weasel decentral

Well simply there is not as much desalination as rainwater and freshwater sources are available , I think there is only one very recent plant in the UK.

Treatment is much better policed, some chemicals are not allowed and even desalinated water gets pooled with other sources so diluting it a lot. In the ME its usually 100%

scrubbedexpat141

OK. What's the crack with flouride here and brushing your teeth?

weasel decentral

Flouride is to prevent decay.
However the logic used in the ME and where I am now is that if 1% of some chemical is good for you than 2% must be twice as good. And it seems to be applied across the board.

Anyhow you have exhausted my desalination plant knowledge all gained from wikipedia of course

scrubbedexpat141

Understood.

Beaverstate

so , if a 4% alcohol content in beer is good, 8% must be twice as good Makes sense to me.

lullabelle

My hair was shite over there. The water is way worse - Scamp just get over it. It dries it out and yes you can use conditioner, but if you have thin, softy namby pamby hair like me, it really can't handle repeated desalinated attacks.

I have noticed a massive difference on new hair growth since leaving.

Interesting about the fluoride - took the kids for their dental check up when we got back to blighty. Dentist asked if they had been brushing using the water in Dubai, knowing it had been over topped up with the fluoride. How he knew and I never bloody knew... I admit I actually never, ever thought about it although we never would drink the tap water. Duh. Anyway, he could see signs of fluorosis on my youngest's newer adult teeth. I was a bit horrified.

norsk

The first place I lived in Bahrain we had awesome water and it was only when I realised they were using sweet-water in the showers that I understood why. It was almost as good as being back in Norway...Somehow I don't think they were supposed to do it though...

Work Widow

Thinking about it further, it's more likely the weather that impacts on losing hair more than the desalinated water.

We moult in the summer and therefore shed quite a bit of hair and is most noticeable when showering. When the weather cools, it's not as obvious and one could tend to think it's thickening again.

We all lose hair, it's natural.

Boomhauer

I understood that tap water was high in chlorine. My hair did tend to look dry and frizzy compared to the UK and US.

Boomhauer

I don't live in the UAE anymore but I shampoo my hair too often and spend a lot of time in the pool, so I am going try your advice.

Norm_uk

I have dark hair and a full head of it too after 12 years washing it in the UAE.

Hair loss is mostly genetic, followed by lifestyle, stress etc and finally environmental...

Most of the people who claim UAE water made them bald would have gone bald anyway. It's not so great in terms of hair quality though - but a decent conditioner and the odd oil treatment, heck even a drop of baby oil now and again will do the trick.

Now we can go back to worrying about how much our maids have stolen from us...O the drama of the expat existence.

N.

gottheTshirt

Desalinated water is H2O , before it distributed it is mineralised all of the minerals are added to make drinking water. The rate of chlorine delay increases exponentially with temperature which means that in the GCC they need to add a lot more chlorine to make sure that yur water stays disinfected up to your tap. Bottled water is essential the same as tap water so no point wasting your money washing your hair in bottled water. It is the air conditioned dust laden climate that affects your hair not the tap water.

V_G

Sounds about right to me, i wouldn't say the water has absolutely no effect on the hair/skin conditions;Though only if you look at the effects of being exposed to cold/hot temps a couple of times a day and the dusty weather all around you, then you realize whats really going on