ok so I have been swimming 5-7 hours a day for about a week. Lately my skin has been so itchy; in fact, I think I'm going to die.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get rid of this chlorine-itch

um, make sure you take a shower like right after you get out of the pool and use lots of soap. And uh, moisturize.

Ehhg, I know how you feel. My skin gets so itchy with swim team.

Use a loofa (sp?) when you shower, and soap it up. Make sure it's glycerine soap (Bath & Body sells it cheap). That should do it.

Bet you're tired; I know EXACTLY how you feel.

Use moisturizing body wash.

Mind if I ask why you've been swimming 5-7 hours?

He's on the school swim team.
Me too.

Oh really?
That's cool. Y'all go to the same school?

Hahaha, no, but if you read his profile...

Anyway, yeah, it's pretty cool. Swimming is fun.

The Chlorine is probably irritating you. As someone mentioned before, just make sure you take a good shower after the swim. (Use Dove soap, it'll keep your moisturized.)

I don't understand how you can spend quite so much time in the pool even if you are on the swim team...

But yeah. A lot of moisturizer. Moisturizing soap, lotion, and I'd recommend shampoo too, as you don't want your hair to be gross.

Yeah, no way would I be in the pool for that long. Holy crap. Make sure you moisturize. I'd probably prune up and waste away to a raison if I was in the pool for that long.

wtf? 5-7 hours? okay I swim for school and for team, and I know that NEITHER teams would want anyone swimming > 4 hours a day. 2 hours morning practice, 2 hours after school is ENOUGH. If you're doing a good enough workout, there's no need to swim that many hours.


and LOL maybe you have chlorine-induced eczema! kidding, just moisturize. and honestly, you don't need to spend more than 4 hours in the pool if you're a serious swimmer. LOL 7 HOURS?

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YOU DIDN'T ANSWER HIS QUSETION; GET ON TOPIC

You dumbass. GTFO cB.

Jump in the shower afterwards and then put some lotion on.

i just found a good link about chlorine not only being in pools. apparently most people are bathing in it. i dug up some information on how to protect yourself/your kids:

http://matt.yournola.com/chlorine-is-bad

Reason why they use chlorine is for purifying, if I'm not mistaken. Which isn't bad, but the problem... how much of it are they using.

haha will do