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Anne - You may be able to find a product that can work with your treated water without discoloring your hair, but you may need to change how much you process your hair to achieve the color you wish. You should consult an experienced colorist for their recommendations, and you will most likely need salon-quality products to help keep your hair the shade you want.

-- Contributed by: Mayntz

We added a hydrogen peroxide tank to our water system to treat our rural water. I also have overprocessed hair. Unfortunately, my hair has turned green, and I am assuming it is from the water treatment. I appreciate the above advice, but what can I do to avoid this in the future? Do I have to disconnect our treatment system or live with this green hair?

-- Contributed by: Anne

Glad to be of help, Mary! Be sure to use that protection from now on so it doesn't happen again, but it's good to know you have a solution just in case!

-- Contributed by: Mayntz

My hair turned green today from swimming in a pool (with bromine, not chlorine though). We've owned a pool for 5 yrs and this is the 1st time this happened to me. But, I stopped using hairspray recently due to style change so my hair had no protection. And...greenish hue to my hair like celery. The tomatoe juice fix worked like a charm...I actually used V8. My hair is very heavily highlighted to platinum blonde. My natual hair color is also blonde; it was platinum as child but never turned green in a pool. WOW--great advice to use the tomatoe juice. Try this one ladies...GREAT SUCCESS HERE!! 15 minutes on, shampoo, condition...GREAT!! Thanks!!!!!

-- Contributed by: Mary Chapman

Hi Irene, There are some professional color correcting products stylists can use in instances like this. I would suggest consulting a few salons to find out what is available. You might also be interested in our Hair Stylist Communication Interview for future salon visits. Good luck!

-- Contributed by: Amy Finley

i always color my hair, the lightest natural blond, i decided to go back to my natural color which is dish water blond, dirty blond!!! my colorist did it and it looks green she told me it was the lighting but hey green is green!!!! what can i do to fix this? please help asap

-- Contributed by: Irene

My question is if my hair turned green by a hair coloring producted how long do I have wait to highlight my hair.

-- Contributed by: Geneva Epps

Lisa - If you balance your hair color with your skin tone and eye color, it should look just fine, though if your stylist is expressing reservations, you might consider a compromise by going just a shade or two lighter than you initially chose. Or you might keep your current color but opt for some lowlights to darken it a bit without a drastic change.

-- Contributed by: Mayntz

I would like to change the color of my hair to a honey brown with some carmel blonde highlights. I am naturally blonde, although I do color my hair to keep it looking even, and bright. My complexion is ivory, or natural, but I have dark brown eyes. I wanted to darken my hair a little to keep my dark eye color from looky "odd". My stylist says this color will make me look too old (I'm 43). What do you think??

-- Contributed by: lisa faulkner
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