Comments on: How to Minimize Chlorine Exposure When Swimming

By: Jamie Larrison

Jamie Larrison — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 05:01:46 +0000

In reply to Nancy Cloutier. Since you used different ingredients than Katie's recipe, it could be from the ingredients used. If it doesn't smell rancid or bad it's likely still fine to use though.

By: Nancy Cloutier

Nancy Cloutier — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:05:48 +0000

I’ve made your cream using oat oil instead of olive oil and sodium ascorbate (vitamin C powder) and it is working very well in protecting my skin from chlorine. It also works very well as a moisturizer and I use it daily after showering, even on days that I am not swimming. However, my cream is more like a butter and is starting to turn dark goldish orange. Do you know why the color change from the light yellow when first made?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 02:09:20 +0000

Do you have any thoughts on whether using a nano-zeolite spray orally would be helpful when swimming in a chlorinated pool? And if so, would it be most helpful to take it before or after (or both)? Thank you so much for the thoughtful content you post.

By: Jamie Larrison

Jamie Larrison — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 22:43:31 +0000

In reply to Dmitry. You could use 2 teaspoons of vitamin C powder for every 1 cup of lotion or sunscreen.

By: Jamie Larrison

Jamie Larrison — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 06:17:50 +0000

In reply to Sherry. It does not seem to be available on Amazon, but you may be able to find it at a local hardware or pool supply store. There are a few other websites online that sell the 35% concentration.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 06:06:00 +0000

Hi, Katie –

The link you posted for hydrogen peroxide takes me to a 3% concentration, rather than 35%. I also got a notice that 12% is the strongest concentration allowed to be sold on Amazon. Could you please share where to find the 35% strength? I am also hoping to use it in bathroom and kitchen cleaning recipes.

By: Dmitry

Dmitry — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 11:54:15 +0000

For the Non-DIY option, how much vitamin C is recommended to be added to the sunscreen?

By: Patricia Broderick

Patricia Broderick — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 11:22:07 +0000

In reply to annette. Swimming at the YMCA has been a Godsend for my mental and physical help. I’ve gone through 10 back neck surgeries so the pool has been extremely helpful. I’ve been swimming for along time but for some reason I have atopical dermatitis and I flare up if I swim what do I do??im on DUPIXENT for 3 months but still itching

By: Jamie Larrison

Jamie Larrison — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:48:49 +0000

In reply to Kate. You would add 2 tsps of vitamin C powder for every 1-1 and 1/4 cup of sunscreen. It may not mix in thoroughly because vitamin C is water soluble

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:53:25 +0000

How much vitamin C powder should be added to a commercially prepared sunscreen? I use Suntegrity, which only uses physical barriers.

By: Ginny

Ginny — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:20:21 +0000

Is there a way to neutralize or filter phthalates in an above ground pool’s water from the liners? I’ve been researching so long. I can’t afford a natural pool, or big bottomless stock tank, & our swimming pond is getting hard to keep balanced with good bacteria. Thanks to anyone who’s had success here!

By: apz

apz — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 17:31:33 +0000

In reply to Deborah. My mom was a competitive swimmer for 30 years, she swam until 6 months pregnant with me. And put me in a pool since 6 months of age...She is now 63 and on thyroid medication, I always wondered if the constant chlorine exposure had anything to do with her thyroid problems. I got her a Berkey filter to try to help reduce her chlorine and fluoride exposure.

By: apz

apz — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 17:18:57 +0000

In reply to Caitlin. My private and expensive gym never cleaned the grease off the pool walls, right where I touch to turn. Never cleaned the tiles in the 15 years I went there. But those were very lazy lifeguards. I worked as a guard for a summer and did plenty of pool cleaning myself. Cleaning the tiles at the water line was literally a 30 min job.

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 18:48:43 +0000

What kind of kid pool would be good (non-plastic/toxic) for kids at home?

By: Katie Wells

Katie Wells — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 02:51:39 +0000

In reply to Nadia. Here's the link: Vitamin C powder

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:57:26 +0000

Like this idea, but do you rub all over your body? I feel like we’d use it up very quickly?

By: mariane

mariane — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:22:56 +0000

Salt pools are actually SWCG= salt water chlorine generators. It separates the sodium chloride into salt and chlorine. Chlorine is needed to kill algae as well as bacteria. A swimmer smells like chlorine (which is actually the chloromines) because the chlorine is going after the bacteria on your skin. Showering before entering the pool will decrease that. Another possibility is to use hydrogen peroxide on your skin after swimming or something to remove the residual chlorine. Water alone does not take away the smell. If pool owners properly cared for their pools, you would not smell chlorine gas and you would not smell like chlorine after swimming in them.

By: Nadia

Nadia — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 19:49:59 +0000

The link to the Vitamin C powder is broken. Can you say which kind of Vit C powder you use?

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 12:16:14 +0000

In reply to uzma ahmed. The important ingredient of the lotion recipe is the Vitamin C powder as long as it has that in it you should be able to customize it how you like

By: Salwa

Salwa — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 13:04:34 +0000

I wonder if taking a shower & wearing a wet suit would help?