Hi, wanna ask you guys whether anyone of you experience bad skin after bathing with filtered water. I noticed for some time my sensitive skin is quite dry which I believe due to the water in my condo is not very clean and high chlorine. After google taking note how bad is chlorine water cause to our skin, so I purchase a shower filtered to filter the water, which using kdf filter and coconut shell carbon (to filter out the residual chlorine). Out of my surprise after using bout 4 days, I was breakout with itchy bump and hives especially on my face.

I thought maybe I sensitive with the coconut shell, so I purchase another brand kdf filter without any add-on filtering thingy. End up I breakout after twice baths. I am bit confused and thought i might be allergic with the KDF technology filtering.

Then I purchased a korean brand that come with sediment filter plus chlorine removal ball (CaSo3) method shower filter to test. I can see the sendiment filter turn yellow and brown in matter of few days but I also end up itchy after about a week. This time I strongly believed I might not suitable for those redox reaction (KDF/Calcium Sulfite).

Lastly I purchase a japanese brand shower filter that using only fibre activated carbon, <sigh...> end up with the allergic reaction as well. FYI, all those filter product i purchased, I did chlorine testing on the filtered water, the color remains transparent, where else unfiltered water, turned to very yellow.

I am very confused now, how come my skin get reacted with filtered water. By right, my skin should be at least no reaction or getting betta when the water quality is improved or getting less element inside.

TLDR:

Need help or experience sharing!!! Skin only dry using unfiltered shower water, skin reacted with itchy and bumpy (especially face) using below shower filtered:
1> KDF Filter with coconut shell carbon Shower Filter
2> KDF Filter Shower Filter
3> Sediment filter with Chlorine removal ball filter
4> Fiber Activated Carbon Shower Filter

Try shower without the filter again. Maybe it’s the water issue not the filter.

Yea, forgot to mention, the allergic reaction on my face, scalp and body start subside when i removed the filter. Within a week without any filter my skin back to normal.

Do u change ur bath shampoo or hair shampoo. I kena once before when I change a new brand bath shampoo.

Ploblem solved edy. Can tutup tred edy lor.

Nop, cleanser and shampoo using the same brand. Everything the same and the only differences was I add-on the shower filter.

can say solved la, but i x paham why using filtered water cause my skin react, and I tried many filtering method, each of them cause me react and skin back to normal after I unfiltered it. But I confirmed the water quality is poor and high chlorine before filter

This post has been edited by hidelun: Jul 31 2021, 12:45 PM

I oso tak faham leh. Sorry

Could it be, condo water storage tank contaminated. Read a lot story about this.

Correct me if I am wrong, wouldnt the chlorine already kill the bacteria/germ before I filter it out?

I suggest u buy drinking water by boxes, get the cheap brand. And try with filter and without. Or use the same filter on other water sources. Like friends or relatives.

Yes it will kill bacteria, but if some rat or cat drown in the tank?

mmm, maybe i can test wash with those big bottled distilled water for few days see how my skin react, I am starting to think maybe my skin need chlorine to help kill the bacteria/germ in my skin.

omg, I hope tat not the case, and yea one more important point, my wife and my 2 years old son does not have any reaction with/without the filter.