Water hardness France
My hair is gradually disappearing… Is it really related to the water quality?
Why is the water quality in France "causing baldness"?
Install a water purifier, buy anti-hair loss shampoo, try not to drink tap water... Are these rumors in France and even the whole of Europe true?
For a long time, friends who have come one after another have witnessed the "passing away" of their youth with a lot of hair. If I comb my hair every morning and don't wake up, I think I have an incurable disease. If I continue like this, it will probably take less than a year or two for my mother to no longer worry about me wasting shampoo at home.
Europe is the country with the highest probability of hair loss in the world. A survey in Japan in 2014 showed that the top ten countries with hair loss in the world are all in Europe. The top five are the Czech Republic (42.79%), Spain (42.60%), Germany (41.24%), France (39.24%) and the United Kingdom (39.23%). China in Asia has only 19.04% hair loss rate.
Through the query, we can know that the biggest reason is that the water quality is too hard.
What is hard water?
The so-called hard water refers to water containing more soluble calcium and magnesium compounds. Such as some well water and spring water. It is usually calculated by the content of Ca2+ and Mg2+. The calculation methods of water hardness in different countries are different.
Hard water does not cause direct harm to health, but it will bring a lot of trouble to life, such as scale on water-using utensils, reduced washing efficiency of soaps and detergents, etc.
Its hardness is divided into temporary hardness and permanent hardness. Temporary hardness (such as various carbonates: CaH (CO3) 2, MgH (CO3) 2, etc.) can be removed by boiling and converted into alkaline carbonates (i.e. CaCO3, MgCO3, both insoluble in water) to precipitate; this is the so-called "scale".
In France, water hardness depends on the calcium content in the water, and the unit is °f. 1 °f means that there are 4 mg of calcium in one liter of water. According to the French water hardness standard, water below 15°f is soft water, water between 15°f-30°f is medium hardness water, water above 30°f is hard water, and water above 40°f is extremely hard water.
Water hardness chart for various regions in France
Take Paris, France as an example. The water here often contains high concentrations of calcium and magnesium salts. According to data provided by relevant departments, it is about 90mg/L calcium ions, 10mg/L sodium ions and 6mg/L magnesium ions.
The water company in Paris is proud of this, claiming that its water is rich in nutrients and comparable to bottled mineral water!
In France and some European countries, people can drink tap water directly, and this habit has become mainstream. The Paris Water Company shows that about 80% of the French people drink their tap water directly when they are thirsty.
In addition to the hard water quality, the French tap water itself does meet the relevant drinking standards and is the most trustworthy.
What are the hazards of hard water to hair?
The soluble calcification deposits in hard water can easily clog the capillaries in the scalp, damage the hair fibers, and weaken the reflection of the hair cuticle to light, which will make our hair rough and dull.
In addition, if you use hard water to wash your hair for a long time, the hair scales on your hair will also be blocked and damaged by the precipitation of calcification in the water, so that the hair loses its toughness, becomes hard and brittle, and is easy to fall off.
The water filtered by the RO water purifier is not hard, because the RO reverse osmosis water purifier uses reverse osmosis membrane technology to effectively remove dissolved solids, bacteria, viruses, heavy metals and other pollutants in the water, including alkaline minerals such as calcium and magnesium, thereby reducing the hardness of the water. The reverse osmosis membrane is a semi-permeable membrane that only allows water to pass through, but prevents solutes (such as salts dissolved in water) from passing through, thereby achieving the purpose of purifying the water quality. This technology can not only effectively remove the hardness components in the water, but also improve the taste of the water, making it purer and more suitable for drinking.