teeth, wash our faces, scrub the pots, pans and
    stove with it as well as using it to remove odors from the freezer
    and fridge. There is so much you can do with baking soda that it
    probably deserves a note of it's own.
    
    Thanks for all the great suggestions!
    
    Jodi-