We shower to wash away dirt, sweat and bacteria; stay clean and smell fresh; and generally, just feel great and relaxed. But did you know that the water that flows out of your shower could bring exactly the opposite of what you’re aiming for?

While you’re scrubbing, shaving, shampooing, and basically removing dirt from your body, your unfiltered shower head may be spurting nasty water, containing different types of contaminants, towards you. These include chlorine, its by-products, and a host of pesticides. Prolonged or excessive exposure to these nasties, especially chlorine, can bring an array of health problems and chlorine health risks. This is the reason installing shower filters in Australia has become a must for maintaining good health.

But how exactly can shower head filters help us in maintaining good health?

Here’s a list of 4 health conditions that can be prevented with a shower filter.

1. Asthma and bronchitis

Chlorine is commonly added to our water supplies as a disinfectant, killing potentially dangerous bacteria. While it can have benefits, it can also present long term hazards to people constantly exposed to it, such as the risk of developing or worsening respiratory conditions such as asthma and bronchitis. These chlorine health risks can increase even more as we shower in warm, chlorinated water. This is because the chemical is readily absorbed by the skin; and its vapours quickly inhaled. The inhalation of chlorine gas is particularly more harmful as what we inhale directly travels through our blood stream.

2. Bladder cancer

Another health condition that can be prevented with a shower head chlorine filter is bladder cancer. According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, bladder cancer risk is linked to one’s exposure to chlorination by-products, whether through ingestion of water, or from inhalation and dermal absorption during swimming in pools, as well as in bathing and showering. When you shower in filtered and chlorine-free water, such risk can be greatly reduced.

3. Dry and frizzy hair

Have you noticed that your hair becomes dry after a dip in the pool? This is because pools are highly chlorinated. While these effects can’t instantly be experienced in just one bath on an unfiltered shower head, expect to suffer from these in the long run if you continue bathing without a shower head chlorine filter.

4. Skin allergies/irritation

Using shower head filters also helps you protect your skin from irritation and eases other skin conditions such as eczema. Dry and irritated skin can be avoided as the filter neutralises the chemicals and other contaminants in your water supply, leaving your skin softer and smoother.

Taking a shower is supposed to be a pleasant experience. But with the harmful chemicals and bacteria that may join us as we bathe, our daily showers may not only become unpleasant, it may be unhealthy too. By installing shower head filters, or better yet whole house water filter systems, any threats to our health especially the 4 conditions listed above can be avoided.

If you’d like to enjoy safer and healthier showers, better call Tru Water. We offer a range of shower head filters, and a selection of high quality filtration products, including fridge, tap water and caravan filters, as well as water filter cartridges. Enquire with us now.