Another tip: I take a large ziplock bag and fill it with vinegar and tie it around the actual shower head and leave on for a few hours. It really works getting that hard water “ gunk” off.
Another tip... do. not. leave. your. toothbrush. out. ...when you flush your toilet there is a plume of 'matter' that areosolizes...I keep my toothbrush in my cabinet and always, aaaalways close the toilet lid when you flush!
washing my face with bottled water in a spray bottle was THE BEST thing i did for my skin. better than ANY skincare product i've ever used. Shower filter helped my back acne, as well as not standing under the shower the whole time.
Omg I've lived in the Midwest my whole life, but moving from central illinois in a house with a water softener to Chicago in a house with no room for a water softener there is a MAJOR difference in how hard the water is! My hair feels so bad constantly!
For me, travel is a relief. My home area water is so hard even water filter don't stay effective long. It's really noticeable even when you do laundry... I traveled to several areas that the water is "soft", the detergent foams up much better and do a much better cleaning job.
We had naturally soft water for years, in our last two houses. No dingy laundry, no need for hair conditioner. Then we moved to an area with HARD water! OMG! Gave us eczema, clogged the drains and shower heads, ruined the dishwasher! Spent major bucks to get whole-house water filtration...worth EVERY dollar!!!
This reminds me of a paper I read today that said hard water is associated with an increased risk of atopic dermatitis. It also said higher calcium in hard water impairs skin barrier function 😮
We had hard water until our last house, and ever since we’ve had a water softener. It makes so much difference. Not only does hard water ruin your skin it also ruins your appliances!
Yes, hard water was irritating my skin, felt like my hair wasn't as shiny, but finally when it ruined some of my bathroom fixtures and ruined a hot water heater I got to the end of my rope. We got the big softener in our basement mainly to protect appliances but it's done wonders for skin and hair!
@@melissal.6403 Home Depot has the large ones you can have installed and they can cost a few hundred dollars and up. I’ve seen some water softener and filter shower heads on Amazon but I don’t know how well they actually work.
I ended up switching to washing my face with distilled water from the jug about a year ago (because I can't afford a water softener). made a HUGE difference.
Interesting!!! I ended up switching my hair routine to only distilled two years ago- only- and my hairdresser cannot believe even w highlights how soft my ( old!) hair is! So I will try my face!!!
I can 100% attest to water softeners being the culprit for my own hair problems. I moved from Vancouver,Canada to A more rural part of Alberta,Canada and my long hair became extremely tangled and had a weird thick film all over it. I was in tears everyday combing it out. Days of this turned into months, I couldnt figure out what it was --it actually cause me so much depression because I ended up shaving off all my hair because of the pain of combing through it everday was too much. I have so much love for dr.dray for mentioning it in a previous videos several months ago, my hair is now shoulder length and I just feel so much more attractive and happy overall. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
The shower head and sink tap aerators unscrew and come off, so you can soak them in a bowl of vinegar for a good while and not have to hold it up (and tire out your arm). If your shower head doesn't come off, an easy hack I've seen is securing a plastic bag with vinegar in it around the shower head with a rubber band.
Not sure if anyone has said this already but: For MUCH easier and more thorough cleaning, remove the shower and faucet heads and unscrew all of their parts and soak them in vinegar for a couple of hours or overnight. Then give them a quick scrub, reassemble, and voila!
Right? I saw a video about a week ago- some lady posted a bunch of cleaning tips and tricks. One of them was to put a cloth over a butter knife and clean the slats on the air intake vent cover. She filmed herself cleaning the whole thing, which I imagine took quite a long time. She could’ve just unscrewed it and scrubbed it in the bathtub or put it in the dishwasher and saved herself an hour. 😂🤣😂 Needless to say, I didn’t bother finishing the rest of the video.
Buy one of those shower heads that filter your water! It’s around 65 bucks I believe. It’s called the eco water spa or something like that! My mom purchased one and it’s helped with dry skin, dry hair,and it’s helped ease my eczema
@Chantal Marie I try not to let her stay on the steroids for so long, her skin will rely on it more than vs using lotions. But I have been following Dr. Dray for years and I have her on a skincare regimen. Body wash eucerin skin calming body wash, and hydroboost lotion. Cerave hydrating body wash is a good one too!
I recommend to put vinegar in a zip lock bag and tie it around the shower head. You can also soak all your faucets and shower heads that way. That works wonders. Vinegar is so great for cleaning!
Hello Dr Dray.. You can soak a cloth to the hot vinegar wrap it to the shower head! Wrap it with a plastc bag and leave it over night.. The next day just rinse.. No scrub no efford..
Put the vinegar in a sandwich baggie tie it to the showerhead and leave it on for a couple hours. Less scrubbing is needed and it allows you the freedom to do other tasks.
I moved from a much softer water area to a super hard water area. Last February before we knew the extent of covid, I visited my family back east for 2 weeks. It was an instant difference after I showered my first day there. Skin was clear by the 3rd day. I'm constantly battling breakouts where I live now. I need to go ahead and get the shower head water softener but what I really need is a home water softener. Washing my face in the hard water sink is still damaging. A cowlick I have has gotten worse from the water here causing build up, clarifying shampoo has helped a lot but I suspect a shower head water softener will make the cowlick go back to a non-issue like it was back east. Thanks for covering the topic! Lots of people I think are fighting a losing battle. All the hair and skin products in the world can't overtake the damage from hard water. PS, I use a bag around the showerhead with vinegar. Tie the bag around the showerhead and can leave it for longer.
Facts! I got a water softener installed in my house, I use these salt bags every so often... it wasn't bad, I def could see the difference... i see the difference even in my toilet and dishwasher! I'm sure the new ones are even better...
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Love your videos Dr.. The aerator on your kitchen and bathroom sinks can actually be removed. It simply unscrew. Then soak it in the vinegar. After soaking is done, take an old tooth brush and scrub the parts. You can dis-assemble the screen and gasket to scrub with an old tooth brush, then reassemble and screw it back onto your faucet. Repeat process for shower head too. You would be surprised to see what is ibehind the screen on the aerator!
Vinegar is so awesome for cleaning. I feel like some Dawn and vinegar is all a person needs to clean about 80% of the stuff around the house. Only problem is I hate the smell lol
I have a scrub brush with a handle that holds dish soap in the kitchen. I fill it with 50/50% of Dawn and white vinegar. It's the best, and it keeps my stainless steel sink cleaner too.
Hi Dr Dray, I know one of your top recommendations is to put moisturizer on to wet skin.. if I have hard water and leave the water on my skin when applying moisturizer, won’t this lock in all those minerals and deposits into my skin and cause further damage? I used to use this method of applying moisturizer to wet skin for a long time and i recently started towel drying my face beforehand.. my skin has been the best it’s been in years
Try putting the warm vinegar in a zip lock bag and use a rubber band to fasten to the showerhead to soak . Then use a toothbrush to scrub away the hard water build-up.
Easier trick with the vinegar is to put a generous amount in a bag and tape it or use elastic band to attach it to the shower head or faucet. Leave it there for an while. Like 30mins to an hour. No need to scrub, everything just comes off.
Instead of a small bowl..... on the shower head, you could use a plastic baggie, with the vinegar, then tie it to the shower head, with rubber bands or twisty, and leave overnight, use a small toothbrush and everything will come right off. Good Luck.
How timely! I just put a filter on my shower, primarily to help with improving hair loss. Water in North GA was super hard, and I’ve noticed a huge difference in my hair!
i went to London and my hair felt like rubber strings after showering. it was horrendous 🤣 i never knew i would appreciate the tap water at my house so much lol
Right on target!!! Lately, my skin and hair has been dried out something fierce! We just went to Florida for two weeks and after we came back I noticed a massive change. I thought to myself was it the water???? You just validated. For the first time ever I had to grab for head and shoulders shampoo lol my hair is slowly recovering. I have had to do several deep conditionings also.
From everything I have read any kind of a showerhead filter is not going to soften the water. The way water softeners work there’s no way something that fits in the palm of your hand could truly soften water. They use reserves of resin that chemically changed the water and are recharged by using quantities of salt. I can’t see how you could possibly get that into a handheld showerhead. If you really are looking for a soft water I would recommend getting an actual water softener. It is an initial investment but in the long run what you save on the damage that hard water causes to household appliances probably will make up for it in the long run.
I wish I could find that recipe I used for my garden pickling cukes. I remember distilled white vinegar (and I think water), fresh garden dill, chopped garlic, kosher salt and I added some peppercorns. Can’t remember the measurements but they were the best pickles ever.🤤 Thank you for that discount code.☕️ I love the vivacious Dr. Dray!😄
I advise everyone to look into the Waterstick in-shower softener! I'm disappointed I didn't know about this product till more recently. It's a true in-shower water softener. Nearly every in-shower filter doesn't actually soften water and just removes sediment, maybe some chlorine, or a very small amount of minerals. I have one if anyone has any question. It's a lifesaver if you hate hard water though. Waterstick truly softens like a full water softener.
Hi there. Not sure if the product is everywhere, but in Alberta, i buy and use a double strength cleaning vinegar. It comes in both a jug and a spray bottle. I soak paper towels in it and wrap the towel around the sink faucets to dissolve the crusty build up. Showerhead and sinks get sprayed down too. Works great!
Can easily unscrew the showerhead to clean it. Used to use vinegar on floors but even though diluted it destroyed the mop and metal vents. Extremely corrosive.
You can put warm vinegar in a ziplock bag and attach it to the shower head and leave it on for hours if you like. You can also unscrew the faucet aerator and soak it. When you take it off you will usually see little rock particles inside it that build up and block the water flow. The recipe sounds great. I'm going to try it. Thanks for posting it.
It's also the chlorine in water that is damaging. Use a shower filter or a whole house reverse osmosis filtering system, or water softening system. Dr. Gray, you can simply sprinkle baking soda in your sink, pour in a cup of vinegar, let it bubble and pour in some hot (not boiling) water to clean your sink. Never do this in the toilet or on well water septic systems. I've learned and am learning so much from your videos. I'm severely allergic to chlorine and it is a monumental problem.
Last time I went to the hairdresser I asked her how come we have such amazing hair when we got our hair cut, she told me, as she’s a close friend, that every salon has a softener. So now I understand an want one for my house 😀
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I have a large water softener that we add specific salts to and I have blonde hair and I feel it has really saved my hair from turning brassy. I imagine it has saved my skin as well! :)
Doc next time pour the vinager in a ziploc bag and tie around your shower head with a rubber band and leave it to work it magic that way you don’t have to hold it in place
Shower filters saved my skin and hair. Live in a small Texas village that attacks its water with chemicals. I also use the double magnets in my washing machine. Minerals, stuff and gunk on the magnets from the water, detergents and clothing dyes. No detergents, just spot clean prior to washing. No dryer sheets. Clothing and towels are soft. Last trip to ER for steroid pack for a blooming rash was over 4 years ago. Have an extra set of washing machine magnets for travel as well. Thanks to turning me on to Korean beauty. Major improvements in skin texture and clearing up geriatric acne, I am 73.
I saw a hack that you can tie a plastic bag with the vinegar around shower head to keep it soak. Second thing i wanted to mention it's that you can unscrew that piece on your sink faucet and clean the screen in there. (Use a pliers). It's pretty gross with black mold so it's good to do it.
The best hack for cleaning your shower head is to pour Vinegar in ziplock bag or any other bag with no holes, put enough to cover shower head, tie the bag with rubber band, zip tie or even hair tie. Let it soak over night. In the morning I scrub with a cleaning toothbrush (old toothbrush) and then the holes are unclogged.
I have used the vinegar technique without heating it to clean my shower head. I put the vinegar into a baggie and seal it and use a rubber band to let it sit up there awhile. It seemed to work great but I am going to try heating it in the future. Thanks, Dr. Dray!
Hard water is such a big influence! I live in the Netherlands, where the water is about as "soft" as it gets (from my experience anyway) and I cannot tell you how much my skin and hair freak out whenever I travel!
Loved this!!! I have had my clients change out their shower head for years!!!!!! Some found horrible mold!!! Loved the cake too😉 Have a lovely day Andrea☀️Blessings 🙌🏻🍑Lisa Peaches Skin Care
I had the same issues with water until I bought a filtered shower head. I can see the difference it makes to my skin and hair. They are fairly inexpensive and found on Amazon.
Yes, I live in FL and can attest to the water definitely being hard here. I do notice my hair looks so much better when we used to travel. The calcium buildup around our faucets makes me wonder what it is doing to our skin. I love a good long hot soak in a bath and get eczema on my elbow as and hands, but can’t talk the hubs into putting in a softener 🤦🏻♀️ 💰
I know an easier way to put the vinegar on your shower head. instead of a bowl I use a ziploc bag and a rubber. I pour the solution into the the ziplock bag and I put the showerhead in the bag with vinegar solution and than I tie it with a rubber band. I let it sit 10 minutes.
Cosmetologist here. Obviously as you know, but for those who do not …our hair and skin are both sensitive to maintaining a proper ph balance. That said, as far as baby shampoo for the hair to chelate all of the minerals and such, would be a good idea however I wouldn’t suggest using it on a regular basis. Especially for hair with any chemical treatments such as color, perms, relaxers, etc. Most important thing to maintain healthy hair and color longevity is proper PH. How are hair is naturally acidic on the pH scale, so if you are using products which are more alkaline, It disturbs the disulfide bonds that need to remain closed down. I try to be cognizant of this with my skin as well, usually if I have a good natural shampoo that is pH balanced to my hair, I feel like I can use it on my body but you would know better than me. But to explain this in a real world example as it pertains to our hair: As a colorist, when I am trying to remove or deposit color from somebody’s hair, essentially what I am doing is breaking down the disulfide bonds to either lighten the hair ( known as bleaching, but we don’t like to use that term. 🤫) Or even deposit color. However to maintain our bright blonde or the longevity of our colors, it’s important that we seal those disulfide bonds back down. The way we are able to do this is because the products we use are incredibly alkaline, so any good colorist will finish their service by restoring the proper pH balance to about 5.5ish on the ph scale, closer to acidic. That said… I presume that the baby shampoo ingredients you speak of as well as the others, are effective in chelating the hair because it is alkaline. So I would just suggest following that up with a pH balanced conditioner. A good line ( not sponsored at all) I recommend for that is called ‘Enjoy’ It is not sold by retailers because the owner worries about the integrity of our industry and diversion of products. So you have to buy it from the hair salon or a stylist who carries it. In the states, Supercuts typically has it on their shelves. But you can also go to their website and search for salons near you that carry it. There are other brands that claim to be pH balanced but unless they actually tell you what the product is pH balanced TO , you can’t trust them. It could be pH balanced to something, but is it our HAIR? Tricky marketing schemes out there. However enjoy was the first one on the market to really break this barrier, they are the originals when it comes to proper pH balance. They have since expanded into a line called Formula 18, which I am personally obsessed with. It contains the resurrection plant or Jerusalem plant I think they call it. And for those who know what that is, you know what an amazing ingredient that is. But they have also expanded into more organic and natural products, all properly pH balanced. So anywho. That’s just my two cents about hair. You’re 1,000,000% right and I haven’t been diligent enough about this with my own water but I am looking into a good filter as we speak. So for all the blondes especially out there… If you’re frustrated with your hair turning yellow and brassy, and running to the nearest purple shampoo… I would suggest first taking a page out of Dr. Drays book and addressing your hard water first 🥰
Vinegar and Dawn dish washing liquid in a zip lock bag. This combo is a miracle worker. I clean the tub and shower walls with it too. It's a cheap but very effective cleaner. Try it!
We have a softner ("Kinetico") and have for the past 15 yrs. But, we also have it set as high as it will go in order to keep it as soft as possible. It's great! Arizona is another hard water state! Sounds like the whole country is that way.
@@Serenabean what I know is ideally a chemical sunscreen. I would look at Dr Dray’s videos on Japanese sunscreens since they have high UVA protection based on their PA rating system
Happy Saturday, Dr Dray! I always knew the toll that my hard water did on my hair but for some reason I didn't think about what it might be doing to my skin as well. Thanks for the eye opener and the tips. Hope you, your sweet momma and little Tybee are having a wonderful weekend! 💚
I love the Hey Guys, and I so enjoy watching your videos! I'm inspired to go clean my shower head! Thank you for all the honest info, I've learned so much from you.
Hey dr. Dre in everyone! Hugs to Mom and Tybee! My I've got to look into that hard water and I've got to try that recipe I love it chocolate! Hope everyone's having a great day!
100 leg circles ~ that’s impressive. Do you just do them in one direction or do you switch? I should do those again.... Thanks for the tip on EDTA ~ we have hard water.
If you don't want to stand there and hold it....... you can take regular temperature vinegar, put in a ziploc bag and use a rubber band to hold it onto your shower head. You can do this and go to work or over night
Los Angeles has filthy water. Soft water system saved my skin and hair. The KP on my arms and skin are almost completely gone. Edit: I always comment this on Dr. Dray’s videos but the Water Sticks soft water system is what I use w the KDF filter. A lot of the shower head filters on Amazon don’t change your showers to soft water although they claim otherwise, it’s simply not true. It’s important to know what soft water means. I regenerate my system every 3 days because the water here is horrible.
Omggg i was just looking this up yesterday because whenever I would be living in Montreal for school, my skin would breakout like crazy no matter what I did, and it would only calm down when I came home to Vancouver. Well turns out mtl has hard water and van has soft water 🙃 thanks for the clarification Dr Dray, I knew it wasn't just my imagination!!
I moved to Singapore and my hair turned orange and dry and course. Tried all sorts of oils etc to no avail. I now have a filter on my shower. It’s ten times more noticeable if you have bleached damaged hair. Back in the U.K. we have a water softener. It’s heaven. Ps I do a final face rinse with thermal water when I double cleanse. You can feel the difference in how your skin feels.
Anyone have any recommendations for a shower head filter? I just moved to the desert. Hard water here! My curly hair and acne prone skin are hating me so much.
Thanks for the question. All of Southern California is hard water, destroying pipes and creating major home leaks. People are spending thousand re-piping their homes after repetitive leaks and insurance companies are dumping homeowners due to multiple claims. So I guess whole house water softening system is the answer, but again a major cost.
Dear Dr Dray...another way is to just place the vinegar (at room temperature) in a plastic bag and attach it to the shower head 🚿 and leave it over night...I the morning you just scrub it a little with a bone abrasive sponge 🧽...it works like magic ✨
My city in Australia has _extremely_ hard water, and it hurts my eyes soooo much to wash my face. I was AMAZED when I visited another city and I could wash my face with no eye pain, plus my eczema seemed to really calm down while I was travelling. Funny that my city has won awards for the complex flavour of our mineral-rich water, and the minerals are nutritionally beneficial to drink, but it's absolutely terrible for skin 😆! I've definitely been thinking about getting a shower filter, this video is a good reminder 😊.
Hard water truly does affect your skin. We have a water softener and until you get used to soft water, you just feel greasy and like you can't get all the soap off!
From what I've understood, that's because softened water doesn't strip the oils off your skin, and additionally, you may be using too much soap now that you don't have to compensate for the hard water interfering with the sudsing of the soap.
Another tip: I take a large ziplock bag and fill it with vinegar and tie it around the actual shower head and leave on for a few hours. It really works getting that hard water “ gunk” off.
Great tip! Thanks!
Was just going to say this, an hour or two really makes a difference!
Happy Saturday Frances enjoy your day friend 😊 😘
Greetings Frances Kennedy hope u r well n Happy Saturday😀👍💜....
You can take off the faucet heads also. Vinegar down the sink is also good to clean drains.
Another tip... do. not. leave. your. toothbrush. out. ...when you flush your toilet there is a plume of 'matter' that areosolizes...I keep my toothbrush in my cabinet and always, aaaalways close the toilet lid when you flush!
Thats why you should always put the lid down when you flush
Really? Thanks for the info 👍👍
@@nancyaustin2430 🙄
I'm still trying to get my boyfriend to remember to put the lid down!
Agree. My family laughs at me because I do this 🤷🏽♀️
washing my face with bottled water in a spray bottle was THE BEST thing i did for my skin. better than ANY skincare product i've ever used. Shower filter helped my back acne, as well as not standing under the shower the whole time.
This is so true. I moved to the Midwest and the water out here takes a huge toll on your hair and skin!
I know. When going to Europe. My skin and hair became automatically better. I finally know.
That’s so strange I moved from the Midwest to CA. I think I got used to Midwest water because the water in CA is making me so dry.
Did you ever try the softener?
Omg I've lived in the Midwest my whole life, but moving from central illinois in a house with a water softener to Chicago in a house with no room for a water softener there is a MAJOR difference in how hard the water is! My hair feels so bad constantly!
Yes I live in Illinois our water is soo hard my skin and hair is dry
For me, travel is a relief. My home area water is so hard even water filter don't stay effective long. It's really noticeable even when you do laundry... I traveled to several areas that the water is "soft", the detergent foams up much better and do a much better cleaning job.
I live in a hard water area. Luckily, our laundromat has a softener. Such a relief.
We had naturally soft water for years, in our last two houses. No dingy laundry, no need for hair conditioner. Then we moved to an area with HARD water! OMG! Gave us eczema, clogged the drains and shower heads, ruined the dishwasher! Spent major bucks to get whole-house water filtration...worth EVERY dollar!!!
Is a water filtration above a beyond a water softener?
This reminds me of a paper I read today that said hard water is associated with an increased risk of atopic dermatitis. It also said higher calcium in hard water impairs skin barrier function 😮
Yeah it really can take a toll on the skin
We had hard water until our last house, and ever since we’ve had a water softener. It makes so much difference. Not only does hard water ruin your skin it also ruins your appliances!
Yes! Our water was SO hard it clogged our drains and ruined our dishwasher!
Yes, hard water was irritating my skin, felt like my hair wasn't as shiny, but finally when it ruined some of my bathroom fixtures and ruined a hot water heater I got to the end of my rope. We got the big softener in our basement mainly to protect appliances but it's done wonders for skin and hair!
We bought a water softener- my hair, skin, our washing machine and plumbing are so happy!
Do you mind me asking the cost?
Yes how much? Where do you get a water softener and how do you use it
@@melissal.6403 Home Depot has the large ones you can have installed and they can cost a few hundred dollars and up. I’ve seen some water softener and filter shower heads on Amazon but I don’t know how well they actually work.
@@sabr4174 thanks for the info. I have bought a few shower head filters but my husband was talking about getting a big one for the house♡
How has your plumbing changed?
I ended up switching to washing my face with distilled water from the jug about a year ago (because I can't afford a water softener). made a HUGE difference.
Did the same...it's schocking how much of a difference it makes
Interesting!!! I ended up switching my hair routine to only distilled two years ago- only- and my hairdresser cannot believe even w highlights how soft my ( old!) hair is! So I will try my face!!!
Is distilled water Same as the water we drink?
I can 100% attest to water softeners being the culprit for my own hair problems. I moved from Vancouver,Canada to A more rural part of Alberta,Canada and my long hair became extremely tangled and had a weird thick film all over it. I was in tears everyday combing it out. Days of this turned into months, I couldnt figure out what it was --it actually cause me so much depression because I ended up shaving off all my hair because of the pain of combing through it everday was too much. I have so much love for dr.dray for mentioning it in a previous videos several months ago, my hair is now shoulder length and I just feel so much more attractive and happy overall. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
It grew back? What did you do?
I also did the same move and it’s the same problem for me too 😭😭
The shower head and sink tap aerators unscrew and come off, so you can soak them in a bowl of vinegar for a good while and not have to hold it up (and tire out your arm). If your shower head doesn't come off, an easy hack I've seen is securing a plastic bag with vinegar in it around the shower head with a rubber band.
Not sure if anyone has said this already but: For MUCH easier and more thorough cleaning, remove the shower and faucet heads and unscrew all of their parts and soak them in vinegar for a couple of hours or overnight. Then give them a quick scrub, reassemble, and voila!
Thank you! I was just going to say this. Work smart, not hard. :)
Right? I saw a video about a week ago- some lady posted a bunch of cleaning tips and tricks. One of them was to put a cloth over a butter knife and clean the slats on the air intake vent cover. She filmed herself cleaning the whole thing, which I imagine took quite a long time. She could’ve just unscrewed it and scrubbed it in the bathtub or put it in the dishwasher and saved herself an hour. 😂🤣😂 Needless to say, I didn’t bother finishing the rest of the video.
Shes definitely right about Florida. Our water will irritate anyone with eczema 😩 my daughter is a long time sufferer of eczema
Buy one of those shower heads that filter your water! It’s around 65 bucks I believe. It’s called the eco water spa or something like that! My mom purchased one and it’s helped with dry skin, dry hair,and it’s helped ease my eczema
@@iamjoshdunbar that' awesome it works! I ordered a shower head filter from Amazon today.
@Chantal Marie I try not to let her stay on the steroids for so long, her skin will rely on it more than vs using lotions. But I have been following Dr. Dray for years and I have her on a skincare regimen. Body wash eucerin skin calming body wash, and hydroboost lotion. Cerave hydrating body wash is a good one too!
When I go to the north east the water makes my hair softer and skin less dry. Florida’s water sucks
I recommend to put vinegar in a zip lock bag and tie it around the shower head. You can also soak all your faucets and shower heads that way. That works wonders.
Vinegar is so great for cleaning!
how i can do this pls explain i put the faucet inside the shower head
Hello Dr Dray.. You can soak a cloth to the hot vinegar wrap it to the shower head! Wrap it with a plastc bag and leave it over night.. The next day just rinse.. No scrub no efford..
Put the vinegar in a sandwich baggie tie it to the showerhead and leave it on for a couple hours. Less scrubbing is needed and it allows you the freedom to do other tasks.
FINALLY! someone speaks on hardwater & skin care 🙌🏽
I moved from a much softer water area to a super hard water area. Last February before we knew the extent of covid, I visited my family back east for 2 weeks. It was an instant difference after I showered my first day there. Skin was clear by the 3rd day. I'm constantly battling breakouts where I live now. I need to go ahead and get the shower head water softener but what I really need is a home water softener. Washing my face in the hard water sink is still damaging. A cowlick I have has gotten worse from the water here causing build up, clarifying shampoo has helped a lot but I suspect a shower head water softener will make the cowlick go back to a non-issue like it was back east.
Thanks for covering the topic! Lots of people I think are fighting a losing battle. All the hair and skin products in the world can't overtake the damage from hard water.
PS, I use a bag around the showerhead with vinegar. Tie the bag around the showerhead and can leave it for longer.
Facts! I got a water softener installed in my house, I use these salt bags every so often... it wasn't bad, I def could see the difference... i see the difference even in my toilet and dishwasher! I'm sure the new ones are even better...
The hair on my head began shedding big time following an extremely stressfull period in my life. So, I researched the net & decided to try the litttleextra coocoonion hair oil and a comb made of neem wood. It really truly made a difference. At present, I have lengthy, dense, black hair which has grown down to my waist and trimmed three times after I started. Easy and effective. Additionally, equally good is massaging the scalp - it encourages the growth. You just have to do this weekly. Before long, you will see new hair starting to grow.
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Am I the only one who feels like I just spent the day with my big sister? (That I've never had, lol) What a sweet thing to share! Hugz!
For sure. The water and particles in the air. Trust me my friend has a water softener and she took the filter within a month and it was basically mud.
Where did she buy it from and how much?
Love your videos Dr.. The aerator on your kitchen and bathroom sinks can actually be removed. It simply unscrew. Then soak it in the vinegar. After soaking is done, take an old tooth brush and scrub the parts. You can dis-assemble the screen and gasket to scrub with an old tooth brush, then reassemble and screw it back onto your faucet. Repeat process for shower head too. You would be surprised to see what is ibehind the screen on the aerator!
Vinegar is so awesome for cleaning. I feel like some Dawn and vinegar is all a person needs to clean about 80% of the stuff around the house. Only problem is I hate the smell lol
I have a scrub brush with a handle that holds dish soap in the kitchen. I fill it with 50/50% of Dawn and white vinegar. It's the best, and it keeps my stainless steel sink cleaner too.
@@reucat24 yep! I use to work in a grooming shop and we pre washed the dogs and cats with dawn.
You can put cold vinegar in a sack and tie it the faucet so you don’t have to stand there.
We installed a water softener when we bought our home. It’s the best purchase we have made to save our pipes and our skin and hair.
what system?
Rain Soft
Hi Dr Dray, I know one of your top recommendations is to put moisturizer on to wet skin.. if I have hard water and leave the water on my skin when applying moisturizer, won’t this lock in all those minerals and deposits into my skin and cause further damage? I used to use this method of applying moisturizer to wet skin for a long time and i recently started towel drying my face beforehand.. my skin has been the best it’s been in years
Good point
I put distilled water into a small spray bottle and use that to mist my face before I moisturise.
I wish someone would answer this concern. This is exactly what I question as well!!
It's so true. Hard water is awful. I have a water softener and it's made such a huge difference.
Happy Saturday Dr Dray! Hope you and friends have a great weekend!
You too !
Greetings Frances Kennedy hope u r well n Happy Saturday😀👍💜....
Have a great weekend everyone 🤗
Try putting the warm vinegar in a zip lock bag and use a rubber band to fasten to the showerhead to soak . Then use a toothbrush to scrub away the hard water build-up.
My parents have EXTREMELY hard water, full of Iron.
I drink filtered water, but cannot filter all the sink & shower water.... Sigh
Me too
You can actually get filter for shower. I have filters in all my three bathrooms.
T3 is a good shower head filtration system. I’ve been using it for years and love it.
Easier trick with the vinegar is to put a generous amount in a bag and tape it or use elastic band to attach it to the shower head or faucet. Leave it there for an while. Like 30mins to an hour. No need to scrub, everything just comes off.
Instead of a small bowl..... on the shower head, you could use a plastic baggie, with the vinegar, then tie it to the shower head, with rubber bands or twisty, and leave overnight, use a small toothbrush and everything will come right off. Good Luck.
Or just remove shower head if possible then put it back on..
How timely! I just put a filter on my shower, primarily to help with improving hair loss. Water in North GA was super hard, and I’ve noticed a huge difference in my hair!
Its a yr later but can you tell me which brand Shower filter you bought lol. My hair is falling out
i went to London and my hair felt like rubber strings after showering. it was horrendous 🤣 i never knew i would appreciate the tap water at my house so much lol
FiF_EATS its worse than well water 😆
Oh wow my hair and skin was better in London..... then again I’m used to SoCal hard water so anything is better than rhay
@@reucat24 Wonder what that ole 'Queen' there uses??? 😁. Oh, of course, she would never be expected to use ' hard water'!!! .😝
Pretty much whole middle to southeast of the England sits on chalk. So yeah, expect hard water.
Right on target!!! Lately, my skin and hair has been dried out something fierce! We just went to Florida for two weeks and after we came back I noticed a massive change. I thought to myself was it the water???? You just validated. For the first time ever I had to grab for head and shoulders shampoo lol my hair is slowly recovering. I have had to do several deep conditionings also.
Can you please make a video about using baby shampoo as a cleanser or using baby oil as oil cleanse. Thank you 😁😁
I would like to know how to use baby/mineral oil as a oil cleanser as well
Happy Saturday Dr Dray!!! Yay cleaning with Dr Dray 🧼
From everything I have read any kind of a showerhead filter is not going to soften the water. The way water softeners work there’s no way something that fits in the palm of your hand could truly soften water. They use reserves of resin that chemically changed the water and are recharged by using quantities of salt. I can’t see how you could possibly get that into a handheld showerhead. If you really are looking for a soft water I would recommend getting an actual water softener. It is an initial investment but in the long run what you save on the damage that hard water causes to household appliances probably will make up for it in the long run.
I wish I could find that recipe I used for my garden pickling cukes. I remember distilled white vinegar (and I think water), fresh garden dill, chopped garlic, kosher salt and I added some peppercorns. Can’t remember the measurements but they were the best pickles ever.🤤
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I love the vivacious Dr. Dray!😄
I advise everyone to look into the Waterstick in-shower softener! I'm disappointed I didn't know about this product till more recently. It's a true in-shower water softener. Nearly every in-shower filter doesn't actually soften water and just removes sediment, maybe some chlorine, or a very small amount of minerals.
I have one if anyone has any question. It's a lifesaver if you hate hard water though. Waterstick truly softens like a full water softener.
Yep. That’s the one I’ve been using for 1 year. The KP on my skin is almost gone and my hair feels like silk.✨✨✨
Aquasana filters have the best filters for showers and sinks.
You can untwist the shower head and put it in vinegar instead of bringing a vinegar to it 😉
Hi there. Not sure if the product is everywhere, but in Alberta, i buy and use a double strength cleaning vinegar. It comes in both a jug and a spray bottle. I soak paper towels in it and wrap the towel around the sink faucets to dissolve the crusty build up. Showerhead and sinks get sprayed down too. Works great!
Can easily unscrew the showerhead to clean it. Used to use vinegar on floors but even though diluted it destroyed the mop and metal vents. Extremely corrosive.
You can put warm vinegar in a ziplock bag and attach it to the shower head and leave it on for hours if you like. You can also unscrew the faucet aerator and soak it. When you take it off you will usually see little rock particles inside it that build up and block the water flow. The recipe sounds great. I'm going to try it. Thanks for posting it.
My twelve year old niece has eczema and will definitely by her a water softener for her water head. Thank you for the tip❣️
For the bathroom sink faucet, you can easily unscrew the little faucet head and soak it in vinegar.
It's also the chlorine in water that is damaging.
Use a shower filter or a whole house reverse osmosis filtering system, or water softening system.
Dr. Gray, you can simply sprinkle baking soda in your sink, pour in a cup of vinegar, let it bubble and pour in some hot (not boiling) water to clean your sink. Never do this in the toilet or on well water septic systems.
I've learned and am learning so much from your videos. I'm severely allergic to chlorine and it is a monumental problem.
Check your city's water level by searching [city name] Level of Hardness In Water
Yes!! Thank you so much for answering my question about the hard water affecting your skin 💜 I so, so appreciate it!!
Good afternoon from Née York/NJ. tell us what you think about JLo’s new face care line please.
Happy weekend.
Dr Dray has said in past videos that olive oil left on the skin can lead to TEWL (trans epidermal water loss).
Couldn't care less about anything she does. She need even more money?
😁
Last time I went to the hairdresser I asked her how come we have such amazing hair when we got our hair cut, she told me, as she’s a close friend, that every salon has a softener. So now I understand an want one for my house 😀
Does anyone have suggestions for water softeners?
Today's video really hit home.
Get one that uses potassium salt rather than sodium chloride (regular table salt) Better for your heart and circulatory system. 🌱
And the cost also?
Good morning! Using a toothbrush dipped in the vinegar after the soaking works wonders on the showerhead and the faucet screen
Good tip
I live in Tennessee and there's a reason we've been rinsing our hair with vinegar and water for ages!
You can take your shower head off to soak. The sink drain in your bathroom can also be lifted out to clean.
You can also unscrew those attachments on your faucets and submerge them in the white vinegar.
OMG. I Just cleaned the gunk off my faucet and shower heads. You da best Dr. Dray.
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Dr Dray you can unscrew your shower head & soak it in a small pail,having a water softener is the best,no build up of chemicals.
I have a large water softener that we add specific salts to and I have blonde hair and I feel it has really saved my hair from turning brassy. I imagine it has saved my skin as well! :)
What softener do you use?
Doc next time pour the vinager in a ziploc bag and tie around your shower head with a rubber band and leave it to work it magic that way you don’t have to hold it in place
Great suggestion!
Shower filters saved my skin and hair. Live in a small Texas village that attacks its water with chemicals. I also use the double magnets in my washing machine. Minerals, stuff and gunk on the magnets from the water, detergents and clothing dyes. No detergents, just spot clean prior to washing. No dryer sheets. Clothing and towels are soft. Last trip to ER for steroid pack for a blooming rash was over 4 years ago. Have an extra set of washing machine magnets for travel as well. Thanks to turning me on to Korean beauty. Major improvements in skin texture and clearing up geriatric acne, I am 73.
What are double magnets?
I saw a hack that you can tie a plastic bag with the vinegar around shower head to keep it soak. Second thing i wanted to mention it's that you can unscrew that piece on your sink faucet and clean the screen in there. (Use a pliers). It's pretty gross with black mold so it's good to do it.
The best hack for cleaning your shower head is to pour Vinegar in ziplock bag or any other bag with no holes, put enough to cover shower head, tie the bag with rubber band, zip tie or even hair tie. Let it soak over night. In the morning I scrub with a cleaning toothbrush (old toothbrush) and then the holes are unclogged.
I have used the vinegar technique without heating it to clean my shower head. I put the vinegar into a baggie and seal it and use a rubber band to let it sit up there awhile. It seemed to work great but I am going to try heating it in the future. Thanks, Dr. Dray!
Final rinse with distilled water. 99 cents a gallon, or close. It’s worth it.
IM going to have to do this
Hard water is such a big influence! I live in the Netherlands, where the water is about as "soft" as it gets (from my experience anyway) and I cannot tell you how much my skin and hair freak out whenever I travel!
Netherlands has hard waterrrrrrrr who said its soft
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I love the energy in this video! 🤣
I love when she speak a little Spanish 🔥
Loved this!!! I have had my clients change out their shower head for years!!!!!! Some found horrible mold!!!
Loved the cake too😉
Have a lovely day Andrea☀️Blessings 🙌🏻🍑Lisa Peaches Skin Care
Happy Saturday Lisa :)
I had the same issues with water until I bought a filtered shower head. I can see the difference it makes to my skin and hair. They are fairly inexpensive and found on Amazon.
Seriously?
Yes, I live in FL and can attest to the water definitely being hard here. I do notice my hair looks so much better when we used to travel. The calcium buildup around our faucets makes me wonder what it is doing to our skin. I love a good long hot soak in a bath and get eczema on my elbow as and hands, but can’t talk the hubs into putting in a softener 🤦🏻♀️ 💰
Continued prayers for your Mom🙏🏻
I know an easier way to put the vinegar on your shower head. instead of a bowl I use a ziploc bag and a rubber. I pour the solution into the the ziplock bag and I put the showerhead in the bag with vinegar solution and than I tie it with a rubber band. I let it sit 10 minutes.
Cosmetologist here. Obviously as you know, but for those who do not …our hair and skin are both sensitive to maintaining a proper ph balance. That said, as far as baby shampoo for the hair to chelate all of the minerals and such, would be a good idea however I wouldn’t suggest using it on a regular basis. Especially for hair with any chemical treatments such as color, perms, relaxers, etc. Most important thing to maintain healthy hair and color longevity is proper PH. How are hair is naturally acidic on the pH scale, so if you are using products which are more alkaline, It disturbs the disulfide bonds that need to remain closed down. I try to be cognizant of this with my skin as well, usually if I have a good natural shampoo that is pH balanced to my hair, I feel like I can use it on my body but you would know better than me.
But to explain this in a real world example as it pertains to our hair: As a colorist, when I am trying to remove or deposit color from somebody’s hair, essentially what I am doing is breaking down the disulfide bonds to either lighten the hair ( known as bleaching, but we don’t like to use that term. 🤫) Or even deposit color. However to maintain our bright blonde or the longevity of our colors, it’s important that we seal those disulfide bonds back down.
The way we are able to do this is because the products we use are incredibly alkaline, so any good colorist will finish their service by restoring the proper pH balance to about 5.5ish on the ph scale, closer to acidic.
That said… I presume that the baby shampoo ingredients you speak of as well as the others, are effective in chelating the hair because it is alkaline. So I would just suggest following that up with a pH balanced conditioner. A good line ( not sponsored at all) I recommend for that is called ‘Enjoy’
It is not sold by retailers because the owner worries about the integrity of our industry and diversion of products. So you have to buy it from the hair salon or a stylist who carries it. In the states, Supercuts typically has it on their shelves. But you can also go to their website and search for salons near you that carry it.
There are other brands that claim to be pH balanced but unless they actually tell you what the product is pH balanced TO , you can’t trust them. It could be pH balanced to something, but is it our HAIR? Tricky marketing schemes out there. However enjoy was the first one on the market to really break this barrier, they are the originals when it comes to proper pH balance. They have since expanded into a line called Formula 18, which I am personally obsessed with. It contains the resurrection plant or Jerusalem plant I think they call it. And for those who know what that is, you know what an amazing ingredient that is. But they have also expanded into more organic and natural products, all properly pH balanced.
So anywho. That’s just my two cents about hair.
You’re 1,000,000% right and I haven’t been diligent enough about this with my own water but I am looking into a good filter as we speak.
So for all the blondes especially out there… If you’re frustrated with your hair turning yellow and brassy, and running to the nearest purple shampoo… I would suggest first taking a page out of Dr. Drays book and addressing your hard water first 🥰
Vinegar and Dawn dish washing liquid in a zip lock bag. This combo is a miracle worker. I clean the tub and shower walls with it too. It's a cheap but very effective cleaner. Try it!
Lol! The faucet spout piece spins right off.
We have a softner ("Kinetico") and have for the past 15 yrs. But, we also have it set as high as it will go in order to keep it as soft as possible. It's great! Arizona is another hard water state! Sounds like the whole country is that way.
Hello - I’ve heard that moisturizer with SPF isn’t enough to provide sun protection. Is that true?
Yes since the moisturizer will reduce the effects of the spf
See my video on this topic
@@kevintran8176 what sunscreens are good to put on before makeup
@@Serenabean what I know is ideally a chemical sunscreen. I would look at Dr Dray’s videos on Japanese sunscreens since they have high UVA protection based on their PA rating system
@@kevintran8176 thank you so much!
Happy Saturday, Dr Dray! I always knew the toll that my hard water did on my hair but for some reason I didn't think about what it might be doing to my skin as well. Thanks for the eye opener and the tips. Hope you, your sweet momma and little Tybee are having a wonderful weekend! 💚
I love the Hey Guys, and I so enjoy watching your videos! I'm inspired to go clean my shower head! Thank you for all the honest info, I've learned so much from you.
Hey dr. Dre in everyone! Hugs to Mom and Tybee! My I've got to look into that hard water and I've got to try that recipe I love it chocolate! Hope everyone's having a great day!
100 leg circles ~ that’s impressive. Do you just do them in one direction or do you switch? I should do those again.... Thanks for the tip on EDTA ~ we have hard water.
The vinegar cleaning trick is awesome! I have to try it myself.
If you don't want to stand there and hold it....... you can take regular temperature vinegar, put in a ziploc bag and use a rubber band to hold it onto your shower head. You can do this and go to work or over night
I’ve never cleaned my shower head. And I’ve lived here for 5 years. 😬 I’m going to go take a look at it now. Lol
Update, it looks perfectly fine. There’s no white crusty stuff at all. 🤷♀️ How is that possible?
You probably have good water
Los Angeles has filthy water. Soft water system saved my skin and hair. The KP on my arms and skin are almost completely gone.
Edit: I always comment this on Dr. Dray’s videos but the Water Sticks soft water system is what I use w the KDF filter. A lot of the shower head filters on Amazon don’t change your showers to soft water although they claim otherwise, it’s simply not true. It’s important to know what soft water means.
I regenerate my system every 3 days because the water here is horrible.
Can you comment more on this. What is a kdf filter?
Omg the KP?! Wow I hadn’t thought of that. Now I’m definitely getting this filter. Thank you.
Omggg i was just looking this up yesterday because whenever I would be living in Montreal for school, my skin would breakout like crazy no matter what I did, and it would only calm down when I came home to Vancouver. Well turns out mtl has hard water and van has soft water 🙃 thanks for the clarification Dr Dray, I knew it wasn't just my imagination!!
Hey Dr Dray, I've been meaning to ask how is your mum and Tybee? I miss seeing them both ❤️
I moved to Singapore and my hair turned orange and dry and course. Tried all sorts of oils etc to no avail. I now have a filter on my shower. It’s ten times more noticeable if you have bleached damaged hair. Back in the U.K. we have a water softener. It’s heaven.
Ps I do a final face rinse with thermal water when I double cleanse. You can feel the difference in how your skin feels.
Are you ok? Yes I’m ok, I’m just sitting here watching my friend clean her sink 😂
I love you Dr. Dray!!
Can you do a video on what type of scalp massages one should be doing? Thank you!
See her video, stress ruins your skin! relax with a massage.
Anyone have any recommendations for a shower head filter? I just moved to the desert. Hard water here! My curly hair and acne prone skin are hating me so much.
I've been using Pelican shower filter for many years now.
Look up filtered shower heads on amazon. I bought one for like $54 and it completely changed the health of my skin, scalp, and hair!
Brand is AquaHomeGroup Luxury Filtered showerhead
@@JordanStar7 I thank you so much.
Thanks for the question. All of Southern California is hard water, destroying pipes and creating major home leaks. People are spending thousand re-piping their homes after repetitive leaks and insurance companies are dumping homeowners due to multiple claims.
So I guess whole house water softening system is the answer, but again a major cost.
Dear Dr Dray...another way is to just place the vinegar (at room temperature) in a plastic bag and attach it to the shower head 🚿 and leave it over night...I the morning you just scrub it a little with a bone abrasive sponge 🧽...it works like magic ✨
My city in Australia has _extremely_ hard water, and it hurts my eyes soooo much to wash my face.
I was AMAZED when I visited another city and I could wash my face with no eye pain, plus my eczema seemed to really calm down while I was travelling.
Funny that my city has won awards for the complex flavour of our mineral-rich water, and the minerals are nutritionally beneficial to drink, but it's absolutely terrible for skin 😆!
I've definitely been thinking about getting a shower filter, this video is a good reminder 😊.
🤣🤣🤣 so weird. No one else notices their skin drying out lol
Hard water truly does affect your skin. We have a water softener and until you get used to soft water, you just feel greasy and like you can't get all the soap off!
From what I've understood, that's because softened water doesn't strip the oils off your skin, and additionally, you may be using too much soap now that you don't have to compensate for the hard water interfering with the sudsing of the soap.