Many of us look forward to our hair getting lighter from the summer sun. But if your hair looks more green than platinum, it is not the sun's fault. It is more likely to be a tip-off that your swimming pool is heavily chlorinated, or that copper from water pipes is seeping into your pool water. In fact, green hair used to be fairly common among copper and brassworkers.
If you have not been swimming lately, your sea-green hair can be a sign that you enjoy bathing in a tub that is been cleaned with chlorine-containing products. If your green hair does not seem related to swimming or bathing, it could be a more serious sign of excess exposure to mercury, which can cause neurological, muscular, sensory, and cognitive damage.
Rinsing your hair with lemon juice or vinegar may help restore green hair to its natural color.
Most adults have 100,000 to 150,000 hairs on their scalp at any one time. On average, natural blondes have the most hairs (140,000), while redheads have the fewest (90,000).
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